White walls, stripey furnishings and colourful ceramics feature in this hotel on France's Côte d'Azur, which interior architect Stéphanie Livée has designed to reflect the region's laid-back ambience.
Hotel Le Sud is situated in Juan Les Pins, a charming town on the Côte d'Azur recognised for its sandy beaches and seafront promenades lined with eateries and boutiques.
This setting became a key point of reference for Paris-based interior architect Stéphanie Lizée, who was tasked with designing the hotel's 29 guest rooms, bar and terrace.

"I am native to the region, southern blood runs in my veins," Livée told Dezeen.
"We have revisited the stylistic codes of the south with subtlety: the sandstone, the terracotta, the stripes, the rattan, interact with objects found in the surroundings and custom-designed furniture, mostly made by local craftsmen," she continued. "The spirit of the South is here both revisited and modernized, without ostentation or caricature."

Paved flooring inlaid with jagged offcuts of stone has been paired with white-painted walls in the hotel's bar.
Wicker chairs run down one side of the room, while on the other is a series of ornate wire-frame seats dressed with floral yellow seat cushions.

A stripey orange seating banquette has been set against one peripheral wall, where French artist Franck Lebraly has created a small mural.
It depicts a trio of arched windows looking out across the ocean, with summer-themed par...