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The Future of Workplace

The revolution is about design.

Design Forecast:?Government & Defense

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

2019 Annual Report

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

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...

2018 Annual Report

2016 Design Forecast - Workplace

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

2016 Design Forecast - Lifestyle

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

Design Forecast: Cities & Urban Design

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

Coworking Isn't Just for Start Ups

Coworking is disrupting the real estate industry as the two primary players — developers and coworking providers —...

Gensler London has Moved

After 10 years at Aldgate House, our London headquarters has moved to a new creative hub at Thomas More Square.

Introducing Design Forecast

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

The Museum of Tomorrow: 8 Things to Know about Cultural institutions in today’s society

Digital Revolution @ Barbican Last year Gensler London’s Education and Culture practice area hosted its first...

Design Forecast Phoenix: A New Workplace Narrative

Gensler Phoenix partnered with our local ULI chapter to bring the local community together to discuss new challenges...

Now Is the Time to Reinvest in Local Materials

COVID-19 could force us to improve construction's supply chain impact.

Coworking: What’s Right For Your Brand?

Businesses are adopting coworking at unprecedented scale. Gensler’s approach suggests coworking environments must...

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...

World of Leisure: North America — The East

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

Community Impact Is a Key Strategy in Returning to the Office

Community impact has the potential for positive, long-lasting benefits on our workforce and our culture.

Curating the Right Mix

Can China create better cities? For China’s cities to grow while maintaining a sense of community, we must enrich...

Sizing Up the Future of Airports

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

Rebuilding Consumer Confidence in Our Shopping Destinations

What are the long-term implications that will change how we experience shopping and leisure destinations?

Getting Ahead of Change

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

Consumer Multiplicity in China

Understanding the connection between consumers, brands, and values in China.

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...

Defining a “Sense of Place”: The View from Los Angeles

Playa Jefferson, Looking through the Commons. In my last post, I attempted to define what designers mean when we say...

Downtown Tech Boom

Learning from San Francisco’s Urban Tech Boom.

Gensler Design Forecast Tokyo: How to Win the Battle of Workstyle Transformation

Gensler’s Tokyo office hosted a workshop on how to create a smart and balanced workplace, and investing in the right...

Does Wellness Translate Across Culture?

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

Resurgence of the Department Store

Can department stores compete again? Many department stores currently sit on a precipice: sales are languishing...

Design Forecast Las Vegas: Shaping the Future of Work

Gensler Las Vegas hosted a conversation on topics such as top office amenities, branding and identity, and how...

Beyond Boutique

How can boutique hotels cater to the desires of today’s travelers?

Towards an Appropriate Local Response: Learning from our Global Clients

The Legacy West development in Plano, Texas. Before joining Gensler I worked for a number of years almost...

The New Wave: Innovative Learning Environments

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

World of Leisure: North America — The West

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

Catalyzing a New Era for Chicago’s Higher-Ed Community

America’s Urban Campus emerged as a seminal idea at a Dialogues panel discussion out of Gensler’s Chicago office...

Campus Design and the Urban Interface

Last December, as part of Gensler’s firmwide Education Practice Area Next Gen Initiative, the London office, where I...

LATAM Workplace Survey 2017

How well is the Latin American workplace supporting the region’s knowledge workers, and what are the opportunities...

Gensler Partners with the City of Bogotá on Community Center Initiative

Gensler Partners with the City of Bogotá on Community Center Initiative

Asia Workplace Survey 2016

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

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...

The New Shape of Retail Around the World

Across the globe, consumers’ tastes vary, but universally, they expect more from their retail environments than just...

Financial Services Firms: Think "Glocal"

Confidential Technology Client San Francisco, Calif., Editor's Note: This post is part of a series on the state of...

Great Streets Make Great Communities

In Los Angeles, more land is dedicated to streets and parking than anywhere else in America. At 7,500 centerline...

Investigating Japan’s Unique Transportation Retail Hubs

An in-depth assessment of Japan's railway retail system to improve the user experience.

Designing Vibrant Communities

Vibrant communities are the building blocks of our fast-paced, increasingly urban world. To help cities thrive...

The Art & Science of Shopping: Rebel against Sameness

Either the world is getting too small or certain retailers are getting too large. When I was in in Dubai, I visited...

The Culture of Innovation

An investigation into the cultural conditions for innovation within organizations.

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...

Shared Services Finds a Home in Latin America

This post is part of a series of blog posts on Gensler’s 2016 Workplace Surveys. As globalization takes on new...

Retail Forecast: The Influx of Foreign Brands

The Retail Forecast blog series is an exercise in prognostication. Gensler’s retail designers from across the...

Real Estate’s Global Viewpoint

How do large companies manage their real estate assets to support an international workforce? Three CRE leaders in...

What Matters Most for Hospitality in Asia Pacific and the Middle East?

These are difficult times, but travel will resume and we recognize that great hotels not only anticipate market...

Gensler Design Forecast Beijing: Shaping the Future of Cities

Gensler’s Beijing office hosted a panel discussion on topics ranging from social impact to connected cities.

Travel Gets Hospitable

Airlines are taking cues from urban hotels. And airport hotels are going upscale.

Exploring the Local Technology Scene, Gensler DC Launches Tech Talks

Gensler's D.C. Office co-hosted the first Tech Talks engagement with AccelerateDC Venture Mentoring Service. Last...

Japan Workplace Survey 2020

We analyzed the Japanese workplace to address and improve workplace quality and experience.

Flexible Workspace in the Post-Coworking Era: A European Perspective

Identifying key models and drivers attracting large corporations to European coworking culture.

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...

Design Forecast Detroit: Shaping the Future of Cities

Gensler’s Detroit office hosted a discussion on urban innovations and their impact on the future of a mobile...

Design Forecast Cascadia: The Future of Human Experience

Gensler’s Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver offices hosted a conversation on why human connection and experience will...

Design Forecast La Crosse: The Future of Work

Gensler’s La Crosse office hosted a panel discussion on workplace trends, including tips for connecting a mobile...

Design Forecast Bay Area: Shaping the Future of Connected Cities

Gensler's San Francisco Bay Area offices hosted a panel discussion on new strategies being used to shape the future...

We Promote Good Design by Celebrating It

Gensler's annual Design Excellence Awards help propel the quality of design ideas and solutions we provide clients...

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...

Aiming for New Heights of User Experience With China’s Tall Buildings

As China continues to grow and many more people continue to move to cities, there must be a greater focus on the...

Today's Travelers Are Looking for All New Hotel Experiences

Hotels are appealing to next-gen travelers with boutique brands, coworking spaces, and multimodal lobbies.

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...

Design Forecast Dallas: People-Centered Workplaces Are Driving Connected, Resilient Cities

Gensler Dallas hosted a panel discussion exploring global trends in workplace and office building design, and how...

Design Forecast Philadelphia: Creating Innovative Workplaces to Attract (and Keep) the Best and the Brightest

Gensler Philadelphia hosted a panel on the future of workplace discussing key topics such as emerging technologies...

Design Forecast Atlanta: Every City Has a Brand

A city's brand originates from the people who make its neighborhoods rich with personality, values, and promises...

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...

When Culture Outpaces Code: A Design Perspective on All-Gender Restrooms

Gender-neutral restroom sign designed by Signworks for a Gensler project. Whether you call it a restroom, bathroom...

Creating More than “Just” an Airport Hotel

The Westin Denver International Airport (DEN) seamlessly integrates with the DEN Hotel and Transit Center. The New...

Experience Retail on a Global Scale: Bring in the Locals

In many cultures around the world, the experience of shopping is an event that friends and family cherish and share...

Librii: Five Points Toward an Evolving Library

One billion people live in Africa, but less than three percent of the population has access to broadband Internet...

Art + Design at the Airport

When Gensler began renovating San Francisco International Airport Terminal 2 (SFO T2), the design team strove to...

Creating Unique Experiences a Focus at Latin America Hotel and Resort Expansion Summit

With an ever-expanding blur between travel for business or leisure, the most successful travel destinations will be...

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...

The Evolution of Workplace in India

Investigating changes in the Indian workplace alongside its cultural, political, and economic history.

The Devil Is in the Details…And So Is Hospitality

The secret sauce of great hospitality is comprised of a mix of detailed little touches. Last week’s long awaited...

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...

Exploring the Future Campus: #summerstudio13 Kicks-off!

What happens when you bring together anthropologists, philosophers, urbanists, architects, and designers to discuss...

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...

Setting the Bar High for Design Excellence

Gensler's annual Design Excellence Awards help helps set a standard that all our design teams can aspire to. The...

Gensler Design Forecast 2016

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

Academic Incubators: The New Student Union

This post is part of the Academic Incubators series. Gensler designers explain what academic incubators and...

Building Blocks of Change

Workshop participants establish the building blocks of change. Inspiration and innovation happen when ideas...

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...

Middle East Workplace Survey 2020

An investigation into the changing nature of the Middle East workplace.

Planning Resilient Communities

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

Harnessing the Power of Urban

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

Workplace Now

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

Mexico City: An Emerging Market

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

Entrepreneurial Neighbourhoods

Digital Sizzle: Challenging Neighbourhood Perceptions. They say, “Charity begins at home,” not so much in the much...

Do They Know You in Bangalore?

This blog post was originally published in HOTELS Magazine. I recall a quote from Teddy Roosevelt that seems to...

How Tech Companies Could Benefit from a Decentralized Approach to Real Estate

Here are a few key considerations that tech companies might want to take into account as they reassess their real...

Developing an Agile Workplace Solution

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

The Set List: RePatriotism

Image: Flickr user Mike Mozart Editor’s note: this blog is part of a series discussing trends and insights into the...

Airports without Waiting?

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

How to Choose the Right Amenities for Your Office

Editor's Note: This post is part of a series on the state of the financial services industry. “You can’t always get...

Designing Intergenerational Communities

In partnership with the Milken Institute's Center for the Future of Aging, Gensler teams from Los Angeles and...

A New Model for the Public Library

An exploration into the issues impacting the public library and how design can support its changing role in...

Design as a Vehicle for Change

This year marks the 21st anniversary of the Gensler Design Excellence Awards (GDEA), a program that seeks to elevate...

Design Forecast

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

Designing Intergenerational Communities

Building upon our BoomTown framework to understand the essential elements for multigenerational communities.

A Design Opportunity: Building #OurCityOakland

On Feb. 4-6, residents in Oakland, Calif. (from children to adults) will be able to build the future design of the...

Q&A with Alessandro Zoppini and Ryan Sickman

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

HanaHaus Creates a New Stage of Work for the Creative Economy

Up and down the proverbially sunny University Avenue in Palo Alto, California, work takes place in unconventional...

Winning the War for Talent: Could Your Workplace be Doing More?

With the labor shortage in the U.S. expected to continue for years, leading organizations aren’t waiting for their...

A Restroom for Everyone

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

Hybrid Thinking and the Future of Hospitality

The Powerlong Huaxing Radisson Hotel in Shanghai. We recently spoke with Tomás Contreras, a regional practice area...

Shopping the Globe

What’s in store for retailers when planning an international expansion

Amenities at the Edge: Where the Workplace Meets the Street

We have an opportunity to reimagine the ground floor of our cities — reinventing sidewalk-facing storefronts to...

How Will Hotels Rebound from COVID-19?

Seven key considerations that will change how we travel and experience hotels.

2018 Gensler Design Excellence Awards

Now in its 19th year, the Gensler Design Excellence Awards (GDEA) program sets a standard that all our design teams...

How Authenticity and Locality Shaped The Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya

The Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya brings a new level of luxury to Kuwait City’s skyline, yet it has a...

How Authenticity and Locality Shaped The Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya

With a design concept developed around a regional architectural tradition, the Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj...

Workplace Trends: A Decade of Data

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

Centro de Convenciones de Costa Rica: A Beacon for Sustainability

On the eve of the official inauguration of the Costa Rica Convention Center in Heredia— 10 kilometers northwest of...

Regional Renaissance: Fuelling the Midlands Engine in England

The UK, London and the South East have, for many years, been the focus of the nation’s conversations around economic...

The Future of Hotel Design: Human-Centred

Benjamin Franklin once said there are only two things certain in life: death and taxes. Well, I’d like to add a...

#Winning the Fan Engagement Game

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

Tech Meta Trends of 2016: The Heart of Workplace Today

Editor’s note: this blog is part of a series on 2016 tech trends. For the foreseeable future, technology will remain...

The Resurgence of the Department Store: Guest Experience

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

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...

The Future of Workplace Amenities Is Knowledge

As more businesses embrace flexible work, things like employee choice and well-being are taking precedent over the...

Banks in Beta Mode: Repositioning a Place in the Community

There is no one-size-fits-all solution for reimagining the next evolution of physical banking locations, but it’s an...

Design Ideas for the Post-Pandemic Public Library

Public libraries have long served as welcoming and equitable settings that offer important community resources, but...

How Companies Can Support Work-From-Home Best Practices in the Long Term

As businesses eye a strategic and safe return to the office, here are the operational mechanisms they should...

Why Change Management Needs to Be More Like Personalized Shopping

Gensler New York created excitement for its office move by inviting employees to post to Instagram. Phrases like...

Re-Worked

Two recent Gensler research initiatives have harnessed the crowdsourced power of multiple cultural, geographic, and...

Shopping the Globe: S?o Paulo

The J.K. Iguatemi shopping mall in S?o Paulo, Brasil. Image source Stylus.com We are all witnessing a global...

Q&A with Dylan’s Candy Bar Founder Dylan Lauren

This past month Dylan’s Candy Bar Founder and CEO, Dylan Lauren, celebrated the opening of her newest store in sunny...

Experiential Design is Changing the Rules of the Workplace

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

Giving Talent What They Want

Organizations are attracting the best talent by creating workplaces that boost innovation with great work...

Emotional Security in the Workplace

Investigating which relational conditions allow organizations to thrive.

Designing a More Flexible, Healthy, and Expressive Legal Office

When it comes to recruitment and retention at law offices, it’s no longer enough just to have a workplace that...

Seven Ideas to Create an Inspiring Workplace

Achieving the right kind of workplace is challenging, but the following ideas can change your office from a mundane...

Beyond 50 Shades of 'Greige': Seven Ideas to Create an Inspiring Workplace

Gray and beige are two colors I see most often in many of today’s workplaces. I’m not the only one, either. A client...

The “New Hybrid” Experience: Beyond the Mall

The Hub on Causeway. The convergence of the physical and digital worlds has revolutionized our lives and has...

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...

Roundtable: Living the Transitional Lifestyle

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

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...

Work and the Metropolis

Four world cities, separated by oceans and continents, have much in common, yet are uniquely themselves. Each has...

The Developing City

Gensler envisions London in 2050 for a summer-long exhibition

Designing Cities That Are Open and?Equitable

In the face of the complex system of racial injustice, it can feel daunting to try to make a difference, but as...

Is There Still a Difference Between Live, Work, and Play?

As our lives blend together, our spaces need to become more hybrid as well.

Reinventing the Mall

Developers are transforming struggling malls into thriving urban lifestyle centers.

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...

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...

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...

The New Era of Food Halls

City Point Brooklyn - Food Hall Study images. In 2010, an unused basement space at the Plaza Hotel in New York City...

Crowdus: Reviving Deep Ellum in Downtown Dallas

This post is part of our series on Vibrant Communities. Drugstore Cowboy sits at the junction of Main Street and...

More Than a Game

To get more value from their real estate, sports venues are emulating mixed use.

Five Ways to be Authentic in Retail

Authenticity. Millennials consumers and NextGen entrepreneurs are demanding it. Clients are on the hunt for it...

Communities with Heart: Celebrating Fifty Years of Design with Fifty Acts of Kindness

Mikaela Couch ? Gensler Last year, Gensler surpassed $1 billion in revenue. We now employ over 5,000 people across...

The Integration of Architecture, Art and Public Space Westin Denver International Airport

Last year, Denver International Airport unveiled Ned Kahn, Patrick Marold and Yann Kersalé as the artists selected...

Leisure and Luxury in Asia

The Sime Darby Transit Oriented Developmentin Selangor, Malaysia. We recently spoke with Michael Wiener, director of...

When Less is More in Retail: Be locally Relevant and Other Truisms

This post originally appeared on VMSD. Along with quite a few retailers, I’ve been doing a lot of pondering over the...

Goodwill Edited: Transforming Secondhand to Vintage Chic

Thrifting has become a staple for young people in urban enclaves. The appeal of putting a unique stamp on an outfit...

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...

Evolution of Creative Learning at Work

An investigation into how organizations can trigger, promote, and sustain learning behaviors.

Every Place Tells a Story of Belonging

A sense of belonging is essential to our ability to thrive, but today’s rapidly changing social landscape poses new...

Germany Workplace Survey 2019

A deep dive into the changing German workplace and how they can improve productivity and satisfaction through...

Sound Health: The Tranquility Room

Tranquility Room at Sibley Memorial Hospital, a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine. Photo ? Wendy Steck Merriman...

Empowering the Powerhouse

This post is part of a blog series related to Dialogue 30, "The Livability Issue.” For many years, London and the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Unleashing the #PowerOfUs

This post is part of our series on Vibrant Communities. On June 11, I had the privilege of giving a TEDx talk, at...

Cool is the New Hot: Designing an Immersive Social Media Experience Offline.

When Marguerite Loucas and Nicholas Cyprus, siblings and fourth-generation owners of New York restaurant Burger...

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...

World of Leisure: The Middle East + Europe

Many perspectives shape leisure in the region. But there’s common ground in customers’ desire for a rich mix of...

Reinvigorate Your Department Store with a Food Hall

Images courtesy of John Naranjo Department stores, which once represented the apex of the American consumer...

Town Square: San Francisco

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

Now Boarding: A New Skylife

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

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...

Reimagining the Future of Cities as Healthy Cities

Epidemics have shaped our cities for a long time. The key question in this moment is, how can we use what we’re...

How the Pandemic Can Lead to Better Public Meetings

Public meetings are the foundation of modern participatory democracy. So, what do we do when it’s dangerous or...

Enhancing the Client Experience

We investigated the top drivers in creating a positive client experience.

Listening Through the Noise

An investigation on designing for productive sound in the workplace.

Healthcare Providers Take Note: Every Space is a Healthy Workspace

As more organizations provide active, healthy workplaces, healthcare providers are following suit and discovering...

Designing Informal Learning Environments with 826 National

Today, educating the next generation isn’t just happening within schools, but in informal learning environments as...

A How-to for Creative Placemaking and Tactical Urbanism

Pop-up, temporary, and semi-permanent public space projects have evolved past being mere experiments. They now form...

The Value of Customer Experience Centers

Researching the benefits of customer experience centers and how they can be most effective.

Designing Effective Research Buildings

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

10 Tips for Success in an Open Plan

Transitioning to an open plan doesn’t have to be intimidating. In fact, if it’s an office layout where you have a...

Designing an Inclusive, Effective All-Gender Restroom Symbol

Without an existing standard, properly identifying all-gender restrooms in signage and wayfinding through use of an...

Museum Experience Index?

An investigation into designing a memorable and inclusive museum experience for a multigenerational audience.

Building Boomtown

Are today’s communities prepared for our rapidly growing, healthy, and savvy aging population?

Six Urban Design Trends to Watch in 2018

Six Urban Design Trends to Watch in 2018

Interior of the new Legacy Hall in Plano, Texas. . Cities and suburbs are constantly changing and 2017 served up...

Radical Collaboration: 50 Conversations

This blog post is part of a series on Purpose-Driven Design. Not-for-profits have a real estate problem. They also...

What Corporate Campuses and Healthcare Campuses Can Learn from Each Other

This post is part of a series related to Uniting Healthcare + Community. Several months ago, my son fractured his...

Uniting Healthcare and Community: The Healthy Mix

This post is part of a series related to Uniting Healthcare + Community. More than a century ago, a small group of...

XQ: A Chance to Rethink High School in My Backyard

When the opportunity came to contribute to XQ: The Super School Project a year ago, I jumped in. As a resident of...

First Look: Chicago Plumbers Invest in Training Facility That Celebrates People, Process, Place

Rendering ? Gensler. This view from Washington Street shows the facility’s perforated, copper-anodized fa?ade, an...

What makes a world-class airport?

Gleaming new terminals are rising in next-generation cities across the globe; and with these come growing...

Revitalizing the American City, One Building at a Time

How do we address the challenges presented by urban centers largely built in the building boom of post-World War II...

Let’s talk about the Workplace: It’s complicated!

Digital nomads hold unique expectations for what workplaces should provide. I am a digital nomad. I have traveled...

Community Hub

The new headquarters for Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity reflects the strong sense of community that the...

Rage Against the Machines?

Job growth is a leading indicator that Gensler follows closely. Besides predicting the demand for workspace, it...

TeenTech UK and Skills London 2013

At the end of last year, practitioners from Gensler’s London office were invited to get involved in two exciting...

Reinventing the Workplace: Pop-Up Workspaces in Open Spaces

While every company and organization would like to invest in a traditional and state-of-the art workplace, budget...

The Future of New Jersey: Rethinking the Possibilities for the Suburban Campus

Urbanization is upon us, and in a somewhat ironic twist, many of the corporations providing solutions to the impact...

Town Square Initiative: Seattle

On a normal day, Seattle’s Westlake Park is a bustling public plaza, traversed by tourists, shoppers, and commuters...

Embracing History to Promote Urban Revitalization

Since World War II, urban renewal policies have played a significant role in shaping cities in the United States...

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...

Can Cities Make Us Healthy? (A Response)

In my last post on the connection between cities and health I outlined what I see as both an opportunity and a...

The Medium is the Message

At the same time, Jay-Z was preparing to publish his memoir, Decoded. The book needed to be promoted, but...

Airports after 9/11

The building type most quickly changed by 9/11 was airports. After the attacks, the Transportation Security...

Measuring the Workplace Value Proposition

We developed three conceptual workplace design scenarios and tested them to understand how varying degrees of open...

Facebook Mexico City

This new workspace for Facebook reflects the company’s creative culture while capturing the spirit of its Mexico...

Zendesk Madison

Zendesk’s new workplace in Madison, Wisconsin, reinforces the essential attributes of their company culture: real...

Kimpton Aertson Hotel

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

Edelman Japan

For public relations giant Edelman’s new Japanese headquarters, the firm sought a diversity of workspaces, improved...

Danders & More

While respecting and protecting two historic mansions from 1758, Gensler created a stunning yet functional and...

Grand Skylight CATIC Hotel, Kunshan

Adjacent to the Olympic Green and Beijing International Convention Center, Grand Skylight CATIC Hotel represents a...

Global Financial Services Firm

With a presence in Mexico spanning 50 years, this financial services firm wanted a new workplace that would blend...

Xiamen Shimao Straits Tower

Inspired by the grace and simplicity of Xiamen’s city flower, the triangular-shaped Plum Blossom, this mixed-use...

CBRE Tokyo

In relocating four Tokyo locations into a single headquarters in Marunouchi, real estate giant CBRE sought to...

Multinational Technology Company, South Korea

As the epicenter for its booming East Asian operations, the downtown Seoul headquarters represents a departure from...

Grant Thornton New York

The Midtown New York office of one of Gensler Chicago’s oldest financial clients serves as a visual and functional...

Center on Halsted

Center on Halsted is the Midwest's most comprehensive community center dedicated to advancing community and securing...

Howard S. Wright

Designed as a place where “shiny shoes meet muddy boots” — as a client described the firm’s culture — the new...

Confidential Consulting Firm

With its hidden laneways, street art, and distinctive café culture, Melbourne is a city that rewards exploration and...

CBRE Southfield

The relocation of CBRE’s Detroit office was executed with a focus on transforming the workplace into a valuable...

Intuit Sydney

For leading financial software company Intuit’s new Sydney office, Gensler created a highly functional space that...

eBay Amenities Building

As part of eBay's initiative to enhance their amenities, Gensler was asked to transform their cafeteria into a...

Traffic Museum

For its second year anniversary, Costa Rica’s leading fashion magazine, Traffic, wanted to celebrate in a unique and...

Local Government Federal Credit Union

This new financial services firm space is the result of Gensler’s transformation of a traditional financial...

Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity

To accommodate the growing number of families in need of housing services, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity (TCHFH)...

Standard Bank

Having outgrown an old London office, Standard Bank relocated its 1,200 local employees to the center of UK’s...

FIAO Il Centro Community Center

Il Centro Community Center is a milestone for both the Federation of Italian-American Organizations (FIAO) and the...

Qatargas Americas Liaison Office

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

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Expansion

Unprecedented growth of the Austin metro area has led to a significant increase in passenger traffic at...

Condé Nast Digital Innovation Center

Given Austin’s growing reputation as a hub for digital and creative talent, global media and publishing giant Condé...

Air New Zealand Lounges

Designed as havens for travelers, Air New Zealand airport lounges around the globe offer a clean, modern vernacular...

Latham & Watkins LLP, Beijing

Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s premier law firms, offering high levels of excellence and breadth across all...

Augusta & Co.

Augusta & Co. is a new concept in downtown Augusta that is a community hub rather than a traditional visitor center...

Amgen S?o Paulo

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

Hulu Call Center

Hulu’s new customer experience center expands the company’s presence in San Antonio to take advantage of recruitment...

Hotel JAL CITY Haneda Tokyo West Wing

A 10-minute drive from Haneda Airport, Hotel JAL City Haneda Tokyo West Wing offers added convenience for business...

Nikko Style Nagoya

Gensler oversaw the interior and brand design of Nikko Style Nagoya, the first lifestyle hotel brand by Okura Nikko...

2407 University Avenue Mixed Use

The next iteration of the live, work, and play atmosphere emerging in the University District, this transit-oriented...

Confidential Financial Client

This client's revitalized Tampa campus transforms an outdated workplace to a new dynamic and collaborative...

Baker McKenzie

Relocating to a new building gave Baker McKenzie the chance to have an office that is more reflective of who they...

Harman

Opening its first European retail flagship location in the heart of Munich, Harman enlisted Gensler to design a...

Glendale 180

This premier entertainment, retail and leisure experience just south of Denver is an ambitious mix of premium...

Akamai

The Gensler interiors and graphics team collaborated to create a modern workspace that could accommodate rapid and...

Austin Fraser

Austin Fraser, a specialist recruitment consultant company, tapped Gensler to design their offices in Austin...

Gensler Costa Rica

Drawing on Gensler’s extensive research into high-performance workplaces, our Costa Rica office is a showcase for...

Commonwealth//McCann

For its new Detroit offices, Commonwealth sought a refined, urban space to reflect the passion, diversity and...

Global Investment Management Firm

After outgrowing its previous Newport Beach headquarters, this investment firm sought a space that would attract top...

Sonesta Bee Cave Hotel

This new hotel, the first in the Bee Cave area, is also the first ground-up development for Sonesta, a high-end...

Hospitality Design

Upchurch in Hospitality Design on the community input involved in El Encanto’s restoration

Indesignlive

Indesignlive interviews Trude about Gensler’s new Sydney office and plans for Australia

Washington Business Journal

Goldstein speaks to the D.C. office and iconic spaces in the Washington Business Journal.

Vegas Seven

Robillard and Finn discuss the Las Vegas Shakespeare Company with Vegas Seven

Office Snapshots

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

DDi

Gupta and Carr in DDi on the “cultural craftsmanship” of ColorPlus’ Chennai flagship

Bloomberg Businessweek

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

Chicago Tribune

Heiser on Manifest Digital’s “rough luxe aesthetic” in the Chicago Tribune

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.