Hôtel Balzac sits just off the Champs-Élysées in Paris, reworked by Studio Festen as a restrained interpretation of 1930s residential glamour. Its 58 rooms and suites use dark timber, velvet, natural stone and softly patterned textiles, with several categories looking towards the Eiffel Tower or Parisian rooftops. A glass-roofed lounge and bar provide the principal social space, designed more like a private salon than a grand lobby. Below, Ikoi Spa adds an indoor pool, sauna, treatment rooms and fitness facilities. The compact address keeps the hotel closely tied to the avenues, restaurants and galleries of the eighth arrondissement.
