A Swimming Pool Completes This Parisian Office for a Creative Agency May 3, 2021 By Carlene Olsen The patio and entrance are flooded with natural light from the glass ceiling above and open into the custom kitchen, outfitted in green marble from the French Alps. Photography by Roberta Valerio. The phrase al dente conjures images of perfectly cooked pasta, perhaps made by hand in an Italian kitchen. So, naturally, when designing the Paris office of creative agency Al Dente in the 10th arrondissement, Roman architecture came to mind. The space, a collaboration between agency founder Patrizio Miceli and local architect Hadrien Breitenbach, can easily be mistaken for a boutique hotel, rather than an office. In the atrium, visitors are met with a light-filled patio surrounded by archways that open to the custom kitchen, dining area, and work space, which is outfitted with photography studios for fashion and still life images. And much like a traditional Roman home, or