he cohesion of central Parisian architecture makes for a city with few visible seams. But it also makes altering their interiors challenging — inevitably, the tension between creativity and faithful reproduction seeps out of the cracks, seeking to be resolved. “Very often the Parisian apartments of the early 1900s are all very similar: white walls and ceilings with stuccos that decorate them according to a fairly standardised collection of motifs,” says Italian architect Massimo Adario. “How to design an interior that was in
