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Eric Carlson (born 18 June 1963) is an award-winning American Architect whose office, CARBONDALE, is located in Paris, France. His expertise in Luxury Architecture ranges from private residences, museums, office headquarters to high-end retail brands, such as his design of the interior and exterior of the Louis Vuitton "Maison" along the Champs-Élysées, Paris's 7th most visited destination.

Life and Career
Eric Carlson was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and after receiving his diploma in architecture moved to San Francisco to work with architects such as in America's “New Urbanism“ movement. His architectural expertise was further refined upon his arrival to the European continent, participating as a guest lecturer/critic at Harvard University, the University of California, Tulane University and the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. In 1997, Carlson co-founded the Louis Vuitton Architecture Department, establishing his own firm in 2004, CARBONDALE, with whom French architect Pierre Torrat joined in 2006.

Luxury Architecture and Design
The second chapter of book two goes back to a point that was briefly discussed in chapter one, and that is the position of French nobility within the administration and government. The lords had since given up their privileges of power and as a result, the peasants saw their feudal rights to be incomprehensible. However, a new system was in place and that was the council du roi or the Royal Council, an old model that had been modified for the time. As Tocqueville describes it, “all roads led to the Royal Council, and from it came the impulses that guided everything” and the king’s decision was final.

The Council was made up of those who were not of noble birth but who had experience. As a governing body, it was extremely powerful. It was a centralized in a way that one man, the controller-general, was in charge of all internal affairs for France. After him was the intendant who worked as the agent for the government in a province that was not his own. Essentially, Tocqueville makes the point that the nobility had given up their power to thirty men who now ruled the entirety of France, and were now in Paris entertaining the King. The nobles, in old feudal society, had had obligations to their peasants but upon giving up those rights he had also given up his responsibilities. The Council took the place of the nobility in safeguarding the rural poor in the same manner, and was inadequate in its efforts further angering the peasants. Not only did the Council involve itself in replacing the role of the Nobility, it created programs that "claimed to teach them how to get rich…distributed little pamphlets about agriculture… and at great expense set up nurseries and distributed their products" (124) however, it seems as though the Council would have been better off relieving the burdens that weighed down the peasantry and working class.

Principle Realizations

 * Longchamp Flagship Store, Madison Avenue, New York ; Dusseldorf; Knokke. 2009-2010
 * Escada Headquarters, Munich, Germany. 2008
 * "Stretch" Apartment, Paris, France. 2008
 * Tag Heuer Flagship Store, London, Great Britain. 2008
 * Tag Heuer Headquarters, La Chaux De Fonds, Switzerland. 2007
 * Tiffany Façade, Tokyo, Japan. 2007
 * Museum 360°, La Chaux De Fonds, Switzerland. 2007
 * Penthouse Apartments, Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan. 2006
 * Riverain Commercial Center, Fukuoka, Japan. 2006
 * Marina Luxury Lofts, Ibiza, Spain. 2005
 * Public Plaza and Commercial Space, Abu Dhabi, Uae. 2005
 * Plaza Ecija, Ecija (Sevilla), Spain. 2005
 * Takashimaya Department Store, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. 2005
 * Louis Vuitton Maison, Champs-Élysées, Paris, France, 2005
 * Céline, Avenue Montaigne, Paris, France, 2004
 * Louis Vuitton, Nagoy; Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Ginza, Tokyo; Omotesando, Tokyo; LV Building, Seoul. 2002-2007
 * Club Celux, Tokyo, Japan, 2003



Awards and Exhibitions

 * “The Award for Rarity” for achievements in Luxury Design and Architecture from the Centre du Luxe et de la Creation, Paris; 2010
 * "10 Funitiure Projects", Exhibition, Paris; 2010
 * “The Most Beautiful Creation in Metal” for the Interior design of the Louis Vuitton Champs Elysees Building, from the French Metallic Construction Institute; 2006
 * “Inclusive”, Exhibiton at Aedes Gallery, Berlin & Milk Gallery, New York; 2004
 * “Logique / Visuelle”, Exhibition, Omotesando, Tokyo; 2003
 * “The Outstanding Design Award” from the Seoul Metropolitan Government for the design of the Cheongdam-Dong building, Seoul, South Korea; 2001