Maison Élan Private Gentlemen’s Club in London

A Contemporary Dialogue Between English Heritage and Modern Living

Some interiors do not need to choose between past and present.

Maison Élan is a conceptual private Gentlemen’s Club in London imagined by Sentta, where luxury residential furniture introduces a softer, more contemporary rhythm into the architectural character of a classic English townhouse.

Beyond the tall windows, London moves at its usual pace. Inside, everything slows.

Morning light travels across chevron oak floors, warm stone, textured fabrics and subtle metallic details. Original proportions give the rooms their grandeur, while sculptural furniture introduces intimacy and everyday ease.

The result feels collected rather than decorated.

At the heart of Maison Élan is the Ada Collection, designed by Mónica Braga dos Santos for Sentta. Its curved timber structures, tailored upholstery and graceful proportions create a natural connection between traditional architecture and contemporary living.

The Ada Lounge Chair settles effortlessly beside a window or fireplace. Its embracing form creates an intimate place for reading, conversation or a quiet moment away from the city, while the relationship between upholstery and exposed wood gives the piece a distinctive architectural presence.

Nearby, the Ada Sofa extends the same language into a more generous composition.

Soft upholstered volumes invite the body to relax, yet its proportions remain controlled and elegant—an important balance in luxury residential furniture, where comfort should enrich the architecture rather than overwhelm it.

As the residence moves from living room to dining space and more intimate corners, pieces from the wider Ada family allow the same visual vocabulary to continue.

Different functions call for different postures and proportions, but curved lines, tactile upholstery and refined timber craftsmanship create continuity from one room to the next.

This is where a coordinated furniture collection becomes particularly valuable. Rather than treating every room as an isolated composition, designer furniture can create a subtle thread throughout an entire residence.

Maison Élan also reflects a wider change in high-end hospotality design.

Luxury is becoming less about rooms created primarily to be observed and more about spaces designed to be enjoyed in. Materials invite touch. Seating encourages people to stay. Craftsmanship reveals itself gradually through details rather than demanding immediate attention.

Ada belongs naturally to this idea.

Its silhouettes carry sophistication without stiffness. Wood brings warmth against stone and architectural mouldings. Upholstery softens tall rooms. Curves provide a gentler counterpoint to the geometry of the townhouse.

Although imagined in London, Maison Élan speaks to private residences, penthouses, luxury apartments, boutique hotels and sophisticated residential projects around the world where luxury residential furniture must combine visual identity with genuine comfort.

Here, heritage is not something preserved behind glass.

It becomes the backdrop for another morning, another dinner, another book left open beside a chair.

English elegance without ceremony. Contemporary comfort without losing character. A place where furniture connects architecture to the way we live.

Featured Sentta pieces: Ada Lounge Chair · Ada Sofa · Ada Collection