Article: Alpine mountain high: Francois Champsaur mixes modernity with rusticity to make a 257-key Club Med feel intimate.

Francois Champsaur isn't particularly keen on big resorts. La Maison Troisgros, an 18-room inn he designed in Roanne, France, is more chic country house than hotel And his collaboration with Grace Leo-Andrieu on a renovation of the 56-key Hotel Montalembert in Paris? Lauded for its intimacy and Christian Liaigre accents, which are hardly feasible on a larger scale. "I prefer small, charming places--no more than 30 rooms," the designer says.

But when hotel giant Club Med asked him to update a 257-room resort in the French Alps, the challenge was so intriguingly different from his previous work that Champsaur couldn't resist. "The thrill of such a big space," he ...

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