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250 ancient olive trees and the elegant restoration of Coco Chanel's Riviera Gardens
The first thing you encounter in the late spring as you cross the gates of Chanel’s La Pausa estate in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and wind your way up the cobblestone drive is a cloud of fragrant jasmine wafting from the tangle of vines along the stone walls. Next is the soft fragrance of iris floating from a field of blooms to the right. And finally, as you approach the top, the woozy aroma of lavender that blankets hills and beds surrounding the house.
PETER MARINO RETURNS LA PAUSA, COCO CHANEL’S RIVIERA ESTATE, TO ITS 1930S GLORY.
September - October 2026 | AD Architectural Digest India The first thing you encounter in the late spring as you cross the gates of Chanel’s La Pausa estate in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and wind your way up the cobblestone drive is a cloud of fragrant jasmine wafting from the tangle of vines along the stone walls. Next is the soft fragrance of iris floating from a field of blooms to the right.
Inside Christian Louboutin's maximalist apartment in Paris
French shoe designer Christian Louboutin loves houses. And he has a fair number. “There’s Portugal, Brittany, Vendée, Egypt, and Damascus,” he notes, sitting in his Paris kitchen on a sunny summer afternoon. He also has a place in Los Angeles. And there’s Vermelho Melides, the boutique hotel in Portugal, that he designed and opened in 2023, and its new beachside mate, scheduled to be ready this summer. The thing is, Louboutin doesn’t just love owning houses. He loves redoing houses.
Christian Louboutin’s Paris Apartment Has a Mosaic Floor From a Syrian Palace
Christian Louboutin has a well-known affinity for houses, and not just a few of them. “There’s Portugal, Brittany, Vendée, Egypt and Damascus,” he says, seated in his Paris kitchen on a sunlit afternoon. He also owns a home in Los Angeles, along with Vermelho Melides, the boutique hotel in Portugal he designed and opened in 2023, and a new beachside property set to open this summer. But for Louboutin, it’s not simply about ownership, it’s about transformation.
SETTING THE STAGE
October 2025 | Architectural Digest US AT THE NEW FONDATION CARTIER, ARCHITECT JEAN NOUVEL TRANSFORMS A FORMER PARIS DEPARTMENT STORE INTO A FLEXIBLE SHOWCASE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART OPENING TO THE PUBLIC on October 25, the new Fondation Cartier Pour L’Art Contemporain in Paris, like its predecessor, has been designed by Jean Nouvel, the architect of such modern landmarks as the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris and the National Museum of Qatar in Doha.
First Look: Fondation Cartier To Open in a Former Paris Department Store
Step inside the new Fondation Cartier Pour L’Art Contemporain in Paris, located in a former department store on rue de Rivoli. The façade of the building, formerly a 19th-century department store, as seen from Rue de Rivoli.Photo: Martin Argyroglo The new Fondation Cartier Pour L’Art Contemporain in Paris, like its predecessor, has been designed by Jean Nouvel, the architect of such modern landmarks as the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris and the National Museum of Qatar in Doha.
Tour Lenny Kravitz’s Majestic Paris Home Where a Powerful Art and Design Collection Takes Centrestage
The greatest design stories from AD Middle East, delivered to your inbox “Ruven was doing the cover for my fourth album, Circus, and we shot it all in Nassau,” Kravitz recalls. “I put my grandfather in one of my suits, and Ruven took a bunch of portraits of him.
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