After 2 years of undergoing important renovation work, one of the most prestigious Parisian Hotels,  Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris opened its doors.

Aided by Qatari Diar and Alexandre Allard, Creative Director, designer Philippe Starck completely transformed and re-invented its spirit so as to make Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris the first hotel in a new generation of Parisian palaces or so the blurb says.

The Royal Monceau is Starck’s attempt to say what “real French modernity should look like … artistic, delicate, open, poetic”.

Read the original blog post here on Trendland.