{"id":113056,"date":"2015-01-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/2014-boy-winner-hotel-adaptive-reuse\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T13:33:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T18:33:16","slug":"2014-boy-winner-hotel-adaptive-reuse","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/2014-boy-winner-hotel-adaptive-reuse\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 BOY Winner: Hotel Adaptive Reuse"},"content":{"rendered":"
Founded in 1100 by an eccentric monk who sought to create an “ideal city,” France’s Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud was a double monastery, with communities of men and women often led by abbesses belonging to the Bourbon royal family. The complex eventually comprised a church—with its tombstone effigy of Richard the Lionheart—and four priories. After the French Revolution, the abbey became a notorious prison. By the time Interior Design<\/em> Hall of Fame member Patrick Jouin<\/a> and his partner, Sanjit Manku<\/a>, found themselves touring, the property had evolved into a cultural and community center. One priory contained a modest hotel, but the regional authority envisioned something more august.<\/p>\n