Sibling design duo Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have won the competition to work on ‘enhancing’ Versailles’ extraordinary Gabriel staircase, which leads to the royal apartments. One of the most impressive features of the Versailles palace, the double stone staircase was designed by royal architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel and built in 1772, but was left uncompleted until [...] [...]
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An annex to the Versailles Palace is set to become a luxury, 23 room hotel. The Hotel du Grand Control, formerly quarters to the King’s treasurer, has fallen into desrepair over the last 2 centuries, and as the Versailles administration cannot afford the repairs, they are choosing, in a ‘pioneering initiative’, to lease it out [...] [...] After Jeff Koons and Xavier Veilhan, this year contemporary Japanese artist Murakami will be bringing his super bright and superflat art to Louis IX’s opulent abode for the season’s blockbuster show. Murakami explains ‘Just as French people can find it hard to recreate in their minds an accurate image of the Samurai period, [...] [...] |
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