"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."
An apartment in a 17th-century listed building on Place Dauphine occupies 180 square meters with two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Designer Francesco Balzano trained at École Penninghen and Joseph Dirand Architecture and founded After Bach in Paris in 2020, approaching design as a poetic way of inhabiting the world. The renovation preserved the existing layout with only small structural modifications while adding new oak parquet, lime plaster, and wood lacquer. The interior pairs a Parisian palette and Roman spirit through green lacquer, ivory lime plaster, bronze, and Beige Fine Stone used for a sculptural mantle and bathroom cladding. Furniture and lighting include pieces by Paolo Buffa, Floris Wubben, Frédéric Imbert, Gordon Martz, Finn Juhl, and George Nakashima.
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