
On the outskirts of Paris, 10 minutes from the “Mairie des Lilas” French underground station, in an old factory, recently converted into 5 vast open-plan flats, quiet with a private inner garden and car park.

In the 1930’s, Robert Mallet Stevens, renowned for his creations of luminous spaces and his reinforced concrete structures, created a street in Paris’ 16th arrondissement, near the “Ranelagh” French underground station: a protected close where the omnipresent originality of the constructions, a reflection of the avant-garde architecture from between the two wars, is in stark contrast to the surrounding architecture.
Claude Piéplu, living here and chairing the site preservation association, was one of his most fervent supporters. Jean-Jacques Birgé, creator of the Shadoks, wrote that he envied Claude Piéplu the quality of this dwelling place.
“The street that I have the good fortune to build is situated in Auteuil and ends “rue du Docteur-Blanche”. Commerce is not authorised.
It is solely reserved for homes, for relaxation; it has to be possible to find peace and quiet, far from the hustle and bustle, and even its aspect has to evoke placidity without sadness by its general structure. A street can by gay, even joyful, whilst being restful…” were the words spoken by the architect-decorator to describe his work.

Near to the “Comedie Française” and the gardens of the “Palais Royal”, in a 17th century, dressed stone building with recently refurbished facades.

In a building that once faced the counterscrap built by Charles V at the same time as the Bastille. A property that belonged for more than an entire century to the Tourasse family, one of the main producers of china in Paris. It adjoined the “Compagnie Royale de l'Arquebuse” manor house and training ground.
The craftsmen’s workshops with their vertical atrium windows and the classicism of the buildings flanking the private inner courtyard still exude a charm that is characteristic of the Saint Antoine district.
This decor, a reflection of Paris’ history, caught the attention of the film directors at the beginning of the 20th century and Arletty was filmed in this courtyard.

Between the Trocadéro gardens and the Bir-hakeim bridge, with a direct view of the Eiffel Tower. On the third floor of a building with a lift. Although the construction is more recent, the style is that of the 18th century.
The building is directly accessed from the quay, and the elegant proportions of its vast entrance hall, secured by a digital door code, bring that of a Parisian mansion house to mind.