Juan Pablo Molyneux
| Juan Pablo Molyneux | |
|---|---|
| Residence |
Lenox Hill, Upper East Side, New York City, USA Le Marais, Paris, France Château de Pouy-sur-Vannes, Pouy-sur-Vannes, France |
| Nationality | United States[1] |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Chile |
| Occupation | Interior designer |
| Spouse(s) | Pilar Molyneux |
Juan Pablo Molyneux is a Chilean-born American interior designer. Based on the Upper East Side and Le Marais, he has designed the interiors of private residences, and public buildings, and private member's clubs in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East. He is a proponent of maximalism.
Early life
Juan Pablo Molyneux was born in Chile.[2][1] He grew up in Santiago,[3] and vacationed in Europe.[2] His father was a banker and a sports car collector.[2] He grew up speaking Spanish, French and English, and playing rugby.[2]
He graduated from the Catholic University of Chile, where he studied architecture.[2][1] He later attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts and the Ecole du Louvre in Paris.[1]
Career
Molyneux is a maximalist interior designer.[2] He started his career in Santiago, and later moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2] Later, he moved to New York City.[2]
Molyneux has designed private residences in South America, North America, Europe, and the Middle East. In 2004, he designed the interior of the Cercle de l'Union interalliée, a private members' club in Paris.[3][1] He designed the interior of the Pavilion of Treaties in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[2] In Doha, he designed a 40,000-square-foot palace for Sheikh Mohamed Bin Suhaim Al-Thani of the House of Thani, the ruling family of Qatar.[2]
Molyneux serves on the Boards of Trustees of the American Friends of Versailles, the World Monuments Fund, and the French Heritage Society.[1][4]
Personal life
Molyneux is a naturalized American citizen.[1] He is married to a woman, Pilar, whom he met when they were both teenagers.[2][3] They reside in a townhouse on East 69th Street in Lenox Hill on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City,[3] and in a hôtel particulier in Le Marais, in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris.[2][5] They also own the historic Château de Pouy-sur-Vannes in Pouy-sur-Vannes, outside Paris.[2] He drives a Rolls Royce.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Juan Pablo Molyneux, French Heritage Society
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Joshua Levine, Interior Designer Juan Pablo Molyneux: The Patron Saint of Lost Arts, The Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2014
- 1 2 3 4 Charlotte Cowles, ARCHITECT OF DREAMS: JUAN PABLO MOLYNEUX: Designer Juan Pablo Molyneux creates his own castle in Manhattan., Harpers Bazaar, January 27, 2015
- ↑ World Monuments Fund: Board of Trustees
- ↑ Christopher Petkanas, A PERSONAL SPACE: Juan Pablo Molyneux’s Fait Accompli in the Marais, Architectural Digest
6. Alain Jourdan http://www.tdg.ch/news/standard/ici-serguei-lavrov/story/31082600?track