{"id":29,"date":"2025-12-04T14:31:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/portfolio\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T18:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:29:40","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/a-propos\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-eb95d17d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" id=\"a-propos\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-88728ee8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-02ccbb15 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-96804693b3f8c2e53f80840db872a474\">\u00abIt is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.\u00bb \u2013 Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-ff1e87f5 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f2f0e9\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center alignwide\" id=\"we-re-a-studio-in-berlin-with-an-international-practice-in-architecture-urban-planning-and-interior-design-we-believe-in-sharing-knowledge-and-promoting-dialogue-to-increase-the-creative-potential-of-collaboration\" style=\"font-size:clamp(27.894px, 1.743rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 2.094), 48px);line-height:1.1\">The Spirit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/magritte-bleu-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3251 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/magritte-bleu-2.jpg 641w, https:\/\/the-a.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/magritte-bleu-2-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The A, the heart<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u00ab&nbsp;<\/em><em>With 30 years of experience, the story of our House is, first and foremost, a human one. It is a love story centred around beauty, art, and desirable objects, which I strive to keep alive, surrounded by first-rate artisans and wonderful professionals. Each of them brings their own touch&nbsp;<\/em><em>of culture, boldness and unique artistic sensitivity around a single objective: to move, to touch, to vibrate, to live in freedom and to perpetuate this heritage of values to all connoisseurs and aesthetes around the world.<\/em>\u00bb &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Philippe Staes, Chairman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4d250205 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignfull has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1034\" height=\"1434\" data-id=\"31022\" src=\"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pantherebugatti-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31022\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pantherebugatti-edited.jpeg 1034w, https:\/\/the-a.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pantherebugatti-edited-216x300.jpeg 216w, https:\/\/the-a.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pantherebugatti-edited-738x1024.jpeg 738w, https:\/\/the-a.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pantherebugatti-edited-768x1065.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1034px) 100vw, 1034px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"642\" data-id=\"3938\" src=\"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mag3-1-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3938\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mag3-1-edited.jpg 428w, https:\/\/the-a.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mag3-1-edited-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1448\" height=\"1086\" data-id=\"27648\" src=\"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/volant-ferrari.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27648\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/volant-ferrari.jpeg 1448w, https:\/\/the-a.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/volant-ferrari-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/the-a.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/volant-ferrari-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/the-a.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/volant-ferrari-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1448px) 100vw, 1448px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab\u00a0On ne voit bien qu&rsquo;avec le coeur. L&rsquo;essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.\u00a0\u00bb &#8211; Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry L&rsquo;Esprit The A, le coeur \u00ab&nbsp;Forte de 30 ann\u00e9es d&rsquo;exp\u00e9rience, l&rsquo;histoire de notre Maison est d\u2019abord humaine. Il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;une histoire d\u2019amour autour du Beau, de l&rsquo;Art, des Objets du d\u00e9sir, que je m\u2019efforce de faire vivre entour\u00e9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3251,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-with-title","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":353,"href":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31024,"href":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/31024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}