“At Rue Vignon I wanted to distort reality in order to create intriguing visions,” explains architect Michael Herrman, who renovated an 18th-century structure in Paris for himself and his family. He was inspired by an apartment created in the 1930s by Le Corbusier.
Kitchen with new stone counter and full-height backsplash and rift & quartered oak millwork.
In the new 2,770-square-foot apartment, original I-beams brace the structure at dramatic angles and collide overhead, and the raw concrete is tempered by blackened steel, white-oak flooring, and bush-hammered Carrara marble—all selected by Willis.
A linear suspension light from the Mile Collection by Lambert & Fils hangs above the nine-foot-long black granite island.
The concrete floors are treated with a water-based epoxy that lends a matte, stone-like finish.