Moreover their number reduced as shrinking

Trial. The hotel Lambert, bought by the brother of the Emir of the Qatar, is not the only Parisian protected building whose renovation is a problem. University Street is a set of two mansions, the first street, 17th century, the second court, of the 19th century, for its very interesting decor. It was during a visit of impromptu control that the architect of the buildings of France (ABF) realizes that the construction work did not correspond to the particular authorization. As the Ministry of Culture to the Prosecutor's Office on December 11, 2006, the case concerns the demolition without permission of parts of these two remarkable and protected buildings, located in the backup area of the 7th arrondissement of Paris. Thus, the ancient vaulted cellars were fully consolidated and the longère collapsed.

"Rare event, the city of Paris and the Ministry of Culture had continued in correctional owner." "He has been fined late 2008 rather low, but the Prosecutor's Office appealed the decision," notes Christine Fabre, association SOS Paris.

"This is a case that the ABF may have realize what happening here, explains Christine Fabre.". Most of the time, we can not visit, the site is closed. This does not prevent us to continue to check all permits for buildings classified or not, and when we have a doubt, we alert the architects of the buildings of France.

Examples are unfortunately too frequent. 3 And 5 of the place Vendôme, the work carried out on behalf of the sultan of Brunei, Hassan al-Bolkiah, under the leadership of Alain-Charles Perrot, the Chief Architect of Historic Monuments also responsible for overseeing the construction of the hotel Lambert made leap Heritage architects: swimming pool, armoured glass, games show reconstructed... 19, The Evreux hotel has new owner the Emir of Qatar, which already has the hotel Coislin, place de la Concorde... As the hotel Bourbon-Condé, rue Monsieur, "we sold him more than 60 million euros and, at this price, there should really be a lover of old stones, Charles - Marie Jottras, the President of Feau." In General, these people here have an extremely fine notion of respect they owe to these historical monuments.

In fact, deal with the vagaries of a wealthy clientele, the historic integrity of the individual hotels weighs not heavy. Moreover, their number reduced as shrinking. In there a little less than 400 today in Paris, whereas they were five times more numerous during the reign of Louis XIII.

The problem is often that their owners want to not only the modern comfort, which seems legitimate, but also of the extravagant amenities: Elevator, pool in the basement or on the roof, bathrooms everywhere... And if the facades and roofs are relatively well protected, is not true of interiors. "Inside, it's often a disaster to the architectural plan", said Christine Fabre. These properties are found on the market at a sale of the heritage of the State, of an Embassy or a business, and we must confess that they are often vandalised by developments of offices (false ceilings, neon, walls, etc.). When they are occupied by individuals, there are parking lots, swimming pools, projection rooms... "The backup plan that covers half of the 7th and the Marsh does unfortunately not protect basements", launches Christine Fabre.

Foreigners do not hold the Palm of bad students. The French are particularly concerned. Remains, however, specific hotels perfectly restored in the rules of art. The image of that of Burgundy Street, owned by the Pinault family, including all the architectural elements, basements, kitchens, etc., have been preserved as formerly...