Above: the roof in Rh Paris. After dark, go to grab a photo with the 20,000 light bulbs of the Eiffel Tower.
With its great Zen exhibition rooms and its hug a plush lifestyle that has pushed into private aircraft and Aspen residences, it is no surprise that RH opens the summit of the design of the design by opening RH Paris, the gallery on the Champs-Elysées. The palace -like seven -story building opened in September is what managing director Gary Friedman names as a love letter to Paris.
“We have brought it to a level that we have never taken,” says Friedman. “We said:” Look, we will never do that again in our lives, so we leave no doubt. “During three years of construction, Friedman and his team built something that he has worshiped a place that he has worshiped since his first visit to Paris when his then Boss Williams sonoma founder Chuck Williams-in his aft in the city, in the city, in the city.
The RH interior design studio is located in a GLA conservatory.
A dramatic mood is poured when you approach the building, which is removed from Avenue Montaigne from Avenue Montaigne: it is the only one on this legendary avenue that is missing a front door. Instead, they go 22 feet high gold-plated gates (which are protected by the architect of the Bâtiments de France) into a hornbeam allée, which is covered with limestone gravel, where there are discrete groups of outdoor furniture. The Grand Bronze doors of the main building are so striking that their cast medallions such as Easter eggs from the 19th century are included in details throughout the room.
The vestibule flanked with fountain has a replica of Leonardo da Vincis iconik ShowcaseWith accompanying text, RHS Designethos cites the conditions developed by the old Roman architect and author Vitruvius. Among them: “Beauty is produced by the pleasant appearance and the good taste of the whole.” Next The architecture by vitruv. “That is exactly what tells you something else: I don't go to a furniture store,” says Friedman.
In Le Jardin Rh, shown here, the lobster roll is a must, while the world of RH bar & lounge has a clean dirty martini (with distilled olive gin), and le petit rh is used for caviarzobbes.
This is a gallery that combines pieces from the RH Modern, RH and RH outdoors collections with art, rare antiques and artifacts and user -defined commissions of global craftsmen. The seven floors and two restaurants are connected to a unique glass and brass elevator with Foster + partners, which has opened directly onto the roof and then sinks back into the atrium below so as not to hinder the view of the Eiffel tower, the Grand Palais and the glass pyramid in Louvre. The Grand Palais inspired the design of the Le Jardin RH restaurant, in which the menu from Rotisserie -Hühnchen to Burgern and seafood -towers ranges.
In the restaurant there is a wine bar, which is carved out of White Onyx, a material that is used dramatically throughout the room. “We said:” We can't stop there, “says Friedman.” We have to make the bathrooms made of white onyx. “This could be the most beautiful bathroom everywhere on the planet.”