Mois : mars 2013

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Mini Palais in Grand

Half way down the Champs Elysées is the Grand Palais, an exhibition hall opened for the world fair of 1900. A spectacular building spreading over 77 000sq/m built in 3 years only by 4 architects since it was too hard to determine a winer within the 4 enrolled projects in the competition. After a 7…
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Swimming at Hermès

After one hundred and seventy years on the right bank, Hermès has decided to cross the Seine and embrace the future with a new store. A forgotten art déco swimming pool built in 1935 that kept its original mosaics and décor, listed as a Historic Monument since 2005, has become the new Hermès concept store…
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His mother doesn’t know he is a pastry chef…

…She thinks he’s a super model… Age 39, Christophe Michalak is one of the leaders of modern pastry making. He started as an apprentice as he was 16 years old, worked for Pierre Hermé in New York and for Ladurée before joining the Michelin 3*** restaurant of Alain Ducasse at Plaza Athénée. In 2005, he…
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