Pierre‑Yves Rochon reframes Four Seasons George V resort as Paris flats

Tour the refreshed Four Seasons Hotel George V, Paris

The ambition was exact: to shift the expertise from resort lodging to Parisian residence. Rooms are conceived as flats somewhat than suites, framed by means of a Haussmannian sensibility. Vestibules exchange corridors; circulation is intuitive; dressing rooms borrow from couture ateliers; libraries and eating areas reinforce the home. Louis XVI furnishings, Nineteenth-century artworks, and modern items are layered with restraint.

‘Through this renovation, we wanted to achieve a place to inhabit, to embrace, and to cherish as a home away from home. Today, luxury is not about ostentation; it lies in the quiet quality of volumes, light, and materials,’ explains Rochon. ‘To design an interior is to tell a story; at the George V, that story is of a cultivated and timeless Paris that continues to reinvent itself.’

Rochon’s redesign was guided by 4 ideas: home life structuring the plan; gentle handled as a fabric, drawn deep inside by means of new sightlines and French home windows; expertise discreetly embedded through a bespoke system developed with Henri; and craft because the fixed: patinated oak Versailles parquet, Carrara marble, Baccarat crystal, textiles by Charles Burger and Dedar, Houlès trimmings, and hand-tufted rugs.

Three signature suites articulate the venture most clearly. Remarkably, the renovation lowered the resort’s key rely by only one, following the creation of the Parisian Eiffel Tower Suite: a transfer the resort’s common supervisor, Thibaut Dreg, attributes to ‘the house’s enduring impulse to reinvent itself’. Two former technical rooms with Eiffel Tower views have been reimagined as a duplex suite.

At the summit, the Penthouse Suite has develop into the resort’s most coveted handle, with the Eiffel Tower framed throughout three personal terraces. Its vocabulary is romantic but managed: a inexperienced chenille silk couch by J Robert Scott, an ivory-lacquered round bookcase with pearlescent floral detailing, softly patinated gold-leaf ceilings, and a boudoir-style dressing room lit by Baccarat sconces. Sculptural marble basins are offset by floral compositions by Jeff Leatham.

The Eiffel Parisian Suite adopts a extra architectural, family-oriented register. A main suite connects to 2 further bedrooms, unified by a pale blue and off-white palette. Villari ceramics, Artemest vases and restored porcelain gentle fittings sit alongside a Calacatta Oro marble hearth, whereas reception rooms open onto two enclosed, landscaped terraces furnished with black wrought-iron items by Hervé Baume.

By distinction, the Parisian Suite is intimate and light-driven. Classical proportions are preserved, anchored by an emerald-green lacquered bar. Works by Gérard Redoulès, vintage lithographs and ceramic objects are set in opposition to a palette of sea inexperienced, ivory and light-weight taupe, punctuated with restrained gilding.

For Rochon, the renovation basically reframes the resort as a residential handle. As he places it: ‘It’s a spot to reside, to make your personal, to like as one would a Parisian dwelling. It’s the place basic and modern aesthetics converge, all whereas frequently pushing the boundaries of contemporary hospitality.’