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Emily Ulrick

Emily is a studio director for Gensler’s Morristown office, specializing in the workplace - sciences and energy...

Lillian Giering

With over 20 years and 4 million square feet of workplace interiors experience, Lillian is a problem solver with a...

Anthony Brower

Anthony is a LEED Fellow focused on Gensler’s sustainable design practice, within which he champions the craft of...

Stephanie Burritt

Stephanie Burritt is a Principal and Co-Managing Director for Gensler’s Houston office. Stephanie's career with...

Peter Barsuk

Peter is a Government & Defense Leader; an expert in education, civic and office building projects; and a Studio...

Johnny Kousparis

With his extraordinary breadth of experience and dedication to his craft, Johnny has a comprehensive understanding...

Jim Shelton

Jim Shelton is a Managing Director and Design Director in Gensler’s San Antonio office. With more than 27 years of...

Dean Strombom

With a Gensler career spanning four decades and a portfolio of more than 50 million square feet, Dean leads the...

Rick Ferrara

As a Studio Director for Gensler Dallas’ Automotive Retail studio, Rick leads a team focused on the design and...

Kenneth I. Fisher

Ken is the director of a studio focused on architecture, science, and higher education. Through more than 28 years...

Russell Gilchrist

With more than 30 years experience working for multiple design firms in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, Russell focuses...

Cathy Jameson

As Design Director, Cathy focuses on innovative workplace design. With 20+ years of experience, Cathy’s expertise...

Yvette Koh

Yvette is a Studio Director for Gensler’s Singapore office. She is a strategic leader with experience in leading...

Theresa Sheils

Theresa leads some of the Gensler Southeast Region’s most complex architecture projects and has deep expertise in...

Matin Zargari

Matin is a Co-Managing Director and Principal in Gensler’s San Jose office. She has overseen the firm’s East Bay...

The Gensler Cities Climate Challenge | Impact By Design 2020

The Gensler Cities Climate Challenge (GC3) is focused on achieving carbon neutrality by eliminating or offsetting...

Design Forecast: Office Buildings

Exploring the top design trends in office buildings, from workplace mobility to high-performance systems to mass...

Reuse | Impact By Design 2020

Gensler is focusing on reducing the impact on climate change in the built environment, including reusing existing...

Impact by Design — Adaptation

2016 Design Forecast - Workplace

Workplace Forecast: Liberated from old constraints, prepared to go where their talents are best supported, an urban...

Water | Impact By Design 2020

As more of the world's population lives under water stress, managing water in the built and natural environment is...

Impact by Design — Materials

Impact by Design — Intelligence

Design Forecast: Aviation

Exploring the top trends in aviation, such as biometric screening, commuter travel, wellness amenities, and airport...

Taking on the Toughest Challenges Facing Cities

To make a positive difference, we have to design for the needs of people first.

Design Forecast: Residential

Exploring the top trends in residential design, such as modular housing, healthier materials, and the frictionless...

Design Forecast:?Government & Defense

Exploring the top trends in government and defense, such as creative delivery methods, and reuse of existing...

Trends Shaping the Future of Cities

We impact millions of people’s lives by creating places where people live, work, and play

Introducing Design Forecast

Gensler is committed to designing with an unwavering focus on Human Experience as we work to shape the future of...

2016 Design Forecast - Community

Community Forecast: Contemporary life’s disruptions and opportunities form the working agenda for cities and their...

Design Responds to a Changing World

The Coronavirus pandemic has forced organizations to flex and evolve, both in real-time and in the long-term. In...

Design Forecast: Technology

Exploring the top trends in technology companies, including coworking, the rise of big data, the humane workplace...

Design Forecast: Sports

Exploring the top trends in sports, such as sports-anchored districts, wellness spaces, and off-season revenue...

Design Forecast: Retail

Exploring the top trends in retail, such as the benefits of “fast” and “slow” retail, and how brands can navigate...

Design Forecast: Repositioning & Landlord Services

Exploring the top trends in building repositioning and landlord services, including modified entrances, curated...

Design Forecast: Professional Services

Exploring the top trends in professional services firms, from winning the war for talent to providing variety and...

Design Forecast: Product Development

Exploring the top trends in product development, such as the demand for sustainable materials, and inclusive and...

Design Forecast: Mixed Use & Retail Centers

Exploring the top trends in mixed use & retail centers, such how mixed-use developments can create human-centric...

Design Forecast: Media & Consumer Goods

Exploring the top trends in media and consumer goods — companies that are creating powerful narratives in their...

Design Forecast: Intelligent Places

Exploring the top trends in intelligent places, such as how data-driven design can enable more tailored, adaptable...

Design Forecast: Hospitality

Exploring the top trends in hospitality, such as how companies can embrace the promise of virtual reality, 3D...

Design Forecast: Health & Wellness

Exploring the top trends in health and wellness, such as big data, personalized healthcare, and the growing...

Design Forecast: Foundations, Associations & Organizations

Exploring the top trends in workplace design for non-profits, from mission-driven architecture and brand design to...

Design Forecast: Financial Services

Exploring the top workplace design trends for financial services firms, from digital transformation to a new...

Design Forecast: Education, Civic & Culture

Exploring the top design trends in civic, educational, and cultural facilities — with a focus on mission-focused...

Design Forecast: Digital Experience Design

Exploring the top trends in digital experience design, such as real-time mapping and why smart cities should be...

Design Forecast: Critical Facilities

Exploring the top trends in critical facilities, such as supercomputing, colocation data centers, and command...

Design Forecast: Consulting & Real Estate Services

Exploring the top trends in workplace consulting and real estate services, including intelligent buildings...

Design Forecast: Cities & Urban Design

Exploring the top trends in urban design, from urban regeneration to smart technologies.

Design Forecast: Brand Design

Exploring the top trends in brand design, such as how consumers are shaping brands and the value of an...

Design Forecast - The 4 Biggest Trends Shaping Sustainable Design in 2019

These are the trends that Gensler designers and architects are focused on in the coming year to help our clients...

Impact by Design — Form

Back to the Office

Informed by workplace strategy research, Gensler has created "Back to the Office: Return Strategies for the...

2019 Annual Report

At Gensler, we are one community. Our community is focused on improving the human experience, guided by a vision...

Designing the Cities of the Future

Modern cities can be built on time-honored principles and shaped by regional culture and local values, as...

Design Forecast - Why Improving Inclusivity and Promoting Diversity is Good for Business

Here’s how well-designed workplaces and environments can improve performance, attract talent, and create positive...

Design Forecast - 6 Ways Cities are Reclaiming Public Space for the People

Rapid urbanization, demographic change, and the maturing digital age continue to challenge the spatial distribution...

Impact by Design — Water

2016 Design Forecast - Lifestyle

Lifestyle Forecast: Leisure’s need for a customer experience that’s real, authentic, and seamless is a challenge for...

COVID-19 and Building Performance: The Big Picture

From energy use to maintenance, lighting, and air quality, COVID-19 will change the equations we’ve been using to...

Will California Lead the Way to Energy Independence?

Changes going on around the world are rapidly shifting the conversation around energy conservation and climate...

Will California Lead the Way to Energy Independence?

The CSU Northridge Sustainability + Recycling Center includes a rooftop photovoltaic system, which offsets the...

Fuel Cells Now

An Exploration of Fuel Cells as Sustainable Energy Solutions.

Creating a Beautiful, Energy-Efficient Building for Harbin Bank

Harbin Bank’s new headquarters in Beijing is both aesthetically pleasing and high performing. By maximizing natural...

Leveraging Dynamo to Create Dynamic Facades

Building a parametric, pattern-generating system in Dynamo to save energy and time in building facades.

Harnessing the Power of Urban

Cities are playing a larger role in the identity of downtown workplaces, and companies are embracing the urban...

Design Update: The Tower at PNC Plaza

To a real estate portfolio replete with green branch banks, offices and mixed-use towers, PNC Financial Services...

Fighting Climate Change Through Tall Building Design

Well-designed supertall buildings like the Shanghai Tower, pictured on the right, can help reduce energy usage...

Climate Change Solutions for Workplace Design

Buildings contribute 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. We have an opportunity to make a big impact.

Building Environment Impacts from Pending CO2 Legislation

How could CO2 legislation shift the building industry? As CO2 legislation becomes increasingly stringent, carbon is...

Hospitality Sustainability Study

Can hotels afford to ignore sustainability? Utility costs were growing significantly faster than other operating...

From Environmental Racism to Climate Justice

Here's how architects and designers can deliberately shape the built environment to further climate justice, combat...

Urban Farmification: Big Box Underground

Exploring the opportunities and realities of submerging big box retail centers to support rooftop farming.

Roadblocks to an EV Centric World

Image: Pexels. Today, designers, developers and city planners who struggle to predict and prepare for an autonomous...

Doubling Down on Our Commitment to Resilience

With hundreds of millions of square feet of buildings and interior design projects in the pipeline annually, we...

Designing the First Triple-Certified Green Building in China

Johnson Controls, a leading provider of intelligent building technology and energy efficiency solutions, is...

Toward a Wellness-Based Workplace

Does a healthy workplace improve the bottom line? An estimated 65% of a company’s health-related costs can be...

Workplace Now

New pressures on their teams are leading organizations to offer balanced and flexible work settings that adapt to...

Work Hard, Play Hard Under One Roof

“The fitness center has been thoughtfully designed with everything Symantec was looking for: energy, fun...

U.K. Workplace Survey 2016

The divide between the “haves and have nots” has grown exponentially in recent years. Can design help to resolve...

Asia Workplace Survey 2016

As Asian companies focus on competitiveness in a global market, they must explore a new, more balanced workplace...

Wellness on the Corporate Campus

Confidential energy trading facility. Photographer: Tim Griffiths Recently I've been involved with a number of...

First Look: Houston Ballet Center for Dance

What role do the arts play in Houston’s culture? My wife and I moved to Houston over 40 years ago and truly love...

The 2008 U.S. & U.K. Workplace Surveys

Do top-performing companies work differently? Successful companies provide workplaces that value and support all...

A Breath of Fresh Air

Exploring opportunities to address air pollution via design and architecture.

Impact through Design

Investigating opportunities to mitigate climate change through design and architecture.

Sustainability | Research & Insight

Impact by Design 2017 is Gensler’s second annual publication analyzing the sustainable performance of our work.

Developing an Agile Workplace Solution

Developing a framework and set of design research tools allowing us to quickly design and deliver flexible workplace...

The Solutions to Climate Change Are Already at Our Fingertips

Because every project we work on is either part of the problem or part of the solution, we made a commitment to...

The Solutions to Climate Change Are Already at Our Fingertips

University of Kansas Capitol Federal Hall. Photo: Garrett Rowland. This post is part of a series in which we look at...

Why Climate Action Is a Business Imperative

Banfield Pet Hospital. / Ryan Gobuty. This post is part of a series in which we look at the critical role that the...

Cal-Australia Dreamin'

Addressing the realities of climate change through aspirational policy.

How the Built Environment Can Help the Climate Crisis

If global temperatures rise above 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), a threshold that scientists now...

How the Built Environment Can Help the Climate Crisis

The recent report delivered to the United Nations by the International Panel on Climate Change (I.P.C.C.) paints a...

Gensler Signs Paris Pledge for Action on Climate Change

Gensler joins with other private companies and governments in signing the Paris Pledge for Action

LEEDing the Way at Portland JetPort

Q: Why is LEED Gold certification so important to this project? A: It shows that the Jetport and City of Portland...

A Shattering Development for Glass-and-Steel Skyscrapers

If New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has his way, the Big Apple will go in an entirely different direction with its...

Climate Change: A Crisis and an Opportunity

This post is part of a series in which we look at the critical role that the architecture and design play in global...

Passive House: Sell It to Me!

Source: deposit photos Looking for a new home? What if I told you that a Passive House could reduce your annual...

High-Performance Building Envelopes

What design strategies maximize building envelope performance? Technological innovation alone will not deliver...

What Greenbuild 2017 Signals for the Future of the Green Building Movement

Partners HealthCare's new LEED Gold campus. This post is part of a series in which we look at the critical role that...

Integrating Sustainability Into the Learning Environment

When it comes to design, the higher education sector is often faced with a quandary: pursue trends or pursue...

The Tower at PNC Plaza – A Breath of Fresh Air

The Tower at PNC Plaza. On October 1, The Tower at PNC Plaza opened to the public, completing a five year design and...

Is Your Data Ready for D.C.’s New Reporting Requirements?

You might have missed this interesting tidbit, but according to a recently released Inventory of Greenhouse Gas...

Could Low-Tech Design Prevent Climate Change-Influenced Pandemics?

We’ve known for a while that climate can play a role in the spread of viruses. How should we think about the...

AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles: Using Our Common Past to Build the Future

Very rarely does one gain the opportunity to design a project whose mission is so critical to future generations and...

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...

The California Wildfires Are Yet Another Wake-Up Call for Resilient Design Strategies

The recent surge in wildfires and hurricanes we’re experiencing now are a wake-up call for climate action. Here are...

Sustainability | Research & Insight

Impact by Design 2018 is Gensler’s third annual publication assessing the performance and resilience of our work

Designing the First Triple-Certified Green Building in China

Working with Johnson Controls on their new headquarters in Shanghai, we knew at the outset that the building would...

Rethinking Public Transit

Exploring the new frontiers for mass public transit

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...

Gensler Las Vegas Proposes The Cashman Battery

A view of the Ring, an education center of information and communication at the heart of the new Cashman Battery...

When Does LED Work for You?

The LED fixture industry is one of the fastest growing technologies that currently affects renovation and design...

Sustainability | Research & Insight

In Impact by Design 2020, Gensler introduces Strategies for Climate Resilience to improve the impact on climate...

Design Forecast Washington, D.C.: Resilience in Our Region

Gensler’s Washington, D.C. office hosted a hyperlocal conversation focused on what the resilience challenge means...

The Water Is Rising

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

Climate Reprogramming

Fa?ade design is one example where performance, technology, and code changes come together to positively impact the...

The Nation’s Capital of Sustainable Design

This post is part of a series in which we look at the critical role that the architecture and design play in global...

In Search of Better Data to Optimize Tall Buildings

One Museum Place, Shanghai. . Extraordinary technological advances have taken tall buildings to new heights, quite...

Taking Cues from Nature: How Biomimicry Can Drive ROI for Hoteliers

Costa Rica Convention Center. . Today’s travelers expect a different standard of luxury that caters not only to...

Experimental Design: Pushing the Boundaries of Convention

The Tower at PNC Plaza, which is the greenest highrise in the United States, exemplifies the business community's...

Airports without Waiting?

What’s next for airport terminal design and planning? Keeping passengers moving is key for tomorrow’s...

Wellbeing and the Workplace

Source: http://www.scmp.com/ I’m sure that few of you missed the headlines suggesting that sitting is the new...

Design Premium

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

Town Square Initiative: New York

The Town Square Initiative is a yearlong volunteer effort in which Gensler designers set out to unearth and...

The Bullitt Center and the Future of Sustainable Buildings

The Bullitt Center, designed by the Miller Hull Partnership. Drawing ? Douglas Wittnebel Have you heard about the...

Mapping Environmental Factors

How can we translate climate data into actionable insights? We designed a new approach to leverage climate data and...

Can Super Tall be Super Green?

At this week’s Greenbuild Expo in Chicago, Peter Weingarten will participate on a panel that will examine the role...

Listening Through the Noise

An investigation on designing for productive sound in the workplace.

Developing the World's Tallest Net Zero Timber Building with Sidewalk Labs

Working with Sidewalk Labs and a network of engineers, environmental specialists, and other partners, we have...

Design Forecast

Over half the world’s people now live in cities — a reality that is already introducing tough new challenges. In...

Data and the Intelligent Workplace

As the building blocks of smart cities, intelligent workplaces combine data and design to help people work smarter.

Improving the Air We Breathe: Design Strategies for Action

Fire and unhealthy indoor air are global issues. What can we do to improve air quality in the environments we...

Pairing BIM and Connected Devices to Elevate Design

Our increasingly complex world offers an ever-expanding number of factors to consider when designing. By using...

Preparing for the Future Now with Resilient Design

As global leaders come together to address how the collective community can help reduce CO2 emissions, we understand...

Using IoT Technology to Drive Evidence-Based Design

Using Gensler New York as a case study, we installed sensors and use mixed-methods to measure occupant and building...

The Future of Metro IdeaJAM – London and Tokyo: Part Two

The first day of discussion and concept creation at the IdeaJAM in Tokyo The second post in our IdeasJAM blog series...

The Lost and Re-Found Art of Blacksmithing

The first time I put on the heavy leather apron and thick, fireproof insulated gloves worn as protection by all...

Turning the Page: Publishers Embrace Open Workspaces and Define a New Era

Hachette Book Group ? Garrett Rowland It’s no secret that publishing is undergoing a transition of a magnitude not...

A Fresh Start at The Axis

The stage at The Axis. Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas is one of the most recognizable brands in live...

Incheon International Airport Breaks Ground on Terminal 2

Today, Incheon International Airport (ICN), the country’s busiest airport, and the only airport in the world to be...

Suburbia - A Wasteland No Longer

What if all that changed? That may sound like a tall order, but it is indeed very possible. In fact, that change is...

A Second Look at the Tower at PNC Plaza

It’s been almost a year since we checked in on progress of the Tower at PNC Plaza, and ground has already been...

Unlocking Building Value Through Repositioning

...to this. It’s still a very slow commercial office market on the West Coast of the United States, so when people...

Commercial Office Buildings 2020

What drives success in commercial office buildings? Office building design must evolve to support changing work...

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...

An Air Filtration Primer for Building Owners and Developers

We're looking at the key changes we'll need to make to the built environment in order to provide spaces where people...

Redesigning Mixed-Use Environments for a Post-Pandemic World

What will mixed-use and public places look like after this pandemic?

Future Cities, Future Buildings

Paradigm shifts in building design are accelerated when the ingredients for advanced solutions come together, and...

Experiential Design is Changing the Rules of the Workplace

Client insights from Gensler Morristown's panel discussion on workplace performance.

Design Forecast Charlotte: Tech Talent in the Queen City

Gensler Charlotte hosted a discussion about the future of work and how the it will shape human experience in the...

Embracing Constraints to Build a More Sustainable Shanghai

The composed elegance of the 60-story One Museum Place in Shanghai's Jing'an District tells a story of breathtaking...

The Future of Climate Policy Starts in Our Cities

Densely populated urban areas are epicenters for greenhouse gas emissions, but the policies made by local...

A Case for Imperfect Cities: Greater Impact with Purposeful Chaos 非理性城市开发：寻求效率和影响力的平衡

As we consider the future of cities, we must also be cognizant of the forces of change that will impact how we...

Urban Strategies for Coastal Resilience

Addressing sea level rise and major storms threats in vulnerable cities.

What the Math Behind Climate Change Is Telling Us

Global carbon emissions reached a record high in 2018. As the math of climate action suggests a growing gap between...

What We're Listening to Now

Five Gensler designers in the firm’s brand design, retail, hospitality, and other lifestyle practitioners share the...

The Costs of Climate Change and the Promise of Resilience

If there’s one clear lesson from the recent National Climate Assessment, it’s that we need to anticipate and prepare...

As Wildfires Rage in California, Designing for Resilience Becomes Even More Urgent

The effects of climate change are increasingly evident — and urgent. What can we do to create resiliency and...

Red Bull Reenergizes a Warehouse as Their Atlanta Workplace

Southern charm and the high-octane world of Red Bull collide for an enthusiastic atmosphere in their new Atlanta...

Red Bull Reenergizes a Warehouse Into Their Atlanta Workplace

Photography by Garrett Rowland, Southern charm and the high-octane world of Red Bull collide for an enthusiastic...

Getting Ahead of Change

ROUNDTABLE — In this age of uncertainty and rapid change, what actions are global companies taking to prepare their...

Corporate Headquarters: From the Inside Out

The job of tomorrow’s headquarters is to marry brand and experience—building a culture and connecting employees to...

The Gym Of The Future is Closer Than You Think

What do we do when gas stations become obsolete? Turn them into fuel for our bodies instead.

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...

Human Experience Is the Future of Design

We believe human experience is the future of design. People are the one constant in this era of dramatic...

Want to Attract Top Talent? Focus on the Employee Experience

The workplace of the future is more about ‘how’ we work; bringing people together to collaborate, innovate, learn...

#Winning the Fan Engagement Game

An investigation into sports fans’ relationships with their favorite teams.

Introverts Rejoice! The Rise of the Fifth Work Mode

When Gensler published the US and UK Workplace Research Studies in 2008, the findings helped quantify the power of...

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...

High Expectations

Adjustable height desks are growing more and more common. I started using one over a year ago on account of...

Mexico City: An Emerging Market

Mariela Buendia-Corrochano is co-managing director and design director in Gensler’s Mexico City office. Here...

Planning Resilient Communities

The word “resilience” sparks thoughts of natural disasters. Three current Gensler projects show that it’s really...

World of Leisure: North America — The Center

North America’s still a huge market for leisure—entertainment, retail, hospitality and mixed use. But the form...

We’ve Topped Off! The Tower at PNC Plaza Reaches Full Height

Rendering ? Gensler, Photo ? PNC It seems like just yesterday, but was in fact 2012 when we broke ground on PNC’s...

IRDC 2013: Technology Tips the Scales

I often find Fall to be the busiest time of year, and the activity is invigorating. The conversations with...

Built for Speed: Staples Velocity Lab

Video ? Gensler Topping out at 268 mph—a speed that can literally melt tires—the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is the...

A New Airport for India’s New Gateway: Gensler’s Design for Chennai International

Q&A with Gensler’s Kashyap Bhimjiani, a senior designer for Chennai International Airport’s new terminals. India’s...

InSPAration: Lessons from the land of tea salons and foot massages

This blog post was originally published in HOTELS Magazine. The hotel experience is, by nature, a refuge from the...

Toward Resilient Cities

In November 2012, as the Bay Area hosted Greenbuild—the world’s largest conference dedicated to sustainable...

Airport Cities

Denver and Seoul see airports keying economic growth and global standing

Mills, mindsets, Mendocino and memories?

The town's name comes from Cape Mendocino, named by early Spanish navigators in honor of Antonio de Mendoza, Viceroy...

All Squared Away

22squared’s new office makes a pitch for the ad agency’s creative culture

A First Look at the Tower at PNC Plaza

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., is a leader in green design, having trademarked their approach to...

How an Airport Can Make the World a Greener Place

Stories in the The New York Times, Fast Company, Inhabitat and more rave about T2’s unparalleled environment, where...

The Workplace Amenities Game Isn't Over — the Playing Field Has Shifted

People’s expectations have changed dramatically due to COVID and its myriad health, employment, and other fallouts...

The Healthy Hotel: Designing for a New Experience

As today's health crisis is making people more aware of health and wellness, hotels are exploring new ways to...

Are We Ready for the Heat? Desert-Appropriate Strategies for a Resilient City of the Future

Rising temperatures and drought are becoming a climate reality around the world. As designers in this increasingly...

How Climate Change Impacts Our Health

Climate change has a direct impact on our health and wellbeing now and it will become only more acute in the future...

A Q&A with a Costa Rican Mayor about the Future of City Design

If there’s one area Costa Rica could improve upon, it’s the coexistence of its largest city San José with the...

How Workplace Design Can Ease Anxiety and Feelings of Isolation

Now that some workplaces are reopening, we’ll have to find a way to shake off these feelings in a world that remains...

Graph by Gensler: Spatial Analytics for Design

Introducing an advanced spatial analytics service that reveals the impact of design choices, visualizes behaviors...

The Office Building of the Future Should Be an Essential Part of Its Community

Over the past 70 years, the workplace has evolved slowly but surely. In the past 5 months, that evolution has...

What 10 Million Square Feet of Data Tells Us About Social Distancing in the Workplace

Through our data and benchmarking, we’ve surfaced some key themes when it comes to social distancing in the workplace

The Future Workplace Will Embrace a Hybrid Reality

We won't be returning to our former offices. Instead, we will be moving forward to a new place. It might look...

Insights From Gensler’s U.S. Work From Home Survey 2020

The Gensler Research Institute published its U.S. Work from Home Survey 2020, featuring findings on the experience...

U.S. Work From Home Survey 2020

Lessons from working from home during COVID-19 offer an opportunity to rethink our future physical workplace.

Resilient Cities Rely on Resilient Food Systems

The pandemic is disrupting already fragile food supply chains. To ensure resilience and food security for the...

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...

An Architecture of Optimism for a Post-Pandemic Society

Whether it’s new buildings that are about to be designed or existing architecture that now needs to be re-imagined...

10 Considerations for Transitioning Back to Work in a Post-COVID-19 World

Real estate and facilities teams are challenged with implementing new ways of working that balance business...

Graduation Goes Digital for the Class of 2020

How can we use digital technologies to push events like virtual graduation ceremonies beyond traditional thinking?

Designing for Disassembly

Researching how the process of disassembly can implemented at scale to support industry demands and sustainable...

How to Build Culture in a Virtual World

As COVID-19 causes the world to rethink the communal workplace, for businesses it’s also a philosophical and...

Design Forecast Denver: Shaping the Future of Our City

Gensler Denver hosted a discussion about challenges facing cities such as affordable housing, mobility, and climate...

In the Face of the Coronavirus, Workplace Wellness is Key

Here are steps employers can take to keep workplaces safe and healthy.

U.S. Workplace Survey 2020

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...

The Sports/Community Connection

Sports developments are benefiting more than just fans of the game by becoming hubs for local economic growth and...

Design Forecast Newark: Designing Cities for People

Gensler’s New Jersey office hosted a panel discussion on topics ranging from social equity, to new modes of...

Emotional Security in the Workplace

A new white paper from the Gensler Research Institute found that creating an environment where employees feel...

Hospitals in an Age of Climate Change: Can They Survive the Storm?

In the face of extreme weather events, we must plan and design healthcare facilities that can assure quality care...

The Inertia of Home

For tenants, moving is expensive, unsettling, and time-consuming. For owners, high turnover is costly because of...

Enlivening a Dead Block in San Jose

The first block of North San Pedro Street was an otherwise active center of San Jose, California — save for an...

Transforming Walmart’s Home Office in Bentonville

The world’s largest retailer’s new home office delivers more than just top amenities and appealing aesthetics. It’s...

Growing Biopharma Trend: Putting Science on Display

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

10 Key Design Interventions for a Healthier, Happier, and More Productive Workplace

Healthy, happier people are more productive, more likely to collaborate, and more likely to innovate in ways that...

A Workplace Renewed - The Ford Foundation for Social Justice

Renovation of the Foundation’s landmark headquarters creates a modern workplace experience.

Creating Space for Mental Health Conversations in the Workplace

Work can be both a source of — and a relief from — the stresses of modern life.

Emotional Security in the Workplace

Investigating which relational conditions allow organizations to thrive.

Just a Government Town? Think Again.

High-profile tech companies and consumer brands are relocating to Washington, DC. And they’re not coming for the...

Houston's ByDesign Group Explores Local Ideas for the Future of Cities

A group of young architects and designers at Gensler Houston are proposing big, bold ideas for the future of their...

Sizing Up the Future of Airports

Airports big and small are welcoming travelers with terminals that reflect their locale.

On Climate Change and Hope

Despite rising carbon dioxide emissions, we can still tackle global warming.

Placemaking and the art of Mixed Use

As more people turn to technology for their daily transactions, designers of mixed-use developments are focusing on...

Introducing Sustainable Design Early Leads to More Resilient Projects

Ten years ago, the goal was to convince clients that sustainable design was the solution to climate change. Those...

Creative Collisions: Atlanta’s Ad Scene Mashup

New home of Fitzco, Momentum Worldwide, and Weber Shandwick. Photography by Garett Rowland, Atlanta, Georgia is a...

The Open Office Isn't Dead

No two employees or companies are exactly alike. It’s a good idea to remind ourselves of these individualities...

The Open Office Isn’t Dead

Gensler San Diego. Photography by Ryan Gobuty Open plan offices have their fair share of supporters and detractors...

Slideshow: A Closer Look at Company Headquarters Around the World

This collection of headquarters reveals how companies are inspiring employees to be more than just productive...

A Day in the Life of an Agile Worker

One Gensler employee documents her transition to a more flexible work style.

How Can You Win the Talent War?

The competition for talent is heating up each day and potential employees are firmly in the driver’s seat. Gensler...

Quick Take: Richard Tyson on Designing the Connected Workplace

Gensler is creating a new type of connected workplace using building software and sensors, and it’s transforming...

7 Fun Perks Employees Expect in Today’s Workplace

Some office perks are worth the commute. These in-house amenities cultivate a strong company culture and keep...

Workplace Trends: A Decade of Data

INSIGHT — Ten years ago, the arena of workplace research was a different place. Today, our knowledge of workplace...

The Workplace is Your Key Recruiting Tool

In the battle for top talent, workplace design is the go-to recruiting tool. People want creative workspace...

Dialogue 31

WORK ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL

A Q&A with John Wix, Managing Director of Gensler Portland

A Q&A with John Wix, Managing Director of Gensler Portland

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...

The Healing Power of Green Spaces

Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice Entrance garden. & Luxigon. Over the last decade, there has been a renewed awareness...

What's Old is New Again: Circumnavigating the Circular Economy

After conducting research using our own offices as case studies and analyzing the current client interest in the...

The Socio-Economic Ecological Performance Index

Creating a tool to help urban planning projects address social and environmental impact without sacrificing...

Forecasting Design Shifts Under Future Vehicle Technologies

Creating a spatial prediction model to respond to shared, electric, and autonomous vehicles and their impact on the...

Radical Collaboration: 48 in 48

This blog post is part of a series on purpose-driven design. Not-for-profits spend most of their time doing good...

"Treat Us Like a Client": The Power of Design, From a Non-Designer

Gensler La Crosse. . A little over a year ago, our office lease was nearing its end and we were faced with a...

Wellbeing in the Workplace Has Superpowers

The wellbeing of your employees is a business strategy aimed at increasing productivity, enhancing engagement, and...

High-Performance Computer Brings Billion Dollar Returns

? Matthew McFarland | Gensler We all can imagine how many people have bought a high-performance sports car—in some...

Mixing It Up: Jazz, Hip-hop and Urban Real Estate

New Changning, Shanghai, China. This post is part of a series discussing the findings and implications of Gensler’s...

The Set List: Casual Luxury

? Vêtements Fashion Week Paris automne-hiver 2016-2017 Editor’s note: this blog is the tenth in a series discussing...

Visual Merchandising: The Silent Salesperson

8Seconds, Shanghai, China. . Editor's Note: This post is part of a series on retail and the customer experience...

Want to Attract Top Talent? Focus on the Employee Experience

Editor's Note: This post is part of a series on the state of the financial services industry. The function and...

A Federal Workplace with Heart and Soul

This post is part of a series of blog posts on Gensler’s 2016 Workplace Surveys. The wave of Modernist and Brutalist...

Discovering the Power of Words

Just as words have the power to convey a message, the design of a given space does, too. This post is part of a...

Tech Trends of 2016: Engaging Through Art

Editor’s note: this blog is part of a series on 2016 tech trends. As companies seek to define their work culture...

Designing a Campus to Drive a Culture of Innovation

Confidential Financial Services Firm, Photography by Christopher Barrett, This post is part of a series of blog...

Where Data Centers Meet Design

“How do you get excited about designing a space that’s for machines and not for people?” I’ll never forget being...

Tech Trends of 2016: Color as a Language

Editor’s note: this blog is part of a series on 2016 tech trends. Color plays an important role in our everyday...

Tech Trends of 2016: Lifestyle as Currency

Editor’s note: this blog is part of a series on 2016 tech trends. Tech companies are growing up. The hackable...

Sharing Experiences on a Global Scale

Editor’s note: This blog post is part of the GenslerOn Rio 2016 blog series. As Brazil hosts the 2016 Summer Olympic...

Teaching by Design: The School of the Future

High school. Those two simple words evoke familiar feelings of fondness or dread when we look back on what tended to...

The Dot-Com Generation: How Millennials Are Influencing Hospitality

Westin Hotel and Transit Center at Denver International Airport. . Gen Y. Digital natives. The dot-com generation...

A Creative Downtown L.A.: Gensler Introduces Downtown’s First Vertical Urban Creative Campus

It’s hard for many of us at Gensler Los Angeles to believe that we are about to hit our five year anniversary of...

The Positive Impact of Creative, Playable Spaces

As designers we understand the powerful effect of creativity on ourselves and others. We challenge ourselves to...

The Future Has Arrived: World’s First 3D Printed Office is Inaugurated in Dubai

Video: Office of the Future in #Dubai, world’s first 3D printed office https://t.co/aR4xxnl8i3 — Dubai Media Office...

Gensler Speak Easy: What Is Balance, Really?

Across industrialised societies, people are seeking the perfect life balance, but without really understanding what...

Roundtable: Living the Transitional Lifestyle

The embrace of iHumanity is transforming leisure’s categories, blending old and new.

Learning That Sticks

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

Gensler Design Forecast 2016

An exploration of factors that are likely to transform everyday life in ways that reshape its design and experience.

The 3D Printing Revolution

We’re always being told that the world is constantly changing and that innovation is increasing at an ever growing...

How Technology Has Changed Workplace Design in the Financial Services Sector, Part 1

Every iteration of technology changes how people work. Recently, while discussing some tweaks to the layout of his...

Designing with the Student-Athlete in Mind

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

Healthcare Is a Team Sport: Four Healthcare Accelerators Changing the Game

The Johns Hopkins accelerator, FastForward East. Editor’s note: This post is the first in a series on the rise of...

What General Electric’s Move Tells us about the Future of Work in the City

allenran 917 General Electric (GE), one of the most iconic American companies of the past century and a longtime...

Where the Streets Have No Name

Jordan Berta. I see a picture of a girl sitting near New York City’s Highline, gazing out on an empty street. It’s...

Q&A with Alessandro Zoppini and Ryan Sickman

Alessandro Zoppini (left) and Ryan Sickman (right). Gensler recently announced two new strategic hires who will...

Does Wellness Translate Across Culture?

Differing cultural norms make it challenging to bring the wellness concepts taken as gospel in Western countries...

Cost Versus Value in Corporate Real Estate

As more companies move from dedicated seating to free address, questions about space utilization and cost can become...

Cost Versus Value in Corporate Real Estate

Supplementing utilization data with activity data represents both the cost and value of corporate real estate. As...

Towards More Resilient Buildings

More resilient buildings are critical to ensuring the safety of our urban infrastructure. Rendering ? Gensler In the...

Emerging Work Styles

Can individual work survive in the “collaborative” workplace? Effective focus involves managing one’s individual...

Talking Mixed-Use with J.F. Finn, III

Gensler is designing The Hub on Causeway, a dynamic mixed-use development of approximately 2,000,000 square feet...

Dialogue 28

The Why and How of the New Workplace

Under the Hood: Office Buildings and Headquarters

The pressures that drive workplace change, especially the need to accommodate more people in less space, have a...

Roundtable: Work in 2025

How will the world of 2025 impact work and the workplace? Four experts in demographics, economics, transportation...

A Hybrid of Learning: Culture + Education + Community

This post is the third in Reimagining Learning, a series that will look beyond the classroom in a quest to explore...

#Thank You for Sharing: How Social Media is Reshaping Work

The growth of social media holds significant ramifications for design. Social media is founded on the principle of...

How Incorporating Playability Can Help Us Design Better Cities

As a global firm, Gensler touches an incredible variety and scale of project types in the built environment. As a...

Architects for a Better Tomorrow, Today

I remember my first brush with politics like it was yesterday. I was in third grade, and there was a nasty rumor...

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...

Parks in the sky? Subterranean bike paths? Meet the livable city, designed in 3-D

The Shanghai Tower. Some of the most cutting-edge things going on behind-the-scenes in architecture today involve...

Iconic Hollywood Hotel Gets an All-Star Makeover

While America was buzzing over the wins and the designer gowns that graced the red carpet during award season...

Gensler Design Forecast 2015

Our 2015 Design Forecast highlights the industry trends that will shape design in the year ahead. They reflect six...

The Value of Repositioning: A Review of Critical Trends and Ideas for Enhancing Building Performance

Gensler's Los Angeles Office. Editors’ Note: In late October 2014, a council of architects and designers gathered at...

The Future of Housing: Co-Living for London's Makers and Creators

WeWork’s co-working environment ?WeWork The shifting dynamics of the office has seen a recent proliferation of...

Real Estate Marketing: The Allure of a Lifestyle Brand

28 Liberty marketing materials. Consumer brands have long been able to attract customers by creating an entire...

Telling Your Story

For law firms of all sizes and scope, personality is an essential component of a firm’s DNA. Every firm is unique...

Creating High Performing Urban Cities through Placemaking

“James John Jetel for Chicago Loop Alliance | jjjetel.com. As we wrap up another year of outdoor activities in...

London’s Unchartered Territory

Gensler's London Underline won Best Conceptual Project at the 2015 London Planning Awards. As highlighted in the...

Re-tooling the Suburban Office Building

Center 78 in Warren, New Jersey. I once read that over 80 percent of the office buildings in New Jersey were built...

Project Spotlight: One World Place

One World Place will open its doors to tenants in January 2015. One World Place is Daiichi Properties &...

Maker Culture Brings the Power of Design To Life

Back in the early 1980’s, I got to experience firsthand the wild and vivid performances of Survival Research...

The End of Efficiency?

The global “War for Talent” rages on. In spite of the enormous ramifications in other areas of corporate life, the...

The ROI of Human Experience

Air quality in China has been the subject of much press over the past few years, much of it negative. In addition to...

Hackney Calling

London’s Hackney borough is home to a thriving tech community. A Gensler-designed pop-up put the start-up scene’s...

Project Spotlight: WAMU and the Future of Radio

People often forget that radio helped create the mass media saturated world in which we now live. Before cable...

10 Key Design Interventions for a Healthier, Happier and More Productive Workplace

In case you haven’t noticed, health and wellness has quietly become a consequential issue within the business...

Dialogue 25

Work and the Metropolis

The Power to Question

Gensler’s 2013 U.S. Workplace Survey documents the state of the U.S. workplace performance. It’s also a unique lens...

Suburbia Transformed: Tysons, Virginia

This post originally appeared on the blog jordangoldstein.net. Several months ago, I spoke on a Bisnow panel that...

Best of Both Worlds: Quiet and Collaboration at GSA’s Headquarters

Sound masking technology coupled with thoughtful design mitigates noise at GSA headquarters at 1800 F Street NW...

Urban Design in the United Arab Emirates

“I love my job!” – I am a very lucky person to be able to say this every day. As an urban designer, my job is to...

Modernity Vs. Hierarchy: China’s Evolving Commercial Office Building Market

Chinese commercial office buildings communicate power and corporate culture. They uphold traditional business...

Brand Engagement: Our Favorite Brands Mirror Our Best Relationships

The most successful brands are focused on delivering personal experiences that build and strengthen relationships...

Soul-Centered Design

Can holistic design strategies improve health and healing? A “soul-centered” design approach that aligns the design...

Vibrant Communities

In my continued exploration of place making and its relationship to retail real estate, I am excited to be involved...

Winning Wellness Strategies in Hotel Design

This post first appeared in HOTELS Mag.com on 11/12/2013 The first thing I do when I walk into a hotel room is open...

Daiichi Properties Helps Boost Philippines’ Real Estate Boom

World Plaza, a 27-storey office building, is conveniently located at one of the country’s premier business...

Reinventing the Workplace: [NET]WORKed in New York

Reinventing the Workplace is a recurring blog series in which Gensler designers predict how the workplace will...

SIU Announces New Transportation Education Center

Ever wonder what putting a collection of aviation techs, group of high flying air jockeys and a collection of...

Gyms As Motivational Third Spaces

As I finished up my workout at a local gym the other day, I couldn’t help feeling something has been missing from my...

Sense & Sensibility, Pt 2

This is part two of Maeve Larkin’s blog Sense & Sensibility, exploring how good interior design evokes the senses to...

Healthcare Goes Retail

The 2010 Affordable Care Act—while providing new coverage for many, and more choices for everyone—has also created a...

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...

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...

Town Square: San Francisco

The Town Square Initiative is a yearlong volunteer effort in which Gensler designers set out to unearth and...

The 2013 U.S. Workplace Survey

What factors drive workplace performance? Employees in top-performing workplaces—those that balance focus and...

Urban Interventions and Speculations

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

Gensler's New D.C. Office Celebrates the Design Process

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray helps Gensler open its new Washington, D.C., office. Image ? Gensler Gensler’s Washington...

The New Retail Identity of ColorPlus

In today’s global marketplace, the biggest brands are crossing borders in search of new customers. In India in...

Instancy Retail

In today’s retail landscape, we are experiencing an exciting new retail movement that will add value, relevance, and...

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...

Exploring the Future of Work

This week, global workplace leader Janet Pogue will join fellow Gensler principal Jim Williamson and Roman Richey...

A Take on Tech: Big Data

Following the rapid growth of cloud computing, the term “big data” has achieved peak media attention. It has also...

Sustainability Trending

What can we learn from 600+ LEED scorecards? Comparative LEED data by project type and location reveals baseline...

“I’ve seen the future and it works”

Following his participation as a panelist at two Gensler The Office is Dead seminars at the Developing Cities...

The Resurgence of the Department Store: Social Responsibility

Over the past year Kathleen Jordan, a principal in Gensler’s New York office and leader in the firm’s Retail...

Dialogue 22

The Changing Nature of Work

An Olympic Legacy: The Courage of an Aspirational Vision

After the new World and Olympic Records are inked in the books (albeit digitally), the athletes, media and visitors...

The Golden Arches go for the Green

Like all things Olympic, I was struck by the imagery of the newest and largest McDonald's that just opened at the...

Everyday Changes, Extraordinary Savings

I have previously written about the challenges facing federal real estate managers, and it continues to be tough...

Hey…Leave my third place alone!

Many of our current workplaces are designed around connection, an important shift that unfolded over the past two...

The New Art of Persuasion: Brands That Help You Improve Your Life

This is persuasive technology in action. Simple tools and apps can prompt and enable us – in the moment, and with...

Creating collegiate venues, creating memories

I spent my college days at Cornell University, and I vividly remember times spent in Barton Hall – the school’s...

Drawing on the World: Retail in India

That number is staggering when you think about it, and it’s growing rapidly. In fact, this trip actually brought...

The Unsung Office Hero

In a business culture that places a premium on teamwork and communication as the perceived route to innovation, the...

Size Matters Not: Designing Sustainable Airport Terminals

Situated in India’s Tamil Nadu region, Chennai Airport is a gateway to the southern part of the country, an area...

Now Boarding: A New Skylife

SFO's Terminal 2 ushers in air travel's sustainable, passenger-friendly era

Activity Analysis

Is your work environment aligned with employee behavior? Understanding current workplace usage patterns is an...

WPI? Culture + Identity Module

Does your space reflect your organization’s culture? Expressing brand and culture through workplace design is an...

Design Works: Fairmont Pittsburgh at Three PNC Plaza

Q: The hotel was built at Three PNC Plaza, the first high-rise to be built in downtown Pittsburgh in the last 20...

WPI? Tool Development

Can employee data drive workplace strategy? Measuring the performance of the workplace across a variety of...

The 2006 U.S. Workplace Survey

How does design drive business performance? High-performance work environments are an opportunity to improve...

King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy

Anticipating a global shift to clean and renewable energy, the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy...

G.T. Mickey Leland Federal Building

This comprehensive renovation focused on restoring the function, look and feel of the Leland Federal building...

Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia

Mirroring a nationwide trend in law office design, Reed Smith’s new Philadelphia office employs highly efficient...

Devon Energy Center

This new world-class headquarters consolidates 3,000 employees from five locations into a single, flexible and...

Merit Energy

Simple elegance defines Merit Energy’s new workplace. Recognized among the “Top 100 Places to Work” by The Dallas...

Southwest Energy Company Renovation/Repurpose

When the economic downturn scrapped a ground-up project, Gensler’s design team had a new directive: repurpose an...

Electric Power and Gas Company

With 60 percent of this energy company’s workforce set to retire within five to seven years, the company transformed...

Harman International Flagship Store

Harman International’s first North American retail flagship is an immersive, interactive experience with an energy...

Harman International Flagship Store: Brand Design

Harman International’s first North American retail flagship is an immersive, interactive experience with an energy...

Global Seawater Initiative

Global Seawater, Inc. (GSI) formed in February 2007 with the pioneering vision of rethinking the planet’s energy and...

PNC Net Zero

In 2009 the green building innovator PNC Bank decided to go beyond LEED, addressing larger goals of climate...

First United Bank

First United Bank sought to create an open, inviting environment that serves the community and features a design...

BP Mexico City, Corporate Office

Gensler teamed with local firm Peschard Arquitectos to design the interiors of BP’s corporate offices in Mexico...

Qatargas Americas Liaison Office

Qatargas, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas company, wanted for its Americas Liaison office a modern...

Intuit Cook Campus Center

Named for Intuit’s founder and his family, the Cook Campus Center serves as the heart of the company’s campus...

U.S. General Services Administration, Federal Office Building

Along with Hensel Phelps, Gensler is managing a design-build team that will deliver this new GSA office building to...

545wyn

As the first Class A office building in Miami’s burgeoning Wynwood neighborhood, 545wyn engages and extends the...

BP Westlake Campus

Consistently ranked as one of Houston’s top 10 places to work, BP’s Westlake Campus serves a workforce of nearly...

Entercom

Entercom Communication’s new headquarters at 2400 Market Street brings workplace, performance, and studios together...

American Water Headquarters

Promoting new and innovative ways of working, American Water's new headquarters consolidates several locations for...

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...

ExxonMobil Corporation

This new home for 10,000 employees of ExxonMobil’s upstream, downstream, and chemicals companies is a highly...

Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse

An aggressive schedule, the desire for LEED? certification, and a goal of reducing energy consumption by 30 percent...

Symantec SymFit Center

Movement and energy guided the design of this Silicon Valley tech company’s new award-winning campus fitness center...

Hotel Palomar Philadelphia

An adaptive re-use of Philadelphia’s historic “Architects Building,” this sophisticated 230-room hotel is Kimpton’s...

Apache Canada, Ltd.

The new regional headquarters for Apache Canada is the culmination of a complex consolidation, relocation, and...

Vast Restaurant

Located on the 49th floor of the Devon Energy Center, this new bar and restaurant provides a one-of-a-kind dining...

GE Innovation Center

GE Canada sought to consolidate multiple offices into one synergistic workplace. The project’s design strategy...

Halliburton

The heart of Halliburton’s headquarters campus, the Life Center enables the company to gather employees from around...

James Berry Elementary?School

Serving 750 pre-K through 5th grade students, this environmental sciences magnet school showcases sustainability...

Denbury Resources, Inc.

When this independent oil and gas company outgrew its headquarters on a constrained site, Gensler responded with a...

BHP Billiton

For its new six-story headquarters, Australian-based BHP Billiton wanted a workplace that would inspire and nurture...

Hakuhodo

Hakuhodo, Japan’s second-largest ad agency, aimed to physically demonstrate its creative energy in new offices in...

Hunt Oil Company

The history and brand of this exploration and production company are clearly reflected in its Dallas headquarters...

El Paso Corporation

For this complex in-place renovation, Gensler repositioned a 40-year-old classic downtown highrise, significantly...

Toyota D.C. Government Affairs Office

Toyota needed a space that would create a strong first impression — a space that would immerse industry experts and...

KIC Plaza

Amid 14 universities and 65 research institutes in Shanghai’s Yangpu district, this one million-square-meter...

2000 Avenue of the Stars

With its frame-like form, 2000 Avenue of the Stars pays homage to the iconic Century Plaza Towers while maintaining...

Centro Internacional de Negocios (CIN)

Together with CIN’s developer, Gensler designed this new 40,000-square-foot office building in the border city of...

The London Underline

With the highest population of its 2,000-year history, London is having to think creatively about maximizing the...

Frisco Public Library

This beautiful adaptive reuse project gives new life to a structure that once manufactured both rockets and chicken...

555 Collins Street

Charter Hall has appointed Gensler, in collaboration with Cox Architecture, to design a new 35-storey tower at 555...

2150 Webster

2150 Webster Street is a ten-story commercial office building with 230,000 square feet of rentable floor area...

Walmart Home Office

Walmart’s new 350-acre home office will be fully integrated into the community, and inclusive of the natural beauty...

Light & Print Building Renovation

By transforming two abandoned industrial buildings into a unified Class A office environment geared for technology...

Smashtech

When a young and thriving health & nutrition marketing and media company needed to expand, they decidedly wanted to...

San Diego International Airport, Terminal 2 Parking Plaza

This three-story, 3,000-space parking plaza at the San Diego International Airport is not a typical parking...

CSU Northridge Student Sustainability Center

Home to the university’s recycling operations and its Institute for Sustainability, this new LEED Platinum facility...

FTI Consulting

Leading the globe as expert investigators in forensic litigation research, FTI Consulting is always searching for...

Wilson Sporting Goods Headquarters: Brand Design

Wilson Sporting Goods’ new downtown Chicago headquarters celebrates the evolution of the storied brand to better...

Milwaukee Bucks Entertainment District

The Milwaukee Bucks Entertainment District is a modern urban destination, anchored by an interactive public plaza...

Kimpton Aertson Hotel

The Kimpton Aertson Hotel creates a uniquely local and tailored experience for visitors, making them feel at home...

Uptown Station

In a thorough restoration of a 1929 Beaux Arts-style building that originally housed Capwell’s flagship department...

Ellucian Headquarters

A magnetic landscape gives this education technology company a transformative environment to promote creative and...

BHP, 1500 Post Oak

BHP embarked on a campus consolidation as a catalyst to align with global corporate standards and to create a more...

New York Power Authority (NYPA)

As part of their Strategic Plan, NYPA turned to Gensler to design their new Integrated Security Operations Center...

Salesforce - One Rincon Place

This workspace for Salesforce accommodates a company-wide community events hall and amenities for employees from...

Banfield Pet Hospital Corporate Headquarters

A passion for pets is evident in every detail of Banfield’s three-building, Class-A corporate headquarters. The...

8Seconds

To expand its global presence, Korean fast fashion brand 8Seconds partnered with Gensler to develop a prototype for...

Latham & Watkins Century City

Century City, with its ties to Hollywood's golden era, is an apt setting for Latham & Watkins' entertainment...

TechnipFMC at John T. Gremp Campus

Building on a decade-long relationship, Gensler worked with this oil field services client to analyze real estate...

ITC Colombo One Hotel & Residences

Located on the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, ITC Colombo One Hotel and Residences is a new luxury development in the...

Northwestern University, The Garage

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

Charlotte Chamber of Commerce

Serving as Charlotte’s “front door,” the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce reasoned that if people could more clearly...

FastForward East: Johns Hopkins University Innovation Hub

Building on the success of its first business accelerator, FastForward, launched in 2013, Johns Hopkins University’s...

826CHI

In moving to a bigger, brighter space down the street from its previous home, nonprofit tutoring and writing center...

Four Seasons Mumbai Tower

Reflecting the Four Seasons’ reputation for sophisticated and refined luxury, this new tower introduces a clean and...

Baxter Korea

Following a recent merger, Baxter sought a workplace-of-the-future to accommodate its combined Korean workforce...

COEX

Gensler implemented an innovative vision for COEX – Asia’s largest subterranean shopping and lifestyle complex – by...

The Tower at PNC Plaza

Completed in October 2015, The Tower at PNC Plaza marks a new step in PNC’s efforts to revive downtown Pittsburgh...

Meixi Lake Exhibition Center

This new exhibition center is anticipated to become an international tourist destination for the growing city of...

Confidential Financial Firm Urban Hub

This new workspace for a major financial firm’s Chicago hub was designed to support and encourage innovation. With...

Staples Velocity Lab: Brand Design

Looking to increase visibility and attract and retain top talent, online retailer, Staples, commissioned Gensler to...

The New York Times Company

Transparent news reporting is essential to the success of media companies such as The New York Times Company. The...

Alfred Williams & Company Raleigh

With roots in Raleigh stretching back to the original 1867 bookstore, Alfred Williams & Company, a certified Herman...

Alliance for Sustainable Colorado

Working closely with the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, Gensler developed a design concept for a...

NVIDIA Austin

In relocating its Austin office, an initial study of Santa Clara-based NVIDIA’s work modes revealed that staff...

Detroit Lions Headquarters and Training Facility

This new 225,000-square-foot home for Detroit’s professional football team incorporates a 95,000-square-foot indoor...

Fletcher Jones Mercedes-Benz of Chicago

Adjacent Chicago’s heavily trafficked Kennedy Expressway, this new dealership provides a showcase for Fletcher...

Gensler Newport Beach

Gensler’s Newport Beach office fuses elements of the modern beach house and the Pacific outdoors to provide a rich...

Amgen S?o Paulo

Expanding to Latin America, Amgen acquired a Brazilian company and sought to bring the workplace design up to the...

University of Houston, Classroom & Business Building

This new five-story, energy-efficient building effectively responds to the university’s rapidly growing student...

John Wayne Airport

Building on experience with the airport’s 1990 expansion to Terminals A and B, Gensler designed a new...

Turner Construction Risk Management Group

In relocating its Risk Management Group, Turner Construction seized the opportunity to celebrate both construction...

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...

Patriots Plaza

Patriots Plaza, the first speculative office complex to meet post-9/11 security requirements, represents a building...

Financial Services (Full-Service Insurance) Company

Data center requirements often consign design to a box — typically a windowless one. Rather than conform to...

Intel RNB

This technology company sought for its world headquarters an environment that would help visitors – business...

Fannie Mae Data Center

The first mission critical facility to achieve LEED? certification, this data center serves as the cornerstone of...

Choose Chicago

Life after dark is increasingly important to cities around the world, as a new wave of urbanization sweeps through...

Columbia College Chicago Student Center

Columbia College Chicago’s five-story, 114,000-square-foot student center is the first on its expansive urban campus...

Houston Chronicle

The Houston Chronicle on Atwood Oceanics Inc.’s corporate headquarters in Houston’s Energy Corridor.

EcoBuilding Pulse

Goldstein, Sheils and Briggs in EcoBuilding Pulse on PNC Bank’s net-zero energy bank

Inhabitat

Glumac’s zero-carbon Shanghai office produces more energy than it consumes, according to Inhabitat

GreenBiz

GreenBiz looks at PNC Bank’s net-zero energy branch bank in Fort Lauderdale

The Financial Brand

The Financial Brand on a PNC branch producing more energy than it consumes

Inhabitat

Inhabitat highlights the sustainable features planned for PNC’s net-zero energy branch

Houston Business Journal

Strombom gives an inside look at BP’s North American headquarters and its onsite amenities in the Houston Business...

Houston Business Journal

Houston Business Journal highlights innovative design for Exxon Mobil’s corporate campus.

Houston Business Journal

The Houston Business Journal highlights Gensler’s work on the ExxonMobil campus and Shell's Woodcreek Campus.

Houston Business Journal

The Houston Business Journal reports on the expansion of Halliburton’s U.S. corporate headquarters.

Houston Business Journal

The Houston Business Journal previews Exxon Mobil’s new campus, which will focus on high-end amenities as a...

Fast Company

Gensler is testing the office of the future inside its own studio.

Passenger Terminal Today

Ritchie is quoted on energy efficiency and getting to carbon neutral at airports, in Passenger Terminal World

Houston Business Journal

Video: The Houston Business Journal lists 1000 Main Street and Hess Tower in its "Guideline to the Skyline."

Houston Business Journal

Houston Business Journal shares key findings from Gensler’s U.S. Workplace Survey 2016.

The New York Times

Nervous about the possibility of going back to the workplace? Here’s what to take into consideration with insight...

Entrepreneur

Gensler Chicago Co-Managing Director Todd Heiser reflects on the future of the office and what our socially...

WSP

The fusion of building tech, smartphones, and wearables could make the post-pandemic workplace not just possible...

Business Insider

Business Insider considers what the office might look like when we return with ideas from Gensler San Francisco...

BisNow

As CRE gets ready to return to the workplace, Dean Strombom discusses Gensler’s ReRun? tool, which employers can use...

CNBC

CNBC considers what the office of the future might look like in a video interview with Gensler’s Workplace Leader...

Development Magazine

The workplace makeover: from office to destination.

Interior Design 2019 Interior Design 100 Giants

Gensler ranked #1 for Office Design on 2019 Interior Design Giants List

Building Design + Construction Gensler

#1 Office Sector Architecture Firm

Interior Design 2018 Top 100 Giants: Office Design

Gensler recognized as #1 Giant in office design for 2018

gb&d Magazine

Dundon describes how GE’s Innovation Point is redefining the corporate campus.

Climate TV

Co-CEO Diane Hoskins on reducing emissions through innovative design

Building Design + Construction Gensler

2017 Giants 300: Top Architecture Firms – #1 Office Sector Architecture Firm

Building Design + Construction TechnipFMC

2017 Building Team Awards – Silver Award

Glassdoor

Gensler is listed #3 in Glassdoor's blog post "9 Companies We're Excited About in 2017"

Architectural Record

Gensler leads in revenue for the 5th year running on Architectural Record's Top 300 Firms list

Building Design + Construction Gensler

2016 Giants 300: Top Architecture Firms – #1 Office Sector Architecture Firm

Fast Company

Gensler's 2016 workplace research on innovation and creativity is featured in Fast Company.

Forbes

The methodology behind Forbes "America's Best Employers 2016" list is featured, a list in which Gensler ranks #74

Interior Design Gensler

2016 Top 100 Giants – #1 Office

Interior Design

In celebration of Gensler's 50th anniversary, Interior Design magazine's November issue focuses exclusively on...

The Wall Street Journal

Howder authors an article on the comfortable and untethered future workplace, in The Wall Street Journal.

Building Design + Construction Gensler

2014 Giants 300 – #1 Office Sector Architecture Firm

Austin Business Journal

The Austin Business Journal features Gensler’s MetLife renovation project

Orange County Register

Brower in the Orange County Register on sustainable design practices and Gensler’s Los Angeles office.

American Chamber of Commerce

Lee gives American Chamber of Commerce an inside look at the Shanghai Tower and its economic, political and social...

Neon Tommy

Brower on downtown LA “leading the charge” on sustainable design in Neon Tommy

Retrofit Magazine

Rives Taylor on whether zero waste is truly an achievable goal in Retrofit Magazine

Office Insight

Ritchie in officeinsight on BIMFA’s new sustainability certification program for workplace furniture

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette examines the innovative glass skin being manufactured for the PNC Plaza tower.

Houston Chronicle

Stuart in the Houston Chronicle on making Capitol Tower the city’s "most sustainable building."

Architectural Record

Architectural Record reports on the transformation of a historic industrial building into the “dynamic Baltimore...

NuWire Investor

Boyer in NuWire Investor on retail centers adopting sustainable design practices

Inhabitat

Inhabitat profiles Gensler’s vision for a more resilient New York City

Houston Chronicle

The Houston Chronicle on the Houston Club “going for a new generation”

Dedece

Berry explains to Dedece how “hospitality meets workplace” in McCann’s new HQ.

Datacenter Dynamics

GM’s new LEED Gold data center and Woytek in Datacenter Dynamics

GreenSource

Yoshinobu in GreenSource on transforming an iconic building’s dated interiors for Glumac

Floor Focus

Burry tells Floor Focus that sustainable design is trending healthier

Austin Business Journal

Yeary and Kifer on “Zilliant’s brilliant new office space” in Austin Business Journal

The Telegraph

Xia tells The Telegraph that creating a “sustainable, human” building is the goal for Shanghai Tower

Federal Computing Week

Pogue on “making room for innovation” at the GSA in Federal Computing Week.

Houston Chronicle

Strombom speaks to the Houston Chronicle about Hughes Landing’s office building design.

Electrical Contractor

Lieu on Gensler Los Angeles’ sustainable lighting in Electrical Contractor.

The Washington Post

Barber, Goldstein Takahashi and Kim in The Washington Post on the newly renovated D.C. office

Urban Land

SFO T2 numbers among Urban Land’s survey of airports rooted in their local context

Architectural Record Devon Energy Center

2013 Good Design Is Good Business Award

Interior Design

Goggin in Interior Design on the unusual space that sets TM Advertising apart

Inhabitat

Inhabitat features Houston’s LEED-certified Friends for Life animal shelter

Future360.tv

Future360.tv heralds Gensler’s “hackable building” concept as a trend to follow.

The Denver Post

The Denver Post highlights designs for the mixed-use development at Belleview Station.

Office Snapshots

Office Snapshots goes inside Facebook’s Menlo Park headquarters with Howder.

Washingtonian

Martin among Washingtonian’s “picks for people shaping our nation’s capital”

Gizmag

Ko speaks to aims for the “world’s greenest skyscraper” in Gizmag

Inhabitat

Inhabitat looks ahead to the future Tower at PNC Plaza now that it’s broken ground.

Forbes.com

Forbes.com features a fireside chat with Art Gensler on the subject of learning

San Diego Union-Tribune

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports on Latham & Watkins’ major move with comment from Fullbright

Tilt-Up Today

Heffernan discusses UCSD’s Health Sciences and Medical Center in Tilt-up Today feature story

Metal Architecture

Gross profiled by Metal Architecture as “man on mission critical”

Vegas Inc.

Finn in Vegas Inc. speaks to planning strategically for an office renovation

Bloomberg Businessweek

Bloomberg Businessweek with Ko on PNC Tower’s “dressed-up” amenities

Interiors and Sources

Williamson writes for Interiors and Sources on the federal workplace’s design innovation opportunities.

San Francisco Chronicle

Burry and Cubbison in the San Francisco Chronicle on design’s embrace of made-local

GreenSource

Howder points out Facebook’s energy-saving accomplishments in GreenSource

Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal

BASF’s “progressive and green” workplace profiled in Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal

TEDxConnecticutCollege

Winey envisions a future of “vertical cities” at TEDxConnecticutCollege.

Architectural Record

The Skyscraper Museum’s Willis on Shanghai Tower in Architectural Record.

ArchDaily

ArchDaily checks in on Shanghai Tower’s in-progress construction.

CNET

Shanghai Tower’s speedy Mitsubishi Electric elevators featured on CNET.

Architect

Manno on the employee benefits of Calgary’s new Bow building in Architect

CTBUH Journal

The CTBUH Journal offers Shanghai Tower as a supertall case study

CleanTechies

Weingarten’s CleanTechies Q&A on sustainability in China and Shanghai Tower

The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal reviews Skyscraper Museum’s Shanghai exhibit

The HUB RiNo Station Awarded LEED? Gold Core and Shell Under V4 for Building Design and Construction

The Project Is the First in Colorado to Achieve This Distinction DENVER, COLORADO – June 4, 2020 – Gensler today...

Gensler’s Chris Mundell Selected as 2017 LEED Fellow

LEED Fellows are recognized as the best in green building design, engineering and development [DALLAS, TX] –...

Three Gensler Leaders Selected as 2018 LEED Fellows

LEED Fellows are LEED Professionals at the top of their fields in green building design, engineering and...

New Data Changes the Conversation On the Open Office

Gensler reveals data from 6,000 U.S. workers that shifts the narrative for workplace design. It’s time to stop...

Brian Vitale and Todd Heiser Appointed Co-Creative Directors of Gensler Chicago

CHICAGO (January 9, 2018) — Gensler, the global design firm, announced today that Brian Vitale and Todd Heiser, both...

Gensler-Designed Etsy HQ Achieves Living Building Challenge Certification

NEW YORK – Etsy, Inc. announced today that after extensive sustainability work conducted alongside Gensler, Etsy’s...

Gensler New York Moves Into Smart Office

NEW YORK – Gensler has relocated its 600+ employees to 1700 Broadway after more than 25 years in Rockefeller Center...

Gensler Wins Sleep Set Competition at Sleep 2016

World's largest architect, design and planning practice sets new standard in guest-centred design LONDON – Gensler...

The Gensler 2016 Workplace Survey Reveals Workplace Secrets of the Most Creative and Innovative Companies

Survey of 4,000 finds direct link between the workplace and innovation WASHINGTON, D.C. – Gensler today announced...