The hotel Hotel Norman Paris The sophisticated, design-forward Hotel Norman. Check-in In the so-called City of Love “Norman” may not seem the loveliest of names, at least to an Australian visitor’s ear (no offence to all of you Norms and Normans out there) for a chic Parisian hotel, and this hotel sure is chic. However, there’s a perfectly sound reason as to how this relatively new 37-room boutique hotel – it opened in February – acquired its moniker.
Hotel Norman’s Paris-based architect Thomas Vidalenc chose Norman Ives, an American 20th-century modernist painter and designer, as his inspiration for this establishment “dedicated to world travellers drawn to open urban spaces, design, architecture, and the quality of human experiences”. The “nerve centre” ..
. restaurant Thiou’s adjacent bar and lounge. The look On arrival for a much-too-short overnight stay at the end of a week and a half visit to France, the decor and ambience has a distinct clubby, though not stuffy, ambience with the low-key reception space extending into a cosily inviting lounge-cum-library furnished with vintage sofas, eclectic objet d’art and its own fireplace.
Tucked away below ground level is the hotel’s spa where Vidalenc has somehow managed to squeeze in both a lap pool and a sauna. The room The stylish suites feature modernist art, and custom furnishings offset with antique pieces. The design story, confidently begun in the lobby and lounge, continues right through to th.
