Kovalska Office in Kyiv, Ukraine by Artem Trigubchak and Lera Brumina.

Kyiv architects Artem Trigubchak and Lera Brumina have designed an office space for Kovalska company, the largest manufacturer of building materials in Ukraine and one of the country’s leading developers. Fun fact – more than 70% of projects accomplished in the Ukrainian capital have been constructed using the concrete from Kovalska. Sweet deal for them.

The 1,120 square meter office is located in the Soviet-era building that also houses a functioning factory for the company. The architects were inspired by a monumental mosaic panel on the building façade and brutal proportions of the original space, using these clues as a starting point for the project.


”We are endlessly inspired and love the architecture of the Soviet period,” said Trigubchak and Brumina. “We really wanted to create a comfortable working space without violating the architectural context.”



The first floor of the office functions as a sales department. The second floor is closed to visitors as this is where internal work departments are located.

Naturally, this office interior showcases a large number of materials and finishes produced and sold by the client. For example, the partition in the waiting area is assembled from cut concrete slabs, and the bases for the bench and table are made from paving stone.

In some places, sand and marble chips were used as a wall decoration material. The mix for creating terrazzo floors has also been specially developed for this interior. In addition to the main design and planning tasks, Trigubchak and Brumina’s engagement extended to demonstrating the various product capabilities in the Kovalska range.

Similarly, most of the furniture pieces, as well as the lighting system, were designed by the architects specifically for this project.
 Ten points from us all round.

[Images courtesy of Artem Trigubchak and Lera Brumina. Photography by Dmitrii Tsyrenshchikov.]