Office Pods & Meeting Booths
Acoustic Pods for Focused Work, Boardrooms, & Meetings
The challenge: Open-plan offices drive collaboration and communication, but they come with a cost: noise, distraction, and nowhere to make a private call or concentrate on focused work. Employees interrupt each other, meetings lack privacy, and video conferences suffer from background noise. Traditional solutions—building meeting rooms or dividing the floor with fixed partitions—mean construction downtime, cost, and inflexibility when your team changes.
The solution: Urban Office acoustic pods are a different approach. Relocatable, sound-absorbing rooms that sit within your existing layout, providing private space for calls, meetings, and focused work without building work, planning permission, or downtime. Many of our pods are tested to ISO 23351-1:2020, the global benchmark for speech privacy (read more), so you're choosing based on independent acoustic data, not marketing claims. Install them today, move them tomorrow, and adapt your space as your team grows.
Our enclosed pod ranges include small single-person telephone and video conferencing booths, through to mini focus pods with built-in desking. Our medium-sized team meeting and huddle pods can be fitted with comfortable seating and tables. The larger modular meeting and boardroom pods fit 6 to 8 people and can be configured with meeting tables, loose chairs or sofas, alongside accessories such as Smart TVs and presentation boards to make your working day easier.
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Compare Office Pods by Use & Size
Small Office Pods
Size: Compact footprint
Users: 1 to 2
Used for:
- Private phone calls
- Video conferencing
- Short bursts of focused work
- Quick escapes from the open-plan floor without booking a meeting room
Small office pods are designed for private phone calls, video conferencing, and concentrated work. These acoustic pods let users escape the open floor for focus or privacy without booking a meeting room. Ideal when call privacy is non-negotiable and you need quiet space within arm's reach of the main office.
Medium-sized Pods
Size: Medium footprint
Users: Up to 4
Used for:
- Manager's offices
- Prayer rooms
- Printer stations
- Dedicated wellbeing spaces
- Video conferencing and presentations
Medium sized meeting pods strike a balance between individual focus and small group collaboration. They're flexible enough to serve as a quiet manager's office, a prayer or wellbeing retreat, or an informal huddle space for quick team catch-ups. Larger than single-person booths but smaller than full meeting rooms, 4-person office pods fit naturally into active workspace layouts without dominating floor space.
Large Meeting Pods
Size: Large footprint
Users: 6-8 +
Used for:
- Break rooms
- Boardroom and meetings
- Group discussions and workshops
- Video conferencing and presentations
- Activity and wellness rooms
Large meeting pods work as dedicated meeting spaces, training rooms, or break areas—giving teams a private, enclosed environment for bigger discussions without relying on traditional fixed meeting rooms. The generous size means comfortable seating, integrated tables, and space for presentation equipment or breakout activities. Ideal for organisations that need flexible, relocatable meeting spaces that can adapt as your workspace evolves.
All three are modular, relocatable, and install without building work. Acoustic performance (Class A/B testing) varies by product—see Understanding Acoustic Testing Standards below. All sizes can be customised with integrated furniture, power, and technology.
Why Choose Our Office Pods?
Acoustic Performance
Many of our pods meet ISO 23351-1:2020, the industry benchmark for speech privacy, so performance is independently tested, not just claimed.
No Planning Permission
Classed as furniture rather than fixed construction, our pods can be installed without planning permission or building work.
Relocation & Flexibility
Built-in castors and modular sections make it easy to move pods or reconfigure your space as your team grows.
Integrated Furniture & Technology
From TV brackets and whiteboards to charging points and built-in desks, pods can be fitted to suit how your team works.
Accessibility Options
Our accessibility pods feature extra-wide doors, flush thresholds, and folding tables and seating for inclusive workspaces.
Quick Installation
As freestanding furniture, office pods and booths are usually fitted within hours, not days, with no construction delays, mess or extended downtime.
Showroom Availability
Many pods can be viewed and tested in UK showrooms, so you can experience the build and acoustic quality first-hand.
Understanding Acoustic Testing Standards
Office pods tested to ISO 23351-1:2020 give buyers a clearer way to compare acoustic performance. Rather than relying on vague claims, this standard measures how effectively a pod reduces speech levels, helping create quieter spaces for calls, focused work, and private conversations.
Current Standard
ISO 23351-1:2020
ISO 23351-1:2020 is the international standard used to assess how effectively office pods and other enclosed furniture reduce speech levels. It gives manufacturers and customers a consistent way to measure acoustic privacy, so performance can be compared using reliable, standardised data rather than impressions alone.
What this means in practice:
- Class A: typically 30–33dB speech reduction — best suited to areas close to busy desk spaces where stronger speech privacy is needed.
- Class B: typically 25–30dB speech reduction — suitable near active office areas, or slightly further away from the busiest parts of the floor.
- Class C & D: below 25dB speech reduction — better for quieter areas such as corridors or breakout zones, where sound absorption is useful but call privacy is less important.
In short: the busier the surrounding area, the higher the acoustic class you'll usually want.
Established Methods
ISO 10140-2 & ISO 16283-1
Before ISO 23351-1:2020 was introduced, acoustic performance was often assessed using established building and product tests such as ISO 10140-2 and ISO 16283-1. These methods were originally developed for construction materials and architectural spaces rather than furniture, but they remain recognised testing standards for sound insulation.
What this means in practice:
- They are widely recognised methods for testing sound insulation.
- Results are usually shown as a weighted figure such as Rw, R' or DnT,w.
- They are not directly comparable to a DS,A rating under ISO 23351-1:2020.