The Palace of Independence, Belarus

Practically all parquet designs and patterns were created specifically for the Palace of Independence.

Parquet designs were created under the guidance of architects from "Minskproject". The architects thoroughly worked out the layout concept of all the rooms. Parquet compositions were designed taking into consideration furniture arrangement. Some halls performed several functions and furniture can be rearranged according to the necessities. And this peculiarity was worth paying attention to while creating design-projects. We had two main tasks. Firstly, the parquet flooring should harmoniously match the architecture of the whole building and at the same time it should be unique for every room. Secondly, parquet flooring should combine modern and traditional features of Belorussia. Due to the fact that the Palace was intended for international events it was supposed to use elements of western and oriental cultures in the interior. Classical style interiors are characterized by calm colours that is why we used oak, merbau, walnut, maple, ash and wenge in flooring.