Paris Hermès Store

April 2, 2024

Along the Left Bank at 17 Rue de Sèvres, Hermès opened its Rive Gauche flagship in 2010 inside the former swimming pool of the Art Deco Hôtel Lutetia complex. The interior, designed by RDAI, threads light wooden pavilions through the preserved volumes of the 1930s bath, creating a soaring retail hall that nods to Parisian modernism.

The site, known as the Piscine Lutetia, had been listed as a protected historic space; Hermès’ conversion balanced heritage with contemporary craft, expanding the house’s presence to the Left Bank after 170 years on the Right. The store quickly became a design destination, pairing leather goods and silk with bookshop‑style vignettes and floral displays beneath the former gallery balconies.