{"id":319101,"date":"2026-06-25T06:35:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T06:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/319101\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T06:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T06:35:42","slug":"miami-vice-meets-art-deco-design-in-this-paris-penthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/319101\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Vice Meets Art Deco Design in this Paris Penthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

The living room is peppered with standout pieces of furniture like Petite Friture\u2019s reissue of Ren\u00e9 Herbst\u2019s tubular-steel chaise longue, and Philippe Starck\u2019s aluminum Romantica chair. Two horizontally elongated, sandblasted Plexiglass<\/a> fixtures with stainless-steel strips crown the ceiling with soft, golden light. \u201cWhen designing it, I had Piero Portaluppi\u2019s Villa Necchi Campiglio in Milan in mind,\u201d Gu\u00e9naire says. The design is reflected in the partially mirrored built-in shelving unit, in front of which stands a bean-shaped coffee table of Gu\u00e9naire\u2019s own design. The organic, gray-marble surface is framed with smoked pear wood. \u201cIn the 1920s, there was a trend to frame everything,\u201d Gu\u00e9naire says. He also designed a double-leaf door, made from striped ribbed glass and metal that resembles intricate marquetry. It leads from the living room to the bedroom, where the same door surprises once again. Seen from its other side, it\u2019s made of burl wood, \u201cwhich has been used for furniture at least since the 16th century,\u201d notes Gu\u00e9naire.<\/p>\n

\"Schlafzimmer<\/p>\n

In the bedroom, the mix of materials and eras reaches a peak.<\/p>\n

\"Schlafzimmer<\/p>\n

The rounded lacquered nightstands with push-to-open drawers and gleaming, curved, chrome accents were designed by Gu\u00e9naire. The wall paneling is white suede and the bedspread is by Jules & Jim Paris.<\/p>\n

Though the apartment now appears clean, sleek, and sensual, its final design wasn\u2019t a foregone conclusion during the decision-making process. When Gu\u00e9naire first proposed the material palette and an oak floor to the residents, they weren\u2019t especially enthusiastic. But he managed to win them over: \u201cMy mother was a teacher; maybe that\u2019s why I enjoy debating so much,\u201d he says with a laugh. \u201cToday, the couple loves the wood accents.\u201d The bedroom\u2019s built-in shelves are also made of burl wood, and are flanked by masks from Mexico, panels from Papua New Guinea, and African-inspired vases from the Parisian galleries Romain Morandi and Lucas Ratton. The latter gallery is also the source of the Polynesian ceremonial paddle from the late 19th century and a traditional wooden club from Tonga from the early 20th century.<\/p>\n

Back in the living room, design accessories and art objects abound too: Both Jean Gabriel Chauvin\u2019s Graine Ardente (Galerie Maison Rapin) and a 19th-century sculpture made of wood, pigments, and shells from the Solomon Islands are on display in the built-in shelf. Paris-based design studio Garnier & Linker designed both a wooden-and-metal vase, and the rectangular yellow-crystal piece on the coffee table by Gu\u00e9naire. This butter-hued piece is just one way the designer incorporated a few pastel accents for his clients\u2014but the pink and sky-blue onyx in the bathrooms are the definite standout. Here, the gem-like material becomes an innovative way to reinterpret the clients\u2019 initial request for Art Deco, sun-bleached Miami Vice vibes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The living room is peppered with standout pieces of furniture like Petite Friture\u2019s reissue of Ren\u00e9 Herbst\u2019s tubular-steel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124,132569,42266],"class_list":["post-319101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-syndicated-home-tour","tag-web-exclusive-home-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}