The Brief
The Boris Yeltsin Presidential Centre features a museum, exhibition and discussion centre, a branch of the Boris Yeltsin’s Presidential library and Centre for information and education activities and expertise. The huge three-storied modernist building holds tens of thousands of exhibits, including even a city trolleybus.
Working for renowned Spanish fit-out contractor, Acciona and New York Designers, RAA, Leach were commissioned to design and manufacture a complex suite of metalwork to create a complex network of printed glass displays and interactive LED lightbox units. Our design-specification process included prototyping in our Huddersfield factory right through to a six week site fabrication and installation programme in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
To watch the recent opening of the Centre, click here.
Leach’s role included:
- Design and fabrication of metalwork infrastructures
- LED lighting with control
- Design and fabrication of ultra-slim lightbox displays
- Artwork coordination and production
- TITAN single-span graphic wall coverings
- In-case environmentally neutral graphics and artefact labels
- Large-format glass printing, logistics and installation
- Large-format glass printing, logistics and installation
- Project Management
- Site logistics and customs documentation
- Site works installation
