![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In many of his projects, the designer favors generously proportioned hallways. The rest of the decor is typical of Langlois-Meurinne’s style, from the strong axes to the integration of niches and alcoves to the bronze door frames that help structure the space. The material was used to create the sculptural fireplace that anchors one end of the living space, the ribbed walls in the entry hall, and the domed ceiling in the dining room, among other details. “It’s extremely supple and allows you to create rounded forms more easily than you can with wood or marble,” Langlois-Meurinne explains. He installed wainscoting and cornices in the large double sitting room as well as a host of elements in staff, a type of plaster he particularly loves working with. So, Langlois-Meurinne designed new ones largely inspired by the Art Deco style of the 1920s and ’30s. What was lacking, though, was much in the way of architectural personality the space was almost completely devoid of historical elements. In the kitchen, paved in Zimbabwe granite a Thomas Ruff photograph accents walls clad in sanded oak. He also modified the shape of the walls in the kitchen, replacing jagged angles with enveloping curves. “It gives the space a sense of protection and intimacy,” Langlois-Meurinne notes. “I didn’t really change much apart from connecting the primary bedroom to the adjoining bathroom.” The new birch-clad portal between the two is particularly deep. “For once, there was a natural balance to the existing layout,” Langlois-Meurinne recalls. There are, however, exceptions to every rule, and this project, for an art-collecting couple from the Middle East, was one of them. For a recent commission, he even had to remove a 215-square-foot swimming pool that had been installed, rather incongruously, on the fifth floor of a typical Haussmannian building. Often, he’ll gut an apartment and start things over completely from scratch. Since setting up his own practice, Agence DL-M, back in 2003, Langlois-Meurinne has displayed a gift for reworking floor plans and spatial volumes. The project stands out for another reason, too. Damien Langlois-Meurinne designed both sofas in the living room the porcelain and metal sculpture between the windows is Pseudosphère Verticale, by Nadège Mouyssinat. On July 26, 2024, its fourth-floor windows will no doubt be a privileged perch: That is the day earmarked for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, when some 10,500 athletes will sail past on boats from the Pont d’Austerlitz to the Pont d’Iéna. Look through the trees to the right and you see the Louvre to the left, the Place de la Concorde. Yet none of them has such a direct link to the Seine as this 3,500-square-foot four-bedroom located right on the river’s Left Bank. Another sits atop a hill in the city’s 16th arrondissement and offers sweeping vistas of almost all the French capital’s monuments, extending to Notre-Dame in the distance. The dining room of one flat close to Place du Trocadéro is in direct axis with the Eiffel Tower. In recent years, interior designer Damien Langlois-Meurinne has worked on a series of Paris apartments that enjoy mind-blowing views. Agence DL-M Sets a Left Bank Paris Apartment on a Colorful New Course ![]()
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