Laura Gonzalez: Interiors - (Hardcover)

About the Book

"A designer and architect renowned for her inventive use of rich patterns, textures, and joyful details, Laura Gonzalez's interiors exude a vibrant boldness tempered by elegant romanticism. She draws inspiration from a classical world imbued with contemporary sophistication, as well as diverse cultural influences from Chinese and Indian to French and Spanish. Gonzalez's eye for pairing palettes and her hallmark whimsical touches have transformed her into one of the French capital's most popular designers, with luxury brands and the trendiest hotels calling upon her know-how. Beautifully printed in Italy with a luxurious cloth cover enlivened with a bold pattern, this debut volume presents a selection of Gonzalez's finest projects. Readers will delight in exuberant combinations of materials, patterns, and furniture in plush textures and diverse finishes that define her audacious spaces-spanning from private residences; boutiques, such as the sumptuous Cartier mansion in New York; hotels, including the Saint James in Paris's posh 16th arrondissement; and restaurants to Gonzalez's pastoral private country house in Mainneville, France. With never-before-published photographs and special chapters dedicated to Gonzalez's sketches and drawings, interior design aficionados will find myriad inspirations for their own homes throughout this captivating book"--

Book Synopsis

Known for her chic mix-and-match style, one of Paris's most in-demand interior designers presents her most standout projects in a highly anticipated debut monograph.

A designer and architect renowned for her inventive use of rich patterns, textures, and joyful details, Laura Gonzalez's interiors exude a vibrant boldness tempered by elegant romanticism. She draws inspiration from a classical world imbued with contemporary sophistication, as well as diverse cultural influences from Chinese and Indian to French and Spanish. Gonzalez's eye for pairing palettes and her hallmark whimsical touches have transformed her into one of the French capital's most popular designers, with luxury brands and the trendiest hotels calling upon her know-how.

Beautifully printed in Italy with a luxurious cloth cover enlivened with a bold pattern, this debut volume presents a selection of Gonzalez's finest projects, including private residences, boutiques, such asthe sumptuous Cartier mansion in New York, restaurants and hotels such asthe Saint James in Paris's posh 16th arrondissement, and Gonzalez's pastoral private country house in Mainneville, France. Readers will delight in exuberant combinations of materials, patterns, and furniture in plush textures and diverse finishes that define her audacious spaces.

Review Quotes

"Architect and designer Laura Gonzalez is adding "author" to her resume with her exuberant debut monograph. The volume showcases the Paris-based decorator mix-match style that celebrates color and pattern. Readers get exclusive tours Gonzalez's most-acclaimed projects like the Cartier mansion in New York and the designer's own private French country house." --VERANDA

" For her debut monograph, Gonzalez eschewed a list of her most recently completed abodes in favor of a career highlight reel. On display in this fabric-wrapped Italian hardcover is a mix of residences and boutiques, including the ​​Cartier mansion in New York, Paris's Saint James hotel, and Gonzalez's own country home in Mainneville, France." --CULTURED

"Paris designer Laura Gonzalez tends to leave her mark on a project--usually in a chic profusion of pattern and color. This book shows how it manifests in the likes of an Art Deco apartment, where her Madras chair and curving Fuji sofa are anchored by a botanical print carpet, or in the 19th-century château-style hotel Saint James Paris. There, she juxtaposed the bar's restored coffered ceiling with a wash of grassy green paint." --ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST

"Known for conjuring worldlyspaces layered with joyful patternsand textures (including the Cartiermansion in New York), designer, architect, and tastemaker LauraGonzalez has vaulted to the top ofher profession. This comprehensivevolume captures her keen eyefor detail, which has shaped herfirm since its founding in 2008." --GALERIE MAGAZINE

About the Author

Laura Gonzalez is a French architect and interior designer. A graduate of the Paris-Malaquais school of architecture, she founded her eponymous firm in 2008.
Cédric Saint André Perrin is a journalist, exhibition consultant and curator.