Emmanuel de Bayser’s Mid-Century Home Berlin

Berlin-based, French-born Emmanuel de Bayser’s apartment is a mid-century museum. Well positioned in the 17th century Gendarmenmarkt Square, renowned for its Konzerhous (concert hall) and home to both French and German cathedrals, this apartment is a retreat for the owner of The Corner Berlin boutique. Forever a Frenchman residing in Berlin, de Bayser has created a place for his soul to find solace amidst an exemplary roll call of iconic French mid-century design opulence.

With exhilarating white walls reaching five metre heights, de Bayser changed very little cosmetically within the apartment. New timber shelving to house an extensive library, the repainting of walls and re-staining of floorboards, and the addition of the monolithic yet sculptural fireplace initiates a delicate harmonium between architecture and furniture.

The use of a fabric and timber wall paneling evokes a natural sense of warmth, grounding the characteristically mid-toned timber of the furniture pieces. The exception to this rule is the heavenly living room with its pure white rug that floats the curvaceous envelopment of Jean Rayère ‘L’Ours’ sofa and ‘Oeuf’ armchair, looked down by the angular nose of two Serge Mouille floor lamps.

Intimate serviced zones of the apartment are architecturally compressed by the wrapping of timber wall paneling in the bedroom and by effectively reducing ceiling height with the intervention of an open metal-framed ceiling grid in the kitchen.

With an apartment full of the works of great French design icons – Jean Prouve, Jean Rayère, Charlotte Perriand, Serge Mouille and Pierre Jeanneret – it is no wonder the Frenchman has truly found home.

Credits: Trendland