Dutch hotel-and-lifestyle brand citizenM has returned to Paris to open its fourth hotel in the French capital.

Located almost precisely between Arc de Triomphe and Place de la Concorde, citizenM Paris Champs-Élysées hotel stays true to the brand’s promise of ‘affordable luxury for the people’.

Over approximately two years, the existing 1970s building on Rue la Boétie had been redesigned and converted into a modern 151-room citizenM hotel, with the help of long-time collaborators and architects Concrete Amsterdam. A quarter of the guestrooms on the front facade have a view of Rue la Boétie and a slice of Avenue de Champs-Élysées, while the rest are arranged in a U-shape around a peaceful ground-floor courtyard with greenery and comfortable outdoor seating. Designed to fit the existing building, rooms are fitted with XL king-size beds, jungle-like showers, and various forms of entertainment. From lights and blinds to the temperature and TV, the entire room ambiance is controlled by the citizenM app, or the MoodPad tablet.

In every city it calls home, citizenM seeks out local artists to collaborate with and highlight their talent. Luck Left Hand was commissioned to create a wall mural for the entry way to the living room. Other notable art pieces in the living room include ‘Tauros’ by Sarah Morris, a lightbox by JR (Jean René), photo print by Frank Horvat, and Andy Warhol’s ‘Flowers’, as well as hand-picked pieces by Thomas Raat, Christophe Bucklow, David Salle and Jordan Wolfson, courtesy of the citizenM collection, which belongs to citizenM Executive Chairman Rattan Chadha. For room art, citizenM hand-picked three French female artists – Marie Guillard, Elvire Caillon and Melodie Bachet – in collaboration with Starter, a creative agency run by Parisiennes Aurelie Dablanc and Anne-Marine Guiberteau.

The brand’s signature designer living room has space for working and relaxing, hundreds of books, interesting objects, and a 24/7 kitchen in the centre. Known as canteenM, it serves 24/7 food, drinks and snacks – nearly all locally sourced – hot à la carte meals, craft cocktails and delicious coffee.

citizenM Paris Champs-Élysées is the first-ever hotel with three outdoor spaces – the courtyard on ground level, the canteenM terrace, and a cloudM rooftop bar with a fresh, casual vibe. The park-style bar on top of the Champs-Élysées will serve a menu of finger food, snacks, and bottled drinks. The cloudM bar – featuring views of the Eiffel Tower – will be open to the public, available for private hire, and furnished by Vitra.