Throughout his remarkable career, the late Karl Lagerfeld collected an impressive portfolio of distinct properties. Recent essay Karl Lagerfeld A Life in Houses, released by Thames & Hudson, studies this large collection: whatever from the Memphis-ladden home in Monte Carlo to the high-ornate, era-appropriate eighteenth-century mansion Hôtel Pozzo di Borgo in Paris. Despite the address, the revered designer always, unabashedly, combined old with brand-new, shedding fresh light on different historical design motions and their most important leaders. The majority of these homes have been the topic of extensive publication print functions and the fodder of tabloid headlines but little focus has ever really been placed on his offices.
That all changed with the recent uncovering and reformatting of Lagerfeld’s private Saint-Germain-des-Prés office. Luxury apartment and home rental platform HIGHSTAY has deftly, yet thoroughly, transformed the multi-level bureau into a two bedroom Saint-Germain I accommodation loaded with original architectural fit-outs and collected items. This duration space of sorts is a timecapsule, maintained in precisely the exact same configuration as the day the famous talent left for the last time. Away from the major couture houses he stewarded up to his death in 2019, the area was a more intimate retreat; a stylistic reflection of himself, in which he might perform private company and amuse friends.
Though extremely indicative of a particular age in design history– not divulged however easily figured out as the late 1990s and early 2000s– the stretching 2690 square-foot unit unfolds with smooth, space-age-like built-ins contoured in curvilinear half sleek and half patinated steel surface areas. Even in this once-contemporary pared back setting– in some way classic and au courant yet again– Laggerfeld still put in a degree of opulence, if a little restraint in general plan.
The near palatial stairwell was custom-made designed by him in collaboration with top-billing Australian product designer Marc Newson.
The “La tête dans les nuages “( Head in the Clouds) sculpture standing at its base was created by artist Laurence Perratzi. In one of the adjoining lounges, skyrocketing mirrored ceilings expand the visual perspective of twin steel libraries– articulated in the same official vocabulary– described above– as a custom bedframe-cum-armoire. Normally a stark material that stimulates a level of cold commercial conformity was rendered in warm, corporeal kind here. Wielded in the more intimate walk-in closets and bar, dark-tone wood paneling emerges a grounding contrast.
This matrix of a hybrid complex– an urban retreat featuring a private hammam and sauna– likewise includes a second en-suite bed room, different dining-room, and other annexes. There’s a visual consistency of pill and pixelated aspects– hinting at a more sophisticated analysis of early digital concepts.
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