4 Rue d’Artois (8e), Paris, France.
A collaboration between artist Fabrice Hyber and owner and interior designer Frédéric Méchiche, Le A is an art hotel – in every sense. Each space functions as an art installation while the most overwhelming feature of the ground-floor reception area – apart from the photographers and models who regularly strut their stuff – is a library filled with art and design books. Not only does Hyber’s strikingly evocative art adorn each room, but he has even designed the room numbers – each of the 26 rooms corresponding to a letter of the alphabet. Rooms are small, but clever use of mirrors makes them feel larger. The biggest talking points are the lift that changes colour at every floor and the striking black-and-white, glass-roofed bar on the ground floor that has become a lively rendezvous for the eighth arrondissement’s art and fashion elite.
See full article: Parisian hotels: Chic magnetSource: Qantas The Australian Way November 2008