Elegantly perched on 100 Rue du Bac in Paris is the brand new Kretz Actual Property bodily company within the capital. The title would possibly sound acquainted to these within the property world, or avid Netflix watchers for that matter, because the company is on the coronary heart of The Parisian Company, a actuality collection that includes the Kretz household and the agency based mostly in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Take a tour of Kretz Actual Property’s new workplace
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The luxurious agency reached out to inside architect and artistic director Sophie Darriere of Label Expertise, who designed the company with one core precept: to create a flagship that acts as a lived-in area and displays household life.
‘Like a storybook unfolding web page by web page, the flagship brings to life the Kretz household’s exceptional journey in luxurious actual property,’ says Darriere. ‘We designed a heat and welcoming area, divided into a number of areas, reflecting the person tastes and character of every member of the family.’
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The façade is impressed by the Artwork Deco aptitude of the Kretz household’s non-public mansion on the outskirts of the capital. Getting into by the doorways, detailed with gilded brass, purchasers might be welcomed within the reception room, nodding to a traditional Parisian café, which adjourns to the winter backyard.
Darriere labored intently with Sandrine and Olivier Kretz and their 4 sons, Martin, Raphaël, Louis and Valentin, to be sure that every room was bespoke to them, reflecting on their very own private travels. The doorway, and small non-public salon for instance, is an ode to the bistros that Martin Kretz adores for his or her vibrant vitality.
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Padel is one other, unlikely supply of inspiration. A sport cherished by Raphaël Kretz, the non-public lounge is a sublime tackle the sport. Partitions are in terracotta crimson, whereas the Plec metal espresso desk by RS Barcelona provides texture. A Bauhaus-inspired contact is injected into the area by rounded varieties and geometric traces through the Sesann leather-based couch by Tacchini and the Evelina Kroon rug for Layered.
Subsequent, journey to Barcelona, the adopted metropolis of Louis Kretz, who delights in its carefree spirit and creativity. That is encapsulated by the sky blue ceiling and design ahead furnishings items and graphic rug by Layered.
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Valentin Kretz additionally needed the workplace to signify New York. Inside the atmosphere displays the façade, with understated artwork deco touches. The linen-beige partitions are accented by Stilnovo’s Fifties Megafono wall lights, whereas touches of chrome and metallic furnishings are positioned all through such because the USM metal storage unit in a timeless black.
The blustering seas of Normandy, the place Olivier Kretz kite surfs, are referenced within the grand library lounge. With an underlying nautical theme, there are ocean blue stripes , pure lighting and an off-white bubble pendant which captures an aesthetic seaside spirit.
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Maybe probably the most tranquil space of the house is the winter backyard, which is nestled below a glass roof. Impressed by Sandrine Kretz’s favorite vacation vacation spot, Brazil, there are layers of inexperienced coupled with rattan furnishings, and lattice panels which really feel grounded and natural.
It’s within the small particulars that make the area really feel like a house. From the customized bookshelf which shows novels, drawings and different trinkets and keepsakes, to the big Stanley couch by Pink Version, which permits folks to sit down again and lounge, Label Expertise has managed to seize every member of the family’s character into an inside kind which is playful, stylish, and complicated, highlighting the household’s Parisian company.
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