A Place Dauphine Apartment Reimagined by After Bach in Paris

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In a 17th-century listed building overlooking the Seine on Place Dauphine’s historic triangle, designer Francesco Balzano of After Bach has composed an apartment interior both Parisian in palette and Roman in spirit. Conceived for a collector, the renovation balances grandeur with simplicity—green lacquer, ivory lime plaster, bronze, and beige stone. Drawing from Cy Twombly’s Roman studio and the chiaroscuro of Balthus, Balzano translates the poetry of art into lived space.

Trained at École Penninghen and Joseph Dirand Architecture before founding his Paris studio in 2020, Balzano sees design as a way of poetically inhabiting the world. Here, that philosophy is rendered through precision and noble materials: designs by Paolo Buffa, Floris Wubben, and Frédéric Imbert act as counterpoint to the apartment’s measured composition. Join us for a tour.

Photography by Vincent Leroux for After Bach.

Above: The main entrance is designed with custom sconces, a vintage silk ceiling lamp, and a Gordon Martz table lamp.

The apartment is comprised of two bedrooms and two bathrooms across 180 square meters. Only small structural modifications were made to the existing layout while a new oak parquet, lime plaster, and wood lacquer was applied by After Bach.

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Above: A view from the hallway into the main bedroom highlights the Finn Juhl Pelican Chair and a Floris Wubben Pressed Stool. Above: Windows flank a 1960s Gordon & Jane Martz Floor Lamp. Above: After Bach worked with Beige Fine Stone to cut a new sculptural mantle on which sits a work by Lucas Arruda and a Gordon Martz table lamp. Above: A look into the ensuite bathroom with a custom vanity paired with a Waterworks Henry Wall-Mounted Faucet. At left is a Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings Stool acting as bedside table. Above: Both the bath and minimalist shower are cut from the same Beige Fine Stone as the bathroom flooring. At center is a George Nakashima Grass-Seated Chair. Above: The kitchen is designed with custom wooden cabinetry finished in green lacquer and a Beige Fine Stone countertop. A small dining area is made up of a custom velvet seat and a table and stool by Floris Wubben.