Face to face with the Eiffel tower

Facing the imperious silhouette of the Eiffel Tower, this apartment featuring a stunning lounge/workshop and huge picture windows offers a rare privilege : that of living on a daily basis with the most iconic monument in Paris. A beautifully modern home opening out to the city.

In a very smart building on the Avenue de Suffren, this luxury apartment on the 7th floor is a cosy retreat offering a dreamlike view and giving precedence to ultra-modern comfort. Its minimalist beauty is the expression of harmony between colours and materials, giving a kind of understated elegance. Meeting today’s requirements, it relies on ingenious organization which opens up perspectives, welcomes the light and allows one’s gaze to glide outside. From the entrance hall, the most striking feature is the fabulously high ceiling and majestic glass roof which seems to make the space vibrate, transforming it into a bubble of light in which the great iron lady unfurls as if in a painting. Near the entrance hall, the kitchen, liberated of its doors, is designed for hospitality with its large white table surrounded by a wide benchseat and wooden chairs. Basking in light colours, it boasts spearhead equipment and gives priority to streamlined furnishings. The lounge pursues this quest for elegance with contemporary lines and sobriety assumed as an esthetic choice. Facing the sofa, a staircase running along the wall leads to a study : an original room at the apartment’s highest level. Opening out entirely to the Eiffel Tower, it issues a challenge not to yield to meditative contemplation in which passing time would soon be forgotten...

Without any break in the overall style, the three bedrooms reflect the astute use of space. The large window in the master bedroom also invites the Eiffel Tower inside, giving precedence to softness with white walls, a pale parquet floor, chocolate-coloured bed and violet armchair which provide contrast and give the room its character. A pleasing blend of tones which emphasize the intimate side of this night-time area, with a lovely bathroom in mineral tones, clad in waxed concrete. Further on, two more bedrooms with their own shower rooms share the same sobre and elegant appointments.

On the 7th floor of a handsome freestone building, this apartment of 135 m2, perfectly laid out, tastefully and elegantly renovated throughout, is comprised of a sublime lounge/workshop with a ceiling rising to a height of 7 metres, a large kitchen, three bedrooms including a master suite, all with their own bathrooms, a study and walk-in closets. A self-contained studio on the same floor could complete the property.

On the 7th floor of a handsome freestone building, this apartment of 135 m2, perfectly laid out, tastefully and elegantly renovated throughout, is comprised of a sublime lounge/workshop with a ceiling rising to a height of 7 metres, a large kitchen, three bedrooms including a master suite, all with their own bathrooms, a study and walk-in closets. A self-contained studio on the same floor could complete the property.

Opening out to the living area, the kitchen immediately opts for a decorative bias focusing on essentials. It proposes a light and airy minimalist approach in which the contemporary style is completely in its element.

Opening out to the living area, the kitchen immediately opts for a decorative bias focusing on essentials. It proposes a light and airy minimalist approach in which the contemporary style is completely in its element.

The master bedroom offers lofty volumes and a majestic view of the Eiffel Tower from its picture window. By borrowing the codes of hotel suites, this room dedicated to night-time plays the ace of simplicity, with furnishings reduced to essentials around a central unit containing a television.

The master bedroom offers lofty volumes and a majestic view of the Eiffel Tower from its picture window. By borrowing the codes of hotel suites, this room dedicated to night-time plays the ace of simplicity, with furnishings reduced to essentials around a central unit containing a television.

Throughout the apartment, modernity makes for easy living, with the best possible equipment : home automation, exceptional sound insulation, air conditioning and ample storage space. All culminating in the view, a real antidote for boredom, making this apartment a unique home in which glimpses of the Eiffel Tower provide a constant source of incredible beauty. A view from which one cannot tear away one’s gaze…

“The immediate proximity of the Eiffel Tower, from its cornerstones to its tip, offers a rare panoramic view. Seeing the Eiffel Tower like this from top to bottom, and so very close, is really unique ! This apartment seems to be the perfect pied-à-terre for foreigners who want to feel they really are in Paris. From its windows, one can bask in the magic of the capital, embodied by this iconic monument,” says Nicolas Hug, who is handling the property.

Philippe Menager & Nicolas Hug, 31 rue de Tournon, Paris 6 (01 53 10 22 60). On sale between 3 and 5 M €.