The hospitality arm of luxury goods giant Bvlgari has announced plans to open a hotel in Paris in 2020, bringing its international collection to eight properties.

Italian design firm Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Parisian architects Valode & Pistre are converting a historic building on Avenue George V – adjacent to the Champs Elysees in the famous and fashionable Triangle d’Or area of the French capital – into the 66-room Bvlgari Hotel Paris.

The restyling of the building has been conceived as “a transition to modernity.” According to a design statement, “while both the use of the typical Parisian limestone and the respect of the ‘alignment’ criteria recall the 19th-century Haussmanian urban patterns, the completely renewed façade evokes a rationalistic style that is an expression of the most contemporary architectural design.”

In a bid to boost the hotel’s luxury credentials, most of the guestrooms will be suites, and leisure facilities will include Bvlgari spa with a 25-metre pool, a restaurant and bar, and a courtyard garden.

The Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts Group already owns properties in Milan, London, Bali and Dubai, and plans are also underway to add one in Moscow.