AD TOP 100 INTERIOR DESIGNERS: Décoration Jacques Garcia

June 21, 2021

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Born in 1947, Jacques Garcia showed a talent for drawing objects of art at a young age. At the age of eight, he built and furnished his first structure at his grandparent’s home. Later on, he attended a school of interior design and completed his education in the applied arts. When he finished his education, he began working for a firm of contemporary architects and created the concepts for the interiors of the Tour Montparnasse in Paris, Le Méridien hotels, and the Royal Monceau à Paris. Today CovetED would like to tell you more about them and their style in design.

Born in 1947, Jacques Garcia showed a talent for drawing and objects of art at a young age. At the age of eight, he constructed and furnished his first structure at the home of his grandparents. Thereafter he attended a school of interior design and completed his education in the applied arts.

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When he finished his education, he began working for a firm of contemporary architects and created the concepts for the interiors of the Tour Montparnasse in Paris, Le Méridien hotels, and the Royal Monceau à Paris. He was also the interior architect for the Hôtel Costes and Costes restaurants, the Hotel Majestic, and the restaurant Fouquet’s. In 2006, he redecorated the Hôtel Odéon Saint Germain in Paris. He purchased and restored the Château du Champ-de-Bataille in Normandy and undertook to recreate and update the large French formal garden.

He also became an avid collector of furniture and royal art objects dispersed after the French Revolution. For his achievements, he was named commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, and a Chevalier in the order of the Légion d’honneur.

Jacques Garcia’s philosophy is “I am, before everything, a creator of atmospheres.” and that concept is so well reflected in his projects, such as Wolfgang Puck’s Cut restaurant at Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown, NoMad hotels in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, a rehabilitation of Monte Carlo’s Hôtel Métropole. The designer’s key influences are Louis Le Vau, Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, Frank Gehry. Talking about the favourite places of Jacques Garcia, his favourite Hotel is La Mamounia in Marrakech, which was decorated by himself.

The designer is passionate about the gardens of Château du Champ de Bataille in Sainte-Opportune-du-Bosc, France and by the Louvre in Paris, which is Jacques Garcia’s favourite museum. His favourite restaurant is Le Gabriel (also designed by himself) at La Réserve hotel in Paris. The Next Big Thing for Jacques Garcia is “A return to knowledge.”

Get to know more about Décoration Jacques Garcia and his work on studiojacquesgarcia.com.