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Scot Latimer

Scot Latimer is among the North America’s best-known and most sought-after healthcare strategists. His area of...

Peter Stubb

Peter has extensive knowledge and experience in base building design, master planning and interior architecture. As...

Paul Wilhelms

Paul brings expertise from more than 1.5 million square feet of constructed lab and technical workspace projects to...

Future of the Academic Library

Why do students really go to the library? The value of today’s academic libraries goes far beyond access to books...

A Student View of Academic Libraries

While much of their content is web accessible, libraries endure on the campus. New Gensler research looks at their...

The New Wave: Innovative Learning Environments

The Garage at Northwestern, This post is part of our series on Academic Incubators. Innovative learning environments...

What TMCx Could Mean for Houston’s Future

This post is the third in Academic Incubators, a series in which Gensler designers will explain what academic...

Academic Incubators: Fostering Connections at the University of East London

Einstein once said “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them,” and this line...

Artistic Incubation at the New Museum

This post is part of our series on Academic Incubators. In November, the New Museum opened the doors of NEW INC, the...

6 Considerations for Transitioning Back to School

Here are some tools and considerations to guide academic institutions in transitioning back to campus.

Incubating Higher Ed: 10 Ideas for Tomorrow’s Campus

The new University of Kansas School of Business building marks a departure from the traditional design model – and...

Gensler @ AUCCCD: Catalyzing Well-being, Resilience, and Innovation on the Academic Campus

Gensler's New York office. A recent survey conducted by the American Psychological Association (APA) revealed an...

High-Yield Workplace: How Well-being Drives Learning on the Academic Campus

From faculty start-ups to perceptions of Animal House, the discussion at Gensler Chicago’s most recent Dialogues...

Libraries are for Studying

How do students envision the present and future academic library? Students value the academic library as a bastion...

Incubating Entrepreneurs at UC San Diego’s Basement

#tbt to The Basement circa 2014 (above). We hope you like what we've done with the place. #UCSDBasement #startups...

Places to Test, Break and Rebuild

“Pieces of our Lives” by GollyGforce is licensed under CC BY 2.0 “Making is part of our DNA”, says Shane Farritor...

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DESIGNING CITIES FOR PEOPLE

Alignment for Impact

Aligning business, community, and design processes for maximum impact.

Can Incubators Make Universities Relevant Again?

Vote for this SXSW Interactive Panel. As headlines lament mushrooming student debt and a “higher education bubble,”...

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The transformation of community life

Gensler Case Study Series

Gensler’s Professional Practice Case Study Series helps prepare the next generation of designers to enter the...

The Post-Book Librarian?

How do library leaders see the future of their institutions? Librarians see a future in which their role, and the...

Will Campus Life Translate to a Virtual Environment?

COVID-19 has forced us to embrace a new reality rooted exclusively in virtual interactions. While we reflect on how...

Remaking Student Living

Can we enhance student living environments to better respond to the needs of today’s students?

Six Lessons in Campus Planning

Pencil Cup by David Nicholas is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Campus planning is a complicated business. Although experts...

Learning Through Practice: Gensler’s Case Study Series

Here’s the scenario: you’re part of a design team for a 300,000 sq. ft. headquarters facility for an iconic global...

The Future of Work

Investigating the evolution of office work, and its impact on the urban environment.

Q+A with Robert Balder, Executive Director of Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning

The Cornell University College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) recently celebrated the opening of its new...

SCI-Arc + Gensler Applied Studies Collaboration

As Gensler continues to further explore the advancement of technology and materials, our interest to collaborate...

New Hub on Campus: Where Learning is Headed and What It Means for the College Campus

The University of Kansas School of Business. It seems that the most recent buildings to pop up on college campuses...

Reactivating the Student Center on the Modern Campus

To kick-off another school year, Gensler’s Chicago office hosted its fourth event in a four-part panel series on...

What Going Back to School Might Look Like

What does the future of education look like, and what should schools be doing now to prepare?

Healthcare and Its Communities

Why the future of health and wellness is human-centric and localized.

Student Housing Trends: The Transformation of Co-Living in College

Blackstone Residence Hall, This post is part of our series on Vibrant Communities. Several months ago we wrote about...

Residence Halls: The Key to Creating Community on College Campuses

The Garage at Northwestern, The major question that college leaders are asking us is: “How does your project build...

Designing with the Student-Athlete in Mind

Texas Tech University Indoor Sports Performance Facility The world of collegiate athletics is engaged in a...

Using Data to Build a Case for Change

Data can have a huge impact on strategy and profitability.

Using Data to Build a Case for Change

According to BOMA’s 2015 Office Experience Exchange Report, the average cost of unused space in the U.S. is $25 per...

Education Gets Its Game On

From middle schools to universities, the push is on to speed up learning and spark people’s creativity. Tech figures...

Preparing for the Design-ful Economy

Mark Kelly, vice president of student affairs at Columbia College Chicago, helps lead a discussion about how...

Gensler Goes to SXSW

Attendees of the 2014 SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, will have the opportunity to visit Gensler's Hackney House...

What Will The Campus Become?

In July 2013, the SCUP 48 conference in San Diego California hosted a discovery session. Two leaders from Cornell...

Confronting the Library Paradox

The future of the library is a topic that has commanded significant attention in recent years, often intertwined...

Virtual Me, Virtual U: Part II

How schools are using technology to transform the halls of higher education

Healthcare and Its Communities (option)

As Data Demand Surges, It’s Time to Invest in IT Infrastructure

The demand for data spurred by this health crisis has highlighted the need to invest in critical facilities...

Designing for Each Learner Through Digital Experience

As we design spaces for learning it is imperative that we integrate digital experiences into them thoughtfully; to...

Emotional Security in the Workplace

Investigating which relational conditions allow organizations to thrive.

Designing Effective Research Buildings

An exploration into how architecture can support collaboration and innovation in laboratory buildings.

Where Are They Now: A Look Back at 19 Years of Gensler Scholarship Recipients

The Gensler Scholarship Program prepares the best emerging design talent for the challenges and opportunities...

A Place for Whimsy, Wonder & Imagination

An education nonprofit is employing design and creative thinking to give underserved youth a place to explore their...

Learning Ecologies: Can the City Be Our Classroom?

Johns Hopkins Fast Forward Innovation Hub encourages “tinkering” to accelerate commercialization of ideas. (Alan...

UK Workplace Survey 2016: Bridging the Gap

Gensler’s 2016 UK Workplace Survey marked the official launch of the survey’s key findings and extended report....

Learning That Sticks

Dwight-Englewood School’s Hajjar STEM Center models where K-12 is headed.

The Future of the Metro IdeaJam: London and Tokyo

What have London & Tokyo got in common? Both are modern cities with Olympics experience. That AND the Gensler...

Dialogues with Gensler: Proactive Lifelong Learning

Lifelong learning is a beautiful phrase, full of ambition while remaining conveniently vague. Everyone claims...

Dorm Living Refreshed: How re-tooling the Dorm Improves the Campus Experience

College. For many of us, it was our first taste of adulthood. The freedom of being away from home, the excitement of...

Burden of Future Proof: Facile Learning Environments in a Tech-Savvy Age

Gensler's Chicago office recently hosted the first installment of the Dialogues with Gensler series. Dialogues with...

Urban Interventions and Speculations

and Shawn Gehle What are the true limiters to future urban development? This proposition ignited CAPACITY, the...

Education Research: How Do We Improve Libraries?

For starters, 44 percent of the students we surveyed said that they spend the majority of their learning...

The Dynamics of Place in Higher Education

Are educators and students on the same page? Students and educators agree that education space needs to foster...

Quantifying the Impact of Design on Patient Experience

We leveraged a waiting room redesign opportunity to research areas of improvement.

How Airport Design Can Restore Passenger Confidence

To get people flying again, the aviation industry needs to restore passenger confidence in the airport as an...

How Education Can Build an Optimistic, Equitable Future

How can we impart positive change on our schools, colleges, and universities, to ultimately shape more equitable...

Designing Healthcare for Surge Capacity

We need health and wellness systems that continue to give people more choice and we need those systems to flex and...

Design Forecast New York: Designing a Better World: Equitable and Actionable Solutions

Gensler’s New York office hosted a discussion on how we can build a better, more equitable city for future...

Decades of Commitment to Our Communities

In 1996, the Orange County Rescue Mission partnered with Gensler to convert a former military facility into Village...

Growing Biopharma Trend: Putting Science on Display

In the highly competitive research landscape centered around New Jersey, biopharmaceutical companies are aligning...

Hospitals Are Moving Into Their Communities

In the healthcare industry, provider loyalty no longer comes from proximity alone. Thanks to a global trend of...

Social Design, Creative Spaces, and the Future of Healthcare

From drop-in clinics to virtual visits, healthcare has become more convenient and accessible.

The Water Is Rising

With thoughtful resilience strategies, coastal cities can be part of the solution to deal with climate change.

Behind the Whiteboard: Collaborative Spaces Set Teachers up for Classroom Success

Teachers spend countless hours creating an environment for students to thrive in. Students are not the only ones who...

Choreographing the Next Generation Dance Studio

In designing Boston Ballet School's new studio in Newton—a facility that would not only be for student dancers, but...

Factors Fueling a New Era for Campus Planning

Northwestern's new San Francisco satellite space is one example of how the institution is integrating its global...

Reimagining High School: Envisioning RISE High

XQ: The Super School Project began two years ago as an open challenge to America’s educators and creative...

Taking Down the Walls

How new models are helping universities and research labs prepare for futures they can’t even predict.

A Restroom for Everyone

We documented the historical, political, legislative, and cultural impacts of designing gender-inclusive restrooms...

A Restroom for Everyone

Restroom access affects everyone: people with medical needs or disabilities, caretakers, transgender people, parents...

Bridging the Gap Between Design Education and Practice

Like many architecture and design students I did not set foot in a professional environment until after my studies...

Hidden Truths (and How to Find Them)

This post is part of a series discussing the findings and implications of Gensler’s Research projects. Research is a...

For the Love of Purpose

Understanding not-for-profit employees to uncover lessons about meaning in the workplace.

CTBUH 2016 Conference: Vertical Urbanization

With 42 million inhabitants, set to grow to 120 million by 2050, China’s Pearl River Delta is experiencing...

Beyond Business School: How Innovation Is Filling the Education/Workplace Divide

The Value of Entrepreneurialism In recent years workforce needs have shifted to value entrepreneurial skills, with...

Why Shouldn’t We Feel Energised at the End of the Work Day?

Etsy’s New York headquarters. . This post is part of a series of blog posts on Gensler’s 2016 Workplace Surveys...

Preparing Students for 21st Century Jobs

Students at work in the new Applied Science Center at Ventura College. The labor market continues to demand a more...

Six Key Drivers Transforming Healthcare Business

This post is part of a series on the rise of healthcare accelerators, and fostering collaborative medicine through...

Speak Easy: Hospitality’s Influences on Education

Anyone who has ever stepped into a luxury spa or resort knows that hospitality is more than expensive products...

Designing Campus Communities for Living and Learning

The Garage at Northwestern, This year Pamela Delphenich (PD) led a series of conversations on key issues surrounding...

Connecting a Medical School to Its Community: The Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center at Columbia University

This post is part of a series on the rise of healthcare accelerators, and fostering collaborative medicine through...

On the [Health Tech] Fit Grid: Towards Preventative and Chronic Care

This post is part of a series on the rise of healthcare accelerators, and fostering collaborative medicine through...

Join Gensler at #SXSW 2016

Gensler is headed to SXSW, and we’d love to connect with you on-site in Austin. Here is where you will find our...

Research Charts Our Future

Research informed design yields creative, forward-thinking design solutions for people, businesses, and communities...

We Need Your Votes to Join the Conversation at SXSW

SXSW, the singular festival that takes place in Austin, Texas each March, has risen to become a critical incubator...

Defining “Sense of Place”: View of the Local in Ireland, Part 1

A recent trip to Dublin gave Gensler's Li Wen an opportunity to reflect on the techniques Irish architects have used...

How Do You Define Museum?

The idea of an art museum is in constant flux. As a building type, it walks a fine line between aesthetics and...

3D Printing at SxSW Robot Petting Zoo

Mobile 3D Printing is a research project out of Gensler Los Angeles to create a proof of concept prototype 3D...

Designing Maternity Care for Millennial Moms

Millennials are the new moms. Time is flying, and in a few years all new mothers will be Millennials (or Gen Y)...

The On-Campus Experience and Alumni Giving

At Gensler, we have spent the past few years researching student life on colleges and universities across the globe...

Tracking Building Performance at Portland International Jetport

Numbers and data have historically been the currency of engineers. But designers are now being asked to quantify how...

Boosting STEM Education with Gaming (and Design)

The chorus of voices championing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education grows louder by the...

Gensler Explores Video Storytelling With FSU Students

This past year, I had the distinct pleasure of working with graduate students from Florida State University's...

What is the Function of Libraries in Our New “Wired” World?

The exterior of the San Jacinto College Lee Davis Library. Will books go the way of papyrus scrolls—relics of...

The Spirit of Invention: Mobile 3D Printing

MUPPette - Mobile Unmanned Printing Platform from Gensler LA on Vimeo. A fully automated mobile platform for 3D...

Design Premium

Can we quantify architecture’s contribution to building value? In aggregate, Class A buildings designed by...

Change Networking

Can social media revolutionize change management? Network strategies, when aligned with critical business goals, can...

The State of STEM: Aligning Design with Pedagogy

The Dwight-Englewood School. Image ? Gensler Discussions of “STEM” have been on the rise for the better part of the...

Digital Natives and the Campus of the Future

In July, the World Futures Society came to Chicago for their annual conference. I was asked to speak about the...

Design Value Through the Lens of Big Data

I have an unorthodox background for someone who works in the architecture and design industry. As a real estate...

Framework for Innovation Spaces

How does space drive innovation? Innovation relies on managed serendipity—the ability to leverage the productive...

Contemporary Architecture at the University of Chicago

The University of Chicago may be best known for its ivied quadrangles and collegiate gothic building stock, but it...

A New School for Jacmel

Taking a “little by little” approach to building Haiti’s future anew

Virtual Me, Virtual U

How schools are using technology to transform the halls of higher education

A First Look at the NYSID Graduate School

RKA: How does the new graduate school project fulfill NYSID’s mission and your vision for the school as the new...

Sterling 920 Terrace Clubhouse

The clubhouse at Sterling 920 Terrace is a modern, vibrant gathering place that is reinventing how students live...

San Diego State University, Tenochca Residence Entry

The Tenochca Entry building serves as a vibrant new gateway to the Tenochca Residence Hall and outdoor recreation...

St. John’s University, D’Angelo Center

Built on a previously underused part of the campus, the new, 127,000-square-foot D’Angelo Center provides a...

University of Kansas – Capitol Federal Hall, School of Business

Building on the momentum of its national rankings and increasing enrollment, KU’s School of Business needed a new...

Northwestern University, The Garage

The new 12,000-square-foot Garage is an incubator for accelerating innovation on the Northwestern campus and...

University of East London, Knowledge Dock: Brand Design

The University of East London approached Gensler to transform and redefine its Knowledge Dock for the next...

Mesa College, Center for Business & Technology

The Center for Business & Technology serves as a home to Mesa College's business, computer information science...

Jaguar Land Rover North American Headquarters

Jaguar Land Rover’s Mahwah facility is a forward-looking workplace that balances the needs of focus work and...

Aspire College Station

Aspire College Station was created to offer Texas A&M University students a lifestyle, not just an apartment. The...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Foisie Innovation Studio and Messenger Residence Hall

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is a pioneer in interdisciplinary project-based learning, dating back to a...

San Diego State University, Tula Community Center

The Tula Community Center is all about connectivity and community engagement. The facility creates a sustainable...

Marymount University Ballston Center Redevelopment

On a corner in Arlington, Virginia’s bustling business corridor, a new model for higher education draws in the...

Antioch University

Gensler was enlisted to help re-envision the campus of Antioch University as a vibrant and exciting urban...

The Post Oak School

Located across two campuses in the heart of Houston, the Post Oak School is one of the oldest Montessori schools in...

Biola University Campus

Gensler has undertaken a number of campus projects for this private Christian college in Southern California...

San Jacinto College, Lee Davis Library

San Jacinto College’s Davis Library was in need of major renovations to increase efficiencies and better accommodate...

Newmark Schools

Celebrating the innovative and unique teaching model at Newmark, a not-for-profit school that serves students with...

Duke Kunshan University

Just west of Shanghai, this five-building complex is a model of sustainable development, organized around a vast...

Keck Hospital of USC, Public Spaces & User Experience Study

The University of Southern California’s acquisition of University Hospital created an opportunity to develop a...

High-Performance Research Computing Center at Princeton University

Situated on Princeton’s Forrestal campus, this 47,000 square-foot project is the new home to powerful research...

MindShift

Gehle, Herjeczki and Thaler in MindShift on STEM research and reimagining learning spaces

New York Times

New York Times cited Gensler’s research report, "A New Model for the Public Library," in a feature focused on how...

University Business

Gensler Education Leader Meghan Webster explains 5 ways that learning experiences during the pandemic can impart...

Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools

Top design firms partner with Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools to release a tool kit to help prepare schools to...

The New York Times

The Garage, an incubator space at Northwestern University, features among innovative campus designs in The New York...

Interior Design

Broz, Heiser and Vitale are quoted on the "artful" KU School of Business, in Interior Design

Oculus

The New Museum's multidisciplinary incubator, NEW INC., is a Gensler project featured in Oculus.

School Construction News

School Construction News features the collaboration and research efforts of Gensler’s design team for...

Society of College and University Planning University of Chicago, New Academic Complex and Campus Precinct

2014 SCUP Excellence Award – Winner, 2014 Honor Award for Excellence in Planning

Daily Breeze

Daily Breeze reports on plans to convert a former office building into Wiseburn High School.

Gensler Releases Second Volume of Professional Practice Case Study Series

WASHINGTON — Gensler is proud to release the second volume of its Professional Practice Case Study Series, an...

Gensler Selects 2016 Diversity Scholarship Winners

Gensler is pleased to announce the winners of the firm’s eighth annual Diversity Scholarship. Marian Petison, a...