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March 17, 2024

Total renovation of a house

The house A few metro stations from Paris, this house with a pretty garden hidden behind, required a total structural and thermal renovation and a layout suitable for a family of 4 people. Four months of studies and eight months of work were necessary to completely transform this house. The deadlines requested by […]

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12th February 2024

Why choose biosourced insulation?

Thermal insulation The thermal insulation of a building is an important point not to be neglected during a renovation, for better living comfort, to save energy (and money) or because of the need an Energy Performance Diagnosis (DPE) in the event of sale or rental. It is therefore necessary most of the time […]

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17th January 2024

Decompartmentalize to gain light

It was an inheritance for this apartment which had not moved for many years. A fairly qualitative renovation must have been carried out, but that was at least 40 years ago. Everything had to be redone, rethought for current family life. Previously, the apartment was very partitioned. To have access to […]

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December 13, 2023

Elegant sobriety for a high-end rental

More than 20 years ago... In 2001, I had already carried out a restructuring and renovation of this very beautiful Haussmann-style apartment, then the co-ownership and Parisian pied-à-terre of two couples living abroad. Equipped with two living rooms, two bedrooms, and a bathroom, it could accommodate up to 8 people. This first renovation consisted […]

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November 29, 2023

Waterproofing of bathrooms

Waterproofing a damp room, a necessity that is not always obvious When designing your bathroom, choosing sanitary appliances, magnificent tiling or sophisticated taps is always very pleasant. But we don't always think about waterproofing. However, it is essential even if it is not visible! Finding yourself with a lot of damage […]

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31th October, 2023

The House of Brazil at the Cité Internationale Universitaire in Paris

With the Action Center of Interior Architects of Ile de France, we recently visited some of the emblematic houses of the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris. La Cité offers an incredible range of houses in very varied styles, most of them representative of the regional style of their countries... However, the regionalist, classic and […]

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12th October, 2023

A revitalized office space

Transforming offices while teams are still working there is not easy. This was the case when we transformed the offices of Alliance de la Presse. The clients' request It was a question of proposing a spatial reorganization of certain spaces on the stage and of bringing dynamism and cheerfulness to a place which […]

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August 14, 2023

The revival of a Norman house

State of play I had the chance to renovate a Norman house belonging to friends. I had previously worked for them on a food photography studio project. I rarely work outside of Paris, to avoid travel times. But I could not see myself being denied these friends and the […]

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July 17, 2023

Beauty is in the details

Louis Carré In the 50s, art collector Louis Carré owned a modern art gallery at 10, avenue de Messine in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. He exhibited there many artists such as Calder, Picasso, Léger... He often visited his friend Jean Monnet (the "father of Europe") in Bazoches-sur-Guyonne in Yvelines, not far […]

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