{"id":250912,"date":"2025-10-30T12:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/250912\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T12:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:44:13","slug":"foster-partners-converts-parisian-building-into-hospitality-driven-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/250912\/","title":{"rendered":"Foster + Partners converts Parisian building into “hospitality-driven” gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

British studio\u00a0Foster + Partners<\/a> has transformed<\/a> a 1970s building on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es in Paris<\/a> into a gallery<\/a> and studio<\/a> for US furniture brand RH, topped with a rooftop restaurant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Foster + Partners<\/a> worked with RH<\/a> on the building conversion, aiming to create what it described as a “hospitality-driven gallery space” that brings together retail and leisure.<\/p>\n

\"RHFoster + Partners has transformed a Parisian building into a gallery for RH<\/p>\n

“Our interventions update and enhance the existing building in a way that is sensitive yet impactful,” said Foster + Partners senior partner Giles Robinson.<\/p>\n

“The design redefines the retail and hospitality experience to create a truly unique destination in the heart of Paris.”<\/p>\n

\"InteriorFurniture by RH is on display with art and antiques<\/p>\n

Located on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es, the RH Paris gallery includes spaces where the brand’s furniture is exhibited alongside art and antiques.<\/p>\n

Above, Foster + Partners added two rooftop spaces to the five-storey building.<\/p>\n

On a lower-level rooftop, the studio created arched glazed walls enclosing a “winter garden” restaurant, and on an upper level, an outdoor rooftop champagne bar has panoramic views of Paris.<\/p>\n

\"GlazedFoster + Partners added rooftop spaces, including a glazed restaurant, to the building<\/p>\n

Landscaped outdoor space wraps the building, creating a buffer between it and the streetfront.<\/p>\n

A double-height interior design studio for RH is situated at the rear of the building and features glazed facades overlooking the garden outside.<\/p>\n

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Foster + Partners unveils Apple Store in Parisian apartment on Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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“The carefully curated hospitality spaces are designed to offer the highest level of luxury and comfort for guests, whether you are dining in the light-filled winter garden or taking in panoramic views of the city from the rooftop bar,” said Foster + Partners architect and partner Sarah Wai.<\/p>\n

To give access to all floor levels, including the upper rooftop, Foster + Partners designed a retractable lift.<\/p>\n

\"RooftopA champagne bar is located on the upper rooftop level of RH Paris<\/p>\n

According to the studio, a conventional lift was not possible due to planning constraints, as an elevator enclosure on the rooftop would block the sightline of the Eiffel Tower from the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es.<\/p>\n

Instead, Foster + Partners installed a retractable lift that is concealed from the rooftop under a hatch. When the lift rises to the rooftop, the hatch opens with a glass parapet wall surrounding the opening.<\/p>\n

\"RHRH’s dedicated interior design studio is located at the rear of the building<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es, Foster + Partners transformed an apartment building into an Apple Store<\/a> topped with a kaleidoscopic solar roof.<\/p>\n

Other projects recently completed by the studio include the\u00a0270 Park Avenue\u00a0supertall skyscraper<\/a> in Manhattan and the Techo International Airport<\/a> in Cambodia, which is topped with a latticed canopy.<\/p>\n

The photography is courtesy of RH Paris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British studio\u00a0Foster + Partners has transformed a 1970s building on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es in Paris into a gallery and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[5187,449,458,459,64,63,460,134,7101,2592,52136,148841,2591,18601,61745,61746,98238],"class_list":{"0":"post-250912","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-adaptive-reuse","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-au","13":"tag-australia","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-foster-partners","17":"tag-france","18":"tag-galleries","19":"tag-hospitality-design","20":"tag-paris","21":"tag-restaurants","22":"tag-sectionall","23":"tag-sectionarchitecture","24":"tag-studios"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}