Lourmel

A rewarding collaboration with two young entrepreneurs, experienced in hospitality, who launched their own Franco-Australian coffee shop in the heart of the 15th arrondissement, near Rue du Commerce. Transforming this former haberdashery into a coffee shop was demanding, with a load-bearing wall to remove, accessible WC requirements and changes to the shopfront. The result is a restrained, successful design whose simplicity reflects the materials and visual language of Australian coffee shops.

Across the two rooms, white, grey and black tiles sit alongside marble, raw timber and engineered wood panels. The pendant lights are timber beams hollowed out to house LEDs. Surfboards add character to both rooms.

A rewarding collaboration with two young entrepreneurs, experienced in hospitality, who launched their own Franco-Australian coffee shop in the heart of the 15th arrondissement, near Rue du Commerce. Transforming this former haberdashery into a coffee shop was demanding, with a load-bearing wall to remove, accessible WC requirements and changes to the shopfront. The result is a restrained, successful design whose simplicity reflects the materials and visual language of Australian coffee shops.

Across the two rooms, white, grey and black tiles sit alongside marble, raw timber and engineered wood panels. The pendant lights are timber beams hollowed out to house LEDs. Surfboards add character to both rooms.