MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD COLLECTION FOR DUCHATEAU
HARDWOOD FLOORING COLLECTION
DUCHATEAU joins with world renowned interior designer MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD to create a hardwood flooring collection inspired by modern and classical architects. Impeccable finishes, rooted in design tradition, reinvented for today. MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD COLLECTION
EUROPEAN WHITE OAK, WIDE PLANK 9.5” Made in Thailand. Designed in California in collaboration with Martyn Lawrence Bullard.
LUTYENS
NEUTRA
NAPOLEON III
JEANNERET
PALLADIAN
NIEMEYER
“My collection with DUCHATEAU is inspired by some of the greatest architects, and each one of these architects has an amazing story of their own. These colors, based in history, are timeless, creating a nod to the history, and to the incredible experience, that they have given to the world.”
- MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD
MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD
“Almost like a piece of driftwood that you would find on a beach”
NIEMEYER “Oscar Niemeyer is a Brazilian legend. He is the architect that created the face of modern Brazil. His designs were taken from the beauty of his country—the sexy, kind of sun-soaked beaches and oceans that surround Brazil—and it is very much part of the inspiration of these floors... with their wonderful, desaturated color, this beautiful, light grayish sheen that you get, almost like a piece of driftwood that you would find on a beach.
These floors are perfect for any beach house, or really for anyone that wants to bring that beachy experience into their home.”
- MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD
LIGHT TONES DESATURATED WITH A SUBTLE GREIGE SHEEN
OSCAR NIEMEYER 1907 – 2012
Oscar Niemeyer created a style that has become synonymous with the modernist architecture of Brazil. His design language married his inspiration from Brazilian landscapes with his desire for the social fulfillment of architecture—his love of graceful curves and natural lines informed all his projects, both feats of engineering and exemplary of his eye for sculptural beauty. He is remembered for the iconic Ipanema beach of Rio, his civic buildings throughout the capital, and designs around the world that planted more organic architectural roots that would extend through the 21st century. Niemeyer’s legacy continues as contemporary designs push form further through shapes only more recent computing could make structurally sound.
NITERÓI CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM
NIEMEYER WIDE PLANK EUROPEAN OAK FLOORS
“It has a kind of luminosity that comes from within the wood”
LUTYENS “I was first introduced to the Lutyens style with my parents. As a kid, they used to tour me around the country houses on the weekend, which was something I loved and has become, you know, really part of my makeup—it’s my history, my design knowledge. He was this extraordinary architect that sort of blew away the dark Victoriana of the English country house. He knew that it was all about bringing light into a house. It’s what creates life and energy. The thing I love about this Lutyens floor is that it has this very matte quality, it has a kind of luminosity that comes from within the wood, that really you only achieve over 100 years of use—these amazing floors that look like they have been scrubbed for generations to get to this wonderful color. It was very important for me to get to something that felt age-worn, but also feels very fresh and modern.”
- MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD
PALE NATURAL RAW SHADES
SIR EDWIN LUTYENS 1869 – 1944
Sir Edwin Lutyens was an English architect who revitalized the traditional, darker Victorian style, bringing light and breathing life into the English country house he would redefine. Sweeping rooflines, buttressed chimneys, and long runs of windows became the hallmark of his designs he would often finish with added touches of local influence. One of his masterpieces is the Great Dixter house in England—a romantic recreation of a medieval manor. Playful knee-high windows ensured even the youngest children would have a view of the gardens below as, in true Lutyens style, the magic lies in the relationship between the house and the garden landscape.
GREAT DIXTER HOUSE AND GARDENS
LUTYENS WIDE PLANK EUROPEAN OAK FLOORS
“ This beautiful, very bleached colored floor captures a little bit of sunshine”
NEUTRA “Richard Neutra is really one of the most important architects of the last century. His work has literally changed the way we all live. He was the father of California style, and the indoor-outdoor experience of his architecture is so important that it became copied the world over. This beautiful, very bleached colored floor captures a little bit of sunshine. It has this amazing warmth which Richard Neutra was really known for. And that light, that balance, the glow of the sunshine, is really what we have captured within the color of the wood. The blending of the inside and the outside and the way that we all want to live—the California dream.”
- MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD
LIGHT TONES WITH A TOUCH OF WARM, GOLDEN TAN
RICHARD NEUTRA 1892 – 1970
Richard Neutra created modern living in California, where he lived and dedicated his career. All his designs embrace the surrounding outdoors, often through porches, patios, or gardens, and with many of his houses living elegantly and precisely within the landscape.
A turning point in Neutra’s career was the Lovell House in Los Angeles—a balanced reflection of his interests in cubism, in transparency, and in quality of life. Neutra is now most remembered for his masterpiece, the 1946 Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, CA. It was commissioned by Edgar J. Kaufmann, a businessman who also commissioned Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright.
NEUTRA WIDE PLANK EUROPEAN OAK FLOORS
KAUFMANN DESERT HOUSE
BRETT HARRIS
“ These wonderful blond wood floors capture that old meets new experience”
NAPOLEON III “Emperor Napoleon the Third, or Napoleon Trois, really changed the face of the Paris we know today. Before he came along, it was a very medieval city, dark and quite dirty, so he hired Haussmann, an extraordinary architect of the period, to come in and redesign the city. And the great neoclassical buildings that we see today are really Haussmann’s invention. It is the new Paris, the beauty of Paris, that we love the world over. But one of the great signatures of Haussmann were the extraordinary floors that he added. It today is the real signature of Parisian-style. These wonderful blond wood floors that really capture that old meets new experience. It’s desaturated, yet it has a little color; and that color lets us build upon it anything we want to.”
- MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD
BLOND TO MID-TAN TONES
NAPOLEON III 1808 – 1873
Napoleon III had a vision of a new Paris—to transform the ancient and medieval into a modern beauty, rooted in French tradition, but alive and refreshing in its revival. He hired the civil engineer Haussmann to realize it. Together, they cut straight, wide avenues through the chaos of small streets. They created a unifying order, so the goods, services, and people could move faster and easier through the city. They created an aesthetic, opening space to bring more light and lining avenues with trees and streetlights. Kiosks and cafes were born from new parks and sidewalks and, suddenly, Parisian street life sparked.
NAPOLEON III WIDE PLANK EUROPEAN OAK FLOORS
PARIS, FRANCE
“ It’s a color that flows across the board, always giving life to a room”
JEANNERET “Pierre Jeanneret, one of the great architects of our time, became highly famous when he partnered with his cousin, Le Corbusier, to create Chandigarh, an extraordinary city in India. They not only created the architecture, but they created furniture—particularly, the famous chairs in this wonderful, honey golden tone wood with amazing caning. Drop in this beautiful Jeanneret color. A welcoming color, it allows you to use it in a multitude of ways, from the most modern house to a mid-century restoration to a period project. It’s a color that flows across the board, always giving life to a room, always giving heart and soul to a home, yet giving you the availability to add your own spin.”
- MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD
A MID-TONE FULL RICH BROWN
PIERRE JEANNERET 1896 – 1967
Pierre Jeanneret was a Swiss master architect known for his urban planning, unique furniture, and fruitful, lifelong partnership with his cousin, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier. Together they put into brick and mortar their ideas of modern living as they designed the city of Chandigarh in India. Their town planning, landscaping, architecture, and furniture became the grounds for them to explore their vision.
Among his chairs he designed for administrative offices was a V-legged teak-and-cane armchair. These chairs have been rediscovered for the simple and minimal, yet profound sculpture they are.
JEANNERET WIDE PLANK EUROPEAN OAK FLOORS
GANDHI BHAVANA, CHANDIGARH
“ I wanted it to be bold”
PALLADIAN
Award Winner. Architectural Digest Great Design Awards 2023.
“Andrea Palladio, the greatest architect Italy ever knew. He really influenced the way design evolved within all of society across Europe—from the grandest palace to the most humble of homes. But his real trick was an understanding of drama, and for me that was one of the most important parts of our design ethos, and the reason why I wanted a dark wood floor in our collection. I wanted it to be bold. I think one of the great things to look for in a dark floor is not just the intensity and richness of color, but an evenness—it has to have that depth. It is, without doubt, one of the greatest design statements within this collection.”
- MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD
DARK, ESPRESSO COFFEE BROWN
ANDREA PALLADIO 1508 – 1580
An immutable presence across cultures and continents. Andrea Palladio was an Italian Renaissance architect whose classical order and organization of form set the architectural standard of Europe, and whose understanding of drama created a design language that has become ubiquitous. Many of our banks, churches, and public buildings reflect his influence. He is most remembered for his country houses and villas, such as Villa La Rotonda, near Vicenza. The entire building was proportioned with mathematical precision according to Palladio’s own rules of architecture, which he published* and became widely distributed.
PALLADIAN WIDE PLANK EUROPEAN OAK FLOORS
VILLA ROTONDA DEL PALLADIO
*Credit to Architectuul
MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD COUTURE COLLECTION
These black and white pattern floors, designed by world renowned interior designer MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD, were created for a special project, the RuPaul Residence in Beverly Hills, as seen in the lead cover story of the June 2023 issue of Architectural Digest.
The client gave Martyn full reign, “We’ve always loved Martyn’s aesthetic, so we trusted him,” RuPaul says. “I said, ‘Go for it. I can go as far as your imagination will take us.’”*
*From the Mayer Rus article, Architectural Digest
COUTURE MEDALLION
COUTURE CHEVRON
CUSTOM COUTURE QUOTE
The bold and dynamic statement patterns play a star role throughout the house, bringing reference to design history with a fresh twist.
COUTURE MEDALLION
Offered in 32” x 33” with 5/8” thickness and a 4 mm wear layer.
COUTURE CHEVRON
Offered in 7-1/2” x 39-3/4” with 5/8” thickness and a 4 mm wear layer.
CUSTOM COUTURE QUOTE The black is a true ebony black, opaque. Its counter- part is a clean white translucent enough for a hint of the wood grain to show through the matte finish. If you’d like more information on this project for your own space, let us know.
PRODUCT INFORMATION
*
WEAR LAYER
4 MM
THICKNESS
5/8” (15 MM)
WIDTH
9-1/2” (240 MM) CHEVRON - 7-1/2” (190.5 MM). MEDALLION - 32” (812.8 MM)
LENGTH
RANDOM LENGTH UP TO 86-5/8” (2200 MM) CHEVRON - 39-3/4” (1009.65 MM). MEDALLION - 33” (838.2 MM)
FINISH
UV LACQUER
SPECIES
EUROPEAN WHITE OAK
GRADE
CHARACTER
CONSTRUCTION
ENGINEERED
SURFACE TREATMENT
BRUSHED
INSTALLATION
GLUE-DOWN, NAIL/STAPLE WITH GLUE ASSIST
RADIANT HEAT
APPROVED
TRIM
STAIRNOSE, REDUCER, THRESHOLD, T-MOLD, AND SQUARENOSE
MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD is a multi-award winning Los Angeles-based interior designer renowned for his broad range of styles and eclectic, yet sophisticated and inviting interiors. He has been consistently named one of the world’s 100 top interior designers by Architectural Digest , featured permanently in Elle Decor’s A-List , and listed among the top 25 designers by The Hollywood Reporter.
WARRANTY
LIMITED LIFETIME STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY. 25-YEAR RESIDENTIAL SURFACE FINISH. 3-YEAR COMMERCIAL SURFACE FINISH.
Note: All measurements are nominal. *Nominal wear layer thickness measured prior to finishing processes. Finishing processes such as wire–brushing will affect the overall thickness. To see full product information, visit duchateau.com/mlbcollection
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