The essence of beauty

This edition of T magazine is another voyage featuring a dazzling array of people and places who inhabit the worlds that Tectona is passionate about. Madrid, Château de Versailles, Rome, Normandy, Jardins du Lude, Lausanne… we invite you to discover the very essence that infuses our creations in the pursuit of beauty.

First, an interview with Martin Szekely, an icon of the design world and creator of Soleil, our new outdoor collection featuring sculpted pieces made from larch, which has been sourced from European forests. Of course, the furniture has the levels of durability and resistance that Tectona is known for.

Our first destination is the heart of Madrid, in Santo Mauro hotel, where our 1800 collection was adorned in the colours and motifs conceived by interior designer, Lorenzo Castillo. The creative freedom afforded by 1800 is one of the keys to its widespread use in hotels and restaurants, and also among our private clients.

Next on our itinerary is the Château de Versailles, where we carried out a veritable survey of its heritage reserve collection, thereby laying the groundwork for our Normandy workshop to fabricate the Grande ÉcurieVersailles bench, which has been providing a welcome rest to visitors to the Château since 2020.

All our creations, whether heritage or contemporary, have been evaluated at our workshop: every detail is rigorously analysed then thoroughly tested to ensure that every piece of furniture is ideally designed. The workshop is also where traditional manual techniques are passed down and also judiciously supplemented by new technologies. The same spirit pervades our next destination, a workshop in Rome where we discover the secrets behind the fabrication of Roma, our bestselling parasol that has been made in the traditional manner for four generations at the same workshop.

Beautiful gardens move us and poetry could be written about our next stop, the gardens of the Château du Lude, laid out in terraces between the Château and the Loir river. The historical site has been classed a Jardin Remarquable.

At our final destination, Lausanne, we meet Matthieu Gafsou, a photographer whose work is regularly exhibited; the exhibition H+ made a striking impression at the Rencontres d’Arles photography festival of 2018. He also teaches at ECAL (Lausanne University of Art and Design), with which Tectona regularly collaborates.

Thinking ahead, we created a small selection of iconic furniture for soaking up sunshine in style and in comfort, whether in your garden, by a pool or in the terrace of a café.