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FOUR SEASONS HOTEL RITZ LISBON

Rua Rodrigues da Fonseca 88 – Lisbon

PORTUGAL

At Cartier, natural light, clean, simple lines and light-coloured materials celebrate subtle luxury and bring a timeless modernity to the shop.

Under the supervision of OITOEMPONTO, Godechot Pauliet thus honours the artisanal know-how and the jewels of traditional watchmaking and jewellery in elegant and refined cases that reflect the codes of each house.

For the Chopard space, Jacques Bec and Artur Miranda have carefully selected furniture in perfect harmony with the world of the house: graphic lamps, a Santa Monica sofa, varnished Finn Juhl Danish coffee tables and Gournay’s panoramic fresco ‘‘Hypolita’s Forest’’, on pearly gold leaf with an autumnal tone.

About Godechot Pauliet

Inheriting a long line of creative jewellers, Godechot Pauliet has its origins in the 1920s in Paris. Their main activity was the manufacture of jewellery, the sale of precious metals, fine stones, jewellery and goldsmithing. In the 2000s, the company developed its partnerships with the major watch brands and opened the first Rolex store in the capital. This was followed by other prestigious brands which were offered a dedicated space in the shop.

GODECHOT PAULIET

28-30, Avenue Victor-Hugo
75116 Paris – France

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Prespective

Prespective

«The neoclassical style of the building as its anchor in the history of the city of Porto make this project «monumental» because it requires to reinterpret the glorious past of Porto in a contemporary writing, as well as in volumes, style and the uses» specify Artur Miranda and Jacques Bec, the founders of OITOEMPONTO.

The concept of the Hotel Monumental Porto is to make it the hotel of the great travelers since the 20s. A place which evokes the glorious Porto of the 30s until our days … A romanticized interpretation of a place which sheltered to its inauguration a large café with an orchestra in residence, some of whose decorations were updated during the renovation and which would have continued to be the luxury hotel of the economic capital of Portugal. Since the 1920s, the city has been living to the rhythm of its cafés and the Avenida dos Aliados has brought together the jewels of this corporation to make it the nerve center of Porto. For decades these cafes have become very important in Porto, first becoming an economic capital and then a student city whose youngsters, who had no heating at home, spent a good part of the day in these cafes to study and discuss while staying warm. Furthermore, it’s also where people dance because each café has its own orchestra to attract, entertain and keep customer’s loyalty.
After the Second World War, the building also hosts a first class pension with various dining rooms before being converted into an office building and then occupied by a car dealer on the ground floor before collapsing and falling into for ten years, until it was bought to become the reference hotel in Porto.

During the construction, a miracle occurred when one of the destroyed walls unveiled the old billiard room intact with original decorations, marble details, plasterwork and moldings, noble wooden banisters and many ornamental details who will actively participate in the future decor project. The facade being neoclassical, the OITOEMPONTO duo chose to make a hotel that respects its history and style. A decorative bias that allows to integrate in these same neo 30 settings all the luxury of modernity.
Completely redesigned, the transformation of the building into a grand luxury hotel has required redefining all volumes to create a central gourmet restaurant, coupled with a breakfast room upstairs while unfolds the cafe skillfully transformed into a brasserie.
The luxury of the details and ornaments that run through each space helps to bring this reinvention to life. From the library, the TV room and the spa that seems to have been added in the 70s, restaurants can still host an orchestra and help maintain this legend of Porto’s great music cafes.
Who better than the duo OITOEMPONTO to want to contribute to restore Porto’s hospitality and give back all its letters of nobility to this historical building and to make the city of Porto shine. Them who travel the world in the best conditions, always come back with the same pleasure in their fief, have doubled their intelligence and ability to make Monumental Porto the hotel of reference of their city by succeeding a very daring exercise of style, a successful work of re-enchantment with the panache and ease that characterize them.

Everything was then put in place in the hotel that evolves in its time and represents today a modern hotel in a space rich of history. Everything has been specially designed for this hotel, every detail, furniture, decorative accessories … A challenge succeeded by the brilliant duo OITOEMPONTO. Exceptions that confirm the rule; only two illustrious signatures have been slipped into the reception: a re-edition of a spectacular chandelier by André Arbus and benches by the iconic Josef Hoffmann.

There are a total of 63 rooms and 13 suites in several colorful themes. The more you are on the ground floor the more the tone is clear since they are less luminous areas. The higher you go, the more colors take on denser and more flamboyant tones. There are several different typologies. The rooms are all different, including different ceiling heights such as the mezzanine suites.
In each room is a very important volumetry that gives a certain dimension to the comfort of the trip. There are claustras that punctuate the volumes, the walls are structured and animated by white moldings. A special attention has been paid to the carpets all designed with prints and daring coloramas.
The place is full of little stories behind the various existing details such as the enameled room numbers echoing the numbers of the streets.

“To be modern is to live with one’s past.” – Artur Miranda

The particularity of the spa is embodied by the pool adorned with ceramics and its wall of water that visually reverses gravity in a hypnotic fountain that seems to have been designed in the 70s to accompany the comfort of guests since that time!

MONUMENTAL PALACE HOTEL PORTO*****
Avenida dos Aliados, 151 – Porto
PORTUGAL

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Beginning with the reception area, between walls of travertine and pleated varnished iroko woodwork, a frosted glass sturgeon dominates the counter and the iconic bar, an invitation to enjoy sparkling champagne bubbles and beads of caviar. The authentic sinuous black melamine curve of the 50s has kept its little red lights and unfurls under a ceiling shaped as an immaculate stucco wave, studded with golden stars. The benches are upholstered in very 60s style pearly mica velvet, and the stools dot the bar like so many golden studded velvet tambourines. On the floor, a carpet whose waves resonate with the ceiling imitates the colors of the «Rosso Levante» marble of the steps that lead to the restaurant.

“This is going to be fun!” – Artur Miranda

About La Maison du Caviar

La Maison du Caviar opened in 1956 in Paris, created at the time as an institution by the importer Caviar Volga, urged by His Majesty the Shah of Iran who was anxious to have a luxurious Parisian casing for savoring Iran’s famous caviar, for which he had granted exclusivity. Located in the heart of the Golden Triangle, just a few steps away from the Champs-Elysées, this elegant and prestigious address has for decades attracted regular Parisian customers and an international clientele, who comes here to savor caviars of the best provenance, as well as smoked fish and other products of excellence. Today, La Maison du Caviar is reconnecting with its exceptional tradition and has brought in studio OITOEMPONTO to design its new decor.

21 Rue Quentin Bauchart, 75008 Paris – France