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Aix-en-Provence  ·  France & international

Aix-en-Provence · France & international Interior architecture
studio & concepts.

Places that tell a story,
get photographed, get shared.

In brief

Red Banana Studio is an interior architecture and concept studio based in Aix-en-Provence (16 Cours Sextius, France). Together with four architects, it forms the Kalos collective, sharing offices, resources, advice and projects. It designs and oversees hotels, restaurants, villas and shops, in France and abroad. The studio has delivered more than 120 projects over 15 years in 4 countries, for brands such as Novotel, Mercure and Ibis, and for the 5-star Le Pigonnet hotel in Aix-en-Provence.

Ionic order — studio study, Novotel Arenas, Nice
I / VI

Hospitality,
staged.
Hotel interior architecture

From lobby to suite, every stay becomes a story. Accor, Novotel, Mercure, Ibis, Le Pigonnet 5★ — from Nice to Lisbon.

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Corinthian order — studio study, Le Petit Prince, Aix-en-Provence
II / VI

The table
as stage.
Restaurant and bar interior architecture

Taste as décor, light as service. Le Petit Prince, Yatay, Côté Cour, Faubourg 46 — rooms worth lingering in.

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Tuscan order — studio study, duplex, Aix-en-Provence
III / VI

The intimate,
tailored.
Interior architecture for villas and apartments

Duplex, triplex, private villas: the same care for material and detail, at the scale of everyday life. No compromise.

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The portico — studio study, Horloger, Aix-en-Provence
IV / VI

Making you want
to step inside.
Retail and shop interiors

A storefront is a promise. Horloger, Metabolik, Mon Petit Herbier, KeepCool — the journey, the light, the threshold crossed.

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Doric order — studio study, Les Halles de Luynes
V / VI

One concept,
a hundred places.
Global design, concepts and franchises

From signage to menu: a codified, replicable identity that leaves each address room for its own local variation. Global design & franchise.

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VI / VI

The practice,
augmented.
Vitruve.app, the management tool for agencies

We’re building Vitruve.app — the tool that brings every project back to scale and lets AI carry the administrative load.

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Vitruve.app interface preview (sample data) Fig. — Vitruve.app · dashboard (preview, sample data)
Coming soon · New tool
VITRUVE.app
The architecture practice, augmented by AI.

Quotes, projects, sites, clients — brought together in a single tool built for architecture and design practices. Vitruve.app carries the full chain of a project, from the fee proposal to the works progress statement, and has artificial intelligence draft the first versions: you review, you decide, you approve — keeping your time for design.

  • Quotes & pipelineCosting, follow-ups, conversion — accelerated.
  • Projects & sitesPhases, work packages, scheduling, documents — all in one place.
  • AI CopilotIt drafts, structures and anticipates; you design.
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A tool designed by Red Banana Studio — launching in 2026
IVision

Places that tell their story.

Red Banana Studio designs spaces that are honest, desirable and memorable — places rooted in Provençal material and open to the imagination. From the five-star hotel to the neighborhood counter, every project is a one-of-a-kind piece: a story, a palette, a signature. Tradition is not a backdrop — it’s a starting point.

120+Projects delivered
15Years
4Countries
IIApproach

The phases of a project“Five movements, one score.”

From immersion to the finished site, a method that protects the idea down to the last detail.

IIIPortfolio · Selection

The collection.

35 projects — from Aix to Nice, Paris, Lisbon. A wall of images; click to open a project.

Featured
IVThe Studio

A workshop,
not an agency.

Based in Aix-en-Provence, we work in a small team, close to the material and the artisans. Each project is led by a design–site duo, ensuring consistency between intention and reality. We believe in places that age well, in details you only notice on the second visit, and in that touch of daring — the red in the fresco — that makes them memorable.

Trusted by

Accor · Novotel · Mercure · Ibis · Ibis Styles · Le Pigonnet 5★ · Ronan Kernen — and numerous independents.

The studio in detail ↗