Carefully chosen materials combine a clean-cut, contemporary aesthetic with an elegant grandeur befitting the historic Parisian building. Chevron parquet flooring crafted from aged solid oak and stained birch plywood wall panelling reinterpret the classical Hausmannian interiors through a modern lens, while the terrazzo blue marble that demarcates the kitchen area and the pale Parisian sandstone cladding in-between the windows harmoniously balance out the wooden surfaces.

Terrazzo is also used in the bathroom along with white and grey hexagonal floor tiling and sleek black furnishings. Contained as it is inside the wood-panelled box, the bathroom is a cool, monochrome haven in juxtaposition to the warmer hues and softer textures in the rest of the apartment.

Eclectically furnished with a mix of custom-made and modernist pieces that pick up the subdued colour palette of the timber and stone surfaces, and featuring minimalist detailing and exquisitely crafted joinery, the apartment is a paradigm of subtle sophistication that more than measures up to the the centuries-old building it occupies.