In 1932 Saint-Tropez, French Rationalist architect Georges-Henri Pingusson conceived Latitude 43, a grand lodge erected within the spirit of radical modernism, set in opposition to what was then a modest fishing port. As soon as described as “a stranded ocean liner,” the constructing’s design endures in nautical kind: round porthole home windows, deck-like volumes, and passageways evoking ship hulls. After serving as army headquarters through the Second World Warfare, Latitude 43 was later subdivided into non-public residences and designated as a listed constructing.
Enter Dimore Studio, the Milan-based follow of Emiliano Salci and Britt Moran, consultants in European class and a specific reverence for antiquity. Tasked with reimagining two of the constructing’s flats, the designers approached every with cinematic precision—layering twentieth-century design icons in tribute to the Modernist motion. Right here, we take a more in-depth have a look at their work on the fifth ground of Latitude 43.
Pictures by Andrea Ferrari courtesy of Dimore Studio.
