Hôtel Plaza

English translation

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History

The Laxague couple created a business in 1928 on a plot of land that belonged to them. To design the hotel and commercial programme, the couple turned to the Parisian architect Louis Hippolyte Boileau who partnered with a colleague from Biarritz, Paul Perrotte. Beyond the design of the hotel, the two architects participated in the realisation of the decorations and the entirety of the furnishings. The space is organised according to the programme. The bedrooms are distributed on each storey around a gallery-hall served by a spiral staircase, the light well of which is occupied by a lift. The staircase is lit by stained glass with geometric decoration whose design is repeated in the ironwork of the banister and the lift shaft. On the mezzanine are distributed the dining room, the kitchen and various lounges. On the ground floor are found the reception services. The space is reduced by an external arcade gallery whose pillars are decorated with black and gold ceramics. The presence of oriels or bow-windows set in triangular overhang and in alternation enliven the façades on which one can distinctly see the different levels of occupation.