
balbek bureau is an award-winning architecture and interior design studio. We create commercial, corporate, residential and cultural spaces in Europe, America and Asia.
Our team is flexible and open to projects of various formats. Whatever your request – an office for an IT company, a showroom for your brand, or a restaurant concept for a pitch to investors – we will be happy to help.
OUR PRINCIPLES
STAY HUMAN
We never design for the sake of design and make sure each space meets the needs of our clients and their guests.
RESEARCH
To develop a Big Idea, our team carefully examines the smallest, least apparent details of the project.
PRESERVE
When working in historical buildings, we pay respects to their past, intertwining new and original elements.
CUSTOMIZE
The solutions we offer are tailored: our designs feature custom-made elements of any level of complexity.
OUR PROCESS
The bureau's team has over 15 years of experience in creating interiors – residential, commercial and corporate. Spaces with our design are human-centered, and therefore always resonate with clients and their guests.
Restaurants and bars by balbek bureau quickly become favorites. The offices we design encourage productive work, and hotels and homes provide a comfortable stay. Cultural spaces become points of attraction for the community.
Our team is ready for challenges and has a whole arsenal of practices that allow us to bring the boldest ideas to life. We back up our creativity with technical knowledge and the latest digital tools.
WHAT YOU GET
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INTERIOR CONCEPT
We develop a Big Idea and a vision of how it can be brought to life
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VISUALIZATIONS
We show you how your space will look in all possible formats – from schematic sketches to full immersion with AR/VR
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WORKING DOCUMENTATION
We develop detailed technical specifications for contractors
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SELECTION
We make a selection of materials, furniture and equipment – from trusted contractors, with an understanding of your budget and the ability to find “just the right table” even on another continent
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AUTHOR'S SUPPORT
We control and coordinate the processes at the design and construction stages
OUR APPROACH
WE KNOW HOW TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS EFFICIENTLY
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Our bureau designs objects of any complexity, even if it seems impossible. Even if this site is in Antarctica.
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We work autonomously but are always open to dialog. Our best solutions are often born in brainstorming sessions with customers.
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Our pricing is based on optimizing costs without sacrificing quality. We believe that cool things don't have to be overly expensive.
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Even when the project is completed, its life continues. Our PR team promotes the case on social networks and media, which enhances the customer's brand.
OUR ‘MOSTS’
1 — Antartica, Galindez
Most remote project
Home. Memories, art installation
2 — San Francisco, USA
Our first project in America
906 World, cultural space
3 — Kyiv, Ukraine
Most popular food space we designed
KyivFoodMarket, food hall
4 — Kharkiv, Ukraine
Most eco-friendly space
MAO, Chinese restaurant
5 — Kyiv, Ukraine
Most awarded project
Say No Mo, beauty salon
6 — Odesa region, Ukraine
Our most tech project
RE:Ukraine Villages, online tool for rural architecture preservation
7 — Lviv, Ukraine
Most mobile project
MOT, movable cultural space that has already traveled around four cities
8 — Qingdao, China
Our first project in Asia
Darron Incubation Center, corporate space
9 — Warsaw, Poland
Our first bridal retail project
Milla Nova, flagship store
SELECTED AWARDS
Interior Design Best of Year 2023
Project Title: Relogged
Category: Small Country House
Award: Finalist
EUmies Awards 2024
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture
Project: MOT
Award: Longlisted
FX Awards 2023
Project: Symbol
Category: Retail Space
Award: Shortlisted
FX Awards 2023
Project: MOT
Category: Museum or Exhibition Space
Award: Shortlisted
Interior Design Best of Year 2022
Project Title: Dubler
Category: Casual Dining
Award: Honoree Best of Year Awards
Hospitality Design Awards 2021
Project Title: Say No Mo
Category: Wellness & Wellbeing
Award: Wellness & Wellbeing Winner
Slava Balbek, founder CEO of balbek bureau 2020
Category: Designer
Award: Best of Year Rising Star
Interior Design Best of Year 2020
Project Title: Say No Mo
Category: Beauty
Award: Best of Year Awards Winner
The Architecture MasterPrize 2020
Project Title: Kyiv Food Market
Category: Commercial Interior
Award: Commercial Interior Winner
Elle Decoration International Design Awards Ukraine 2019
Award: Interior Designer Of The Year
IIDA Global Excellence Awards 2018
Project Title: BURSA
Category: Hotels
Award: Category Winner
IIDA Global Excellence Awards 2017
Project Title: BJ Apartment
Category: Residences – Small
Award: Category Winner