STUDIO FLORENT VERDÈS

STEIDL PUBLISHERS
Expected release : Summer 2026

French (fr) and English (en) editions
Preface : Dominique Rouillard
7 Volumes, 1,000 pages

VOLUME 1 : The Architecture of Twelve Minutes
VOLUME 2 : The Other Side of the Ideas
VOLUME 3 : The Hidden Scenographer, Stefan Lubrina
VOLUME 4 : The Scenographies at the Grand Palais (2005 - 2011)
VOLUME 5 : The Scenographies at the Grand Palais (2011 - 2015)
VOLUME 6 : The Scenographies at the Grand Palais (2016 - 2019)
VOLUME 7 : KL - SL, The Correspondence


"Ask any contributor to Vogue or Harper's Bazaar what their favorite Chanel show is, and chances are it took place at the Grand Palais. From 2006 to 2019, the Grand Palais hosted Karl Lagerfeld's visionary shows, with sets of exceptional scale — from a supermarket to an art gallery, to a 'Chanel Airlines' airport terminal. The immense Beaux-Arts building, with its exaggerated and enchanting verticality, served as a gateway for the designer's fantastic visions. In this book — the first to explore the architecture of the Chanel shows — architect Florent Verdès selects 30 set designs that reveal how architecture was at the core of Karl Lagerfeld's creative process during these years. The Architecture of the Chanel Shows unfolds through sketches, photographs of scale models and sets, architectural drawings, archival documents and much more — ultimately revealing the discreet talent behind bringing these visions to life: scenographer Stefan Lubrina."