The Guild Of St. Luke

Remastering the Past
Rarely seen interior design projects celebrating a unique way of respecting traditional craftsmanship and techniques with a very contemporary twist.

The Guild of Saint Luke, whose name is a callback to the early-modern European city guilds of artists, is a design studio guided by the core principle of remastering the past. Arguing that traditional design techniques are very much alive and well, and bringing together artisans and artists who focus on locally sensitive projects, they embrace the historic context of the places where they work.

This book features a selection of their most remarkable recent international projects, original creations and restorations alike. It includes private apartments in Paris; spectacular renovations of iconic brasseries Terminus Nord, Bouillon Julien, and Brasserie Excelsior, all true temples of French urban life whose Art Nouveau and Art Deco interiors have been