Robert Couturier Designing Paradises |
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| Author:
| Couturier, Robert
McKeough, Tim |
| Preface by:
| Roehm, Carolyne |
| Afterword by:
| Weber, Caroline |
| Photographer:
| Street-Porter, Tim |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8478-4368-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2014 |
| Publisher: | Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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A passion for luxury and beauty propels the multifaceted work of acclaimed international architect and interior designer Robert Couturier. Robert Couturier's aesthetic is a dialogue between Old World elegance and contemporary design. His masterful approach effortlessly brings eras together, for example a Louis XVI commode with a 1960s lamp. Couturier's name has become synonymous with continental and international style, and he is known for composing adventurous rooms that have a witty...
More DescriptionA passion for luxury and beauty propels the multifaceted work of acclaimed international architect and interior designer Robert Couturier. Robert Couturier's aesthetic is a dialogue between Old World elegance and contemporary design. His masterful approach effortlessly brings eras together, for example a Louis XVI commode with a 1960s lamp. Couturier's name has become synonymous with continental and international style, and he is known for composing adventurous rooms that have a witty flair. All his interiors extol the importance of how a home should stimulate the five senses, from the tactile feel of upholstery to the visual presentation of objects that leads a person through a space. The book opens with a tour of Couturier's country retreat in bucolic Kent, Connecticut. Composed of neoclassical-style pavilions, early American guesthouses, and beautiful gardens, the house features imaginative rooms that are filled with his collections of European art, furniture, and decorative objects. A selection of the designer's other projects--from smart contemporary apartments to romantic Mexican villas to a stately English manor--provides further inspiration.