Karl Lagerfeld’s Paris apartment will hit the auction block on March 26 at the city’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry, per Mansion Global. Citing a release by Paris Notaires Services, the publication says that bidding on the dwelling, which served as Lagerfeld’s home and studio, will begin at $5.77 million (€5.3 million).
In 2012, seven years before his death, Lagerfeld told AD France that it took two years to transform the 2,800-square-foot aerie into a custom avant-garde spread. While in the middle of the gut renovation, the former Chanel designer said that living in the space would be “like floating in your own spaceship over a very civilized past” and it seems as if that’s what he was able to achieve. The abode is located on Quai Voltaire, a historic street bordering the Seine on the city’s Left Bank.
Per the latest images, floors throughout the apartment still shine with a mixture of polished cement and silicone. Sunlight floods through several windows, bouncing off the sleek surfaces and the frosted-white glass panes that make up the wall-to-wall shelves and other partitions. During Lagerfeld’s residency in the home, the futuristic features lent an intense space-age feel to the extra long living area, which was a combination of eight rooms. “I wanted an apartment with glass and transparency everywhere, lit to death, because I live in over-lit conditions,” he told AD. “I need an exact recreation of daylight when I draw.”
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In the kitchen, Lagerfeld chose stainless steel for cabinets and appliances, and stored linens and household products in two giant storage cylinders purchased from Colette, the beloved former French boutique.
