Ruta Benetyte

London

Director

Vita Architecture

As the director at Vita Architecture, Ruta Benetyte, illustrious career spans Lithuania, Russia, Turkey, and London, infusing her firm with a global perspective. Her expertise shines in both luxury residential and award-winning commercial projects, where she's led large teams to create visionary designs. Over the years, Vita Architecture designers have been a part of projects like 70 Wilson, East Wick and Sweetwater, Spotlight Youth Center which was also shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival Awards in 2014, Teamakers Guesthouse, Le Prisme and residential prime, Manor Road.

The team have designed residential marvels like the Coloured Concrete House in Singapore, The Meadows, Cambridge Road and Burkhust Hill in the UK while also boasting unparalleled expertise in the intricate domain of healthcare architectural design as seen with Care Medical in Central Mauritius and La Blanc Clinic in Texas.

Ruta's influence extends beyond her firm, contributing to conservation and planning initiatives as a panel member with the Sydenham Society and serving on the Board of Governors at Sydenham High School in London. Her commitment to education is further demonstrated through her role as an architecture instructor at Vilnius Academy of Arts.

Under Ruta's guidance, Vita Architecture has earned accolades including the 2023 UK Winner of the International Property Awards and the Architectural Practice of the Year 2022 by Surrey Property Awards. She and her team have also won the Civic Trust Awards in 2014, Surface Design Award in 2015 and RIBA London Award in 2018. Providing services like structural engineering, legal guidance, quantity surveying, construction advisory, and financial planning, Vita Architecture solidifies its status as a versatile architectural firm.