Katja Pargger restores a hidden 1930s Parisian house with mineral-coated walls, oak herringbone floors, and a sunken conversation pit wrapped in reclaimed Hermès leather offcuts. A single skylight beam animates the space while dense foliage frames controlled glimpses of the garden. Quiet, material-driven modernism in the 16th arrondissement.
Read MoreKatja Pargger is an Austrian-born, Paris-based architect known for precise, material-led renovations of early-20th-century houses. Trained at the Technical University of Vienna and École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris, she worked with Joseph Dirand and Pierre Yovanovitch before founding her own studio in 2018. Her projects focus on revealing the inherent character of existing structures through careful restoration, contemporary detailing, and a restrained palette of natural finishes.