Robert Couturier: Designing Paradises

The aesthetic of the French architect and interior designer Robert Couturier (1955) is a dialogue between Old World elegance and contemporary design. His approach brings eras together, for example a Louis XVI commode with a 1960s lamp, and all his interiors extol the importance of how a home should stimulate the five senses.

The book opens with a tour of Couturier's country retreat in Kent, Connecticut, then a selection of the designer's other projects-from smart contemporary apartments to romantic Mexican villas and a stately English manor-provides further inspiration.