Photos courtesy of Gene and Urszula Klotz
Much has happened since Floor of the Year notable Gene Klotz, co-owner of Renaissance Floor In-Lays, formerly in San Francisco, Calif., won his tenth Floor of the Year Award in 2001. In 2008, California was hit hard by the recession, so Klotz and his wife and business partner Urzula moved back to their native Poland, where they continued to manufacture Renaissance's trademark scrollwork inlays for clients in the U.S. and Poland. The local clients helped the company expand its catalog of patterns two-fold, and for the last two-and-a-half years, the company has been working on a mansion with 13 rooms of Klotz's inlays. However, as the economic situation in Europe became less stable, the pair decided to move again, this time to a prime location in Berlin. "When I saw the showroom, [the] first thing that came to my mind is to create a floor in Art Nouveau style as the eye-catcher," Gene Klotz said. The floor, which he installed in March, features a variety of patterns and images including butterflies, portraits and a take on Botticelli's "Birth of Venus." The showroom opened for business on May 21.
Pieces of Gene Klotz's Art Nouveau floor in his new showroom in Berlin.
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