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Greta Kriovaite
Designing Offices That Inspire: The Future of Workplaces, ft. Greta Kriovaite
Greta Kriovaite is Design Principal at Woodalls, a London workplace design and build studio, and a guest on the Architecture Social podcast.
- Current role
- Design Director
- Practice
- Woodalls
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
Conversation
The thinking behind the work.
Episode 0222 · Architecture Social
Designing Offices That Inspire: The Future of Workplaces, ft. Greta Kriovaite
Forget the cold, lifeless cubicles and soulless glass boxes. Greta Kriovaite, Design Principal at Woodalls, dives deep into why workplace design needs a massive rethink. In this candid chat with Stephen Drew, Greta breaks down how to create offices that feel like home—spaces that inspire creativity, nurture connection, and balance collaboration with focus. From debunking the “hotelification” trend to sharing her thoughts on AI’s role in the future of design, this conversation is packed with insi
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- 00:39 · Meet Greta Kriovaite, Design Principal at Woodalls · Audio only
- 01:33 · Greta's journey and passion for design · Audio only
- 02:50 · The role of workplace design · Audio only
- 12:04 · Post-pandemic office trends · Audio only
- 20:32 · Balancing form and function in office design · Audio only
- 31:05 · Workplace design and AI · Audio only
Selected work
Selected work.
London, United Kingdom
Banking Circle London
A 20,000 sq ft workplace at 68 King William Street, shaped around connection, hospitality and flexible ways of working.
Explore the project ↗Milan, Italy
Brown-Forman Milan
A two-floor Milan workplace that combines focused work with a hospitality-led destination for staff and clients.
Explore the project ↗London, United Kingdom
Kantar London
A 50,000 sq ft South Bank headquarters organised as a hospitality-led hub for collaboration and hybrid work.
Explore the project ↗Other public work
WeTransfer Amsterdam ↗
A 19,000 sq ft headquarters threaded through five Amsterdam townhouses and centred on a cafe and gallery.
Global Biopharma Client Barcelona ↗
A 3,200 sq m research and development hub combining BSL-2 laboratories with collaborative workplace in Barcelona.
About
The story so far.
The person behind the work.
Greta Kriovaite is Design Principal at Woodalls, the London-headquartered workplace and design and build studio, where she leads the design team. A workplace specialist, she focuses on transforming offices into inspiring environments that support people, wellbeing and performance, working with clients from the early discovery stage through to delivery and post-occupancy.
Originally from Lithuania, Greta studied interior architecture at the University of Brighton and began her career at Woods Bagot before moving on to Unispace and then Woodalls. Her design philosophy draws on phenomenology and behavioural design, creating spaces that evoke a personal and emotional response. She is a strong advocate for inclusive, human-centred workplaces and for using new technology, including AI, to free designers to focus on creativity and craft.
Watch or listen to the full conversation in the Architecture Social CPD: Designing Offices That Inspire: The Future of Workplaces.
The practice
Woodalls
Woodalls is a London-based workplace and interior design and build studio creating inspiring offices, labs and data centres across Europe.
Architecture practice · Greater London
Expertise
What I bring.
- Current role
- Design Director
- Practice
- Woodalls
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2024
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