The Magazine Architectural Digest entered the Parisian mansion of the legend Lenny Kravitz. A rock and design palace located in the 16th arrondissement of the capital.
An interior worthy of the most sumptuous royal palaces. During his very first visit to Paris in 1989 at only 25 years old, Lenny Kravitz fell madly in love with Paris. To the point of looking for his first pied-à-terre in the early 2000s. “A small apartment, perhaps on the Seine-a room, two bedrooms, maximum-where I could write and drag,” recalls the legend of rock for the magazine Architecural Digestto whom he opened the doors of his Parisian palace.
But one day, his real estate agent calls him. “I have something for you. This is not what you are looking for, but you have to see it. ” He then presented him with the great manor of the Countess of Ornano, former mayor of Deauville, a building from the 1920s located at the bottom of a wooded alley of the very chic XVIth arrondissement.
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At first glance, Lenny Kravitz tells that he did not want it. But once returned, the legend of rock says it has completely changed your mind. “It’s my house. Spiritually, I knew it, ”he told the magazine. He then embarked on the complete renovation of the manor, to transform it from a French aristocratic residence to the “crash pad” of an American rocker. In the process, in 2003 he launched his design studio, which he soberly titled Kravitz Design.
“I like the idea of walking in someone’s footsteps”
Now completely renovated, the Lenny Kravitz mansion is full of pianos, works of art and references to other legends. Pianos created in collaboration with Steinway & Sons, African-style wooden sculptures and paintings signed Jean-Michel Basquiat or Andy Warhol … From the entrance hall, the rocker home has museum tunes. “No shoes in the house,” he jokes with journalists.
In his library, a multitude of objects are accumulated, ranging from art books, to his Grammy Awards, including Adidas Boxing Boxes by Mohamed Ali or shoes of singer James Brown. “I like the idea of walking in someone’s footsteps,” he finishes. A “real reflection of his personality and his creative energy”, according to Marina Hemonet, responsible for the editorial content for AD France.
