American luxury furniture house RH has inaugurated its French flagship at 23 avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris. Located a stone's throw from Avenue Montaigne, the world's epicenter of fashion and luxury, the gallery is housed in an exceptional 7-storey building owned by Immobilière Dassault, where design, architecture and gastronomy meet.
Savills France's Retail team helped the luxury brand find and set up this 3,900 m² flagship store, before handing over to the Project Management team, which oversaw the project and coordinated all the parties involved.
The address combines exhibition and social spaces. It houses two restaurants - one with a panoramic rooftop - a bar, a design studio and a library. It is built around a central atrium with floating staircases and a glass elevator giving direct access to the rooftop.
In terms of technical prowess, in addition to the spectacular elevator, the project includes the transformation of an initially inaccessible terrace into a large space topped by a glass roof inspired by the Grand Palais, and the creation of a panoramic rooftop despite severe structural constraints. Luxurious materials, such as the 5 m-high Italian onyx floors and walls, were sourced and validated by the control office, while the entrance driveway and interior garden were extensively landscaped.
"This project illustrates the combined expertise of our Retail and Project Management teams, capable of accompanying our customers from strategic thinking through to operational realization. The technical challenges encountered and overcome testify to our ability to deliver exceptional real estate projects, on sites as prestigious as they are complex", indicates Johanna Zini, Head of Building & Project Consultancy at Savills France.