{"id":20712,"date":"2018-08-01T12:08:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T12:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/?p=20712"},"modified":"2018-08-01T12:08:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T12:08:10","slug":"francis-sultanas-palace-malta-balance-new-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/francis-sultanas-palace-malta-balance-new-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Sultana&#8217;s Palace in Malta, the Balance Between New and Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a dazzling mix of <strong>baroque<\/strong> and <strong>contemporary design<\/strong>, the <strong>top interior design<\/strong>, <em><strong>Francis Sultana<\/strong> <\/em>makes his own retreat of a 16th-century palazzo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/art-filled-home-designed-interior-designer-francis-sultana\/?utm_source=jsantos&amp;utm_medium=blog_InspirationsAndIdeas&amp;utm_campaign=blog_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20724 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/top-interior-designer-inspirations-13.jpg\" alt=\"Francis Sultana's Palace in Malta, the Balance Between New and Old\" width=\"700\" height=\"868\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bocadolobo.com\/en\/limited-edition\/coffee-and-side-tables\/metamorphosis-center-table\/?utm_source=jsantos&amp;utm_medium=blog_inspirationsandideas&amp;utm_campaign=Banners_Artigos&amp;utm_content=metamorphosiscentertable\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bocadolobo.com\/images\/general\/banner_blogs_meta_center_side_T.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See also:\u00a0<a title=\"Martyn Lawrence Bullard Revives The Hotel Californian\" href=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/martyn-lawrence-bullard-revives-hotel-californian\/\">Martyn Lawrence Bullard Revives The Hotel Californian<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Valletta, a palace town built by gentlemen for gentlemen&#8221;. This is precisely the mansions that Francis Sultana acquires twelve years ago in order to make it a haven of peace.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/art-filled-home-designed-interior-designer-francis-sultana\/?utm_source=jsantos&amp;utm_medium=blog_InspirationsAndIdeas&amp;utm_campaign=blog_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20721 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/top-interior-designer-inspirations-10.jpg\" alt=\"Francis Sultana's Palace in Malta, the Balance Between New and Old\" width=\"700\" height=\"934\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/art-filled-home-designed-interior-designer-francis-sultana\/?utm_source=jsantos&amp;utm_medium=blog_InspirationsAndIdeas&amp;utm_campaign=blog_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20722\" src=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/top-interior-designer-inspirations-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"934\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The house remained vacant since the Second World War when the city was the target of the violent bombing.\u00a0It kept some of its baroque details and I was struck by the presence of a courtyard, an unusual thing in this fortified city where the land is a rare commodity.\u00a0&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/art-filled-home-designed-interior-designer-francis-sultana\/?utm_source=jsantos&amp;utm_medium=blog_InspirationsAndIdeas&amp;utm_campaign=blog_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20713\" src=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/top-interior-designer-inspirations-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"524\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/art-filled-home-designed-interior-designer-francis-sultana\/?utm_source=jsantos&amp;utm_medium=blog_InspirationsAndIdeas&amp;utm_campaign=blog_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20723\" src=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/top-interior-designer-inspirations-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"934\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Soon, he submits planning applications &#8211; Valletta is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980 &#8211; consults architects and recruits local artisans to restore the palace&#8217;s luster.<br \/>\nHe also decided to bring it into our era, installing an elevator and creating a pool in the vast vaulted basements.\u00a0\u00a0The extensive<strong> art collection<\/strong> of the couple brings to the whole a more <strong>modern<\/strong> note.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/art-filled-home-designed-interior-designer-francis-sultana\/?utm_source=jsantos&amp;utm_medium=blog_InspirationsAndIdeas&amp;utm_campaign=blog_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20714\" src=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/top-interior-designer-inspirations-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"920\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to get the right balance of traditional\u2014as in original\u2014and <strong>contemporary<\/strong> in both the refurbishing and decorating,\u201d Sultana explains.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/art-filled-home-designed-interior-designer-francis-sultana\/?utm_source=jsantos&amp;utm_medium=blog_InspirationsAndIdeas&amp;utm_campaign=blog_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20715\" src=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/top-interior-designer-inspirations-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"934\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The<strong> interior designer\u00a0<\/strong>selected unique <strong>design pieces<\/strong> for the project, a roundtable, by Mattia Bonetti and two scagliola consoles designed by Francis Sultana itself,\u00a0 the style of the house,\u00a0embodies a\u00a0mix of old, contemporary, new and made to measure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/art-filled-home-designed-interior-designer-francis-sultana\/?utm_source=jsantos&amp;utm_medium=blog_InspirationsAndIdeas&amp;utm_campaign=blog_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20719\" src=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/top-interior-designer-inspirations-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"934\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOriginally from Gozo, one of the three islands that make up the Maltese archipelago, the interior designer has a deep respect for tradition.<br \/>\n&#8220;When I was a child, Valletta was almost a ghost town, nobody wanted to live there. But I have always been fascinated by its palaces with beautiful limestone facades embellished with their green balconies. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/art-filled-home-designed-interior-designer-francis-sultana\/?utm_source=jsantos&amp;utm_medium=blog_InspirationsAndIdeas&amp;utm_campaign=blog_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20718\" src=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/top-interior-designer-inspirations-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/art-filled-home-designed-interior-designer-francis-sultana\/?utm_source=jsantos&amp;utm_medium=blog_InspirationsAndIdeas&amp;utm_campaign=blog_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20717\" src=\"https:\/\/bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/top-interior-designer-inspirations-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"934\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photography:\u00a0Simon Upton<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bocadolobo.com\/en\/limited-edition\/seating-others\/nu-chesterfield-armchair\/?utm_source=jsantos&amp;utm_medium=blog_inspirationsandideas&amp;utm_campaign=Banners_Artigos&amp;utm_content=chesterfieldarmchair\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bocadolobo.com\/images\/general\/banner_blogs_chesterfield.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a dazzling mix of baroque and contemporary design, the top interior design, Francis Sultana makes his own retreat of a 16th-century palazzo. 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