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Cities & Urban Design

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

Developer

As technology enables us to work anywhere, human connection is what compels us to work together, even in an evolving...

Barry Hand

Barry is a Principal and Studio Director in Gensler’s Dallas office and a Regional Mixed Use Practice Area Leader...

Michael Volk

With more than 28 years of experience designing, leading, and executing innovative architecture and urbanism...

René Cruz

As Studio Director and Project Director, René focuses primarily in hospitality and office building development, and...

Dana Foley

With more than 30 years of experience in interior architecture and interior design, she provides connective design...

Carlos Gerhard

With more than 25 years of professional experience, Carlos has an extensive global portfolio of architectural...

Todd Pilgreen

Todd brings more than 25 years of experience as an architect, business strategist, and planner to his role as...

Jim Shelton

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

Shamim Ahmadzadegan

With more than 20 years of worldwide design experience, Shamim balances his global vision with the belief that...

Jerry Alexander

With more than 25 years of brand design experience coupled with an architectural background, Jerry brings a holistic...

Rebecca Callcott

Based in Gensler’s Chicago office, Becky serves as a Technical Director for the firm’s North Central Region. Her...

Edward Chao

An architect with more than 25 years of experience in both United States and Asia, Edward has worked extensively on...

Martha dePlazaola Abbott

Martha dePlazaola Abbott is a Principal and Co-Managing Director of Gensler’s Phoenix office. Martha’s comprehensive...

Ronald Fonseca

A versatile architect that continually finds new ways to innovate and create outstanding projects for our clients...

David Glover

David brings more than 30 years of multi-disciplinary design and planning expertise to his experience-driven...

Jennifer Liu

Jennifer is a Principal and Co-Managing Director of Gensler’s Shanghai office. A registered architect with more than...

George Miller-Ramos

George’s universal approach to design is demonstrated across projects at all scales of design, from a spoon to a...

Andre Brumfield

Andre is a global leader of Gensler's Cities & Urban Design practice. A Design Director in the firm’s Chicago...

Leslie J. Jabs

Leslie is a Developers Practice Area Leader and also provides leadership for the New York office’s Hospitality...

Ana Ardon

Ana is an architect with diverse experience, from mixed-use development until the details of their residential and...

Bill Baxley

Bill Baxley is the Managing Director of the Minneapolis office, with more than 30 years of experience, and 24 in the...

Aaron Birney

Aaron is a designer who thrives on the fast-paced creative process of translating brands to the built environment. A...

Lisa Cholmondeley

Lisa is committed to the idea that design happens at all stages of a project. As a Principal in our San Francisco...

Beatriz De Paz

Bea has been a key player and a design leader in complex and outstanding interdisciplinary projects, such as the...

Phil Esocoff

With more than 40 years in architecture, Phil is committed to creating vibrant, contemporary environments that...

Joe Fan

With more than 20 years of experience in architectural design and construction, Joe serves as a Technical Director...

Alexander Fernández

A Gensler Design Director and Principal, Alex’s relentless passion for art and design combined with his keen ability...

Robert Fuller

With a background in architectural design, as well as city and regional planning, Robert leads a studio in Gensler’s...

Michael Gatti

Michael is a Lifestyle leader, studio director, and licensed architect whose design expertise spans building types...

Sanjay Gulati

As Co-Office Director of Gensler’s Bangalore office, Sanjay expands and improves the firm’s India portfolio...

Richard Harrison

Known for an infectious enthusiasm that inspires colleagues and clients alike, Richard applies a comprehensive...

Brooks Howell

Brooks is a global leader of Gensler’s Residential practice. He brings more than 20 years of experience leading...

Kristin Jensen

As Managing Director for the Seattle and Vancouver offices, Kristin brings a client’s perspective to our work...

Jared Krieger

Jared Krieger is a Studio Director in Gensler's Washington, D.C., office. He specializes in delivering complex...

Dick Lew

Dick connects people to brands by understanding all of the touch points that generate a great user and environmental...

Nena Martin

Nena Martin brings more than 25 years of interior architecture and design experience to her role as a global...

Vaki Mawema

As Co-Managing Director of Gensler Baltimore, Vaki has created a team-based design culture that embodies creative...

Steven Paynter

Steven Paynter’s leadership has been instrumental in the firm’s continued growth in the Toronto market. He oversees...

Markus Pesendorfer

As Lifestyle Studio Design Director, Markus brings international brand design and strategy experience to the...

Todd Runkle

Todd is a Co-Managing Director of Gensler Austin. Under his leadership the office has grown from five professionals...

Valeria Segovia

An outstanding architect with a diverse design background comprising mixed-use, commercial offices, hospitality...

Anupama Sharma

Anupama is an accomplished architect with over 25 years of experience in managing complex architectural, mixed-use...

Deeg Snyder

Deeg is focused on impactful placemaking environments, with specialized expertise in automotive retail environments...

Tom Steidl

Tom is a global leader of Gensler’s Residential practice, based in Los Angeles. Tom’s experience is derived from his...

Dean Strombom

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

Amber Sun

Amber is the Client Relationship Leader in the Shanghai Office. For more than a decade, Amber has focused on...

Tom Sze

Tom is a Studio Leader and Design Director in Gensler’s Los Angeles office. Known for his expertise in the creation...

Bart Tucker

Bart is a Design Director and Studio Director in the Los Angeles office. During his 18 years with Gensler, he has...

Grant C. Uhlir

As a Co-Regional Managing Principal of Gensler’s North Central region, Grant brings a strategic design focus coupled...

Warwick Wicksman

Warwick is a member of Gensler’s Management Committee and thrives on the technical aspects of Architecture. He...

Bryan Wilson

Through his 21 years of experience, Bryan has led core and shell, interiors, and master plan studies for workplace...

Jill Wittnebel

Jill is a Global Brand Design Leader and Managing Director in Gensler’s Los Angeles office. She brings over 25 years...

John Wix

With more than 22 years in the industry, John’s diversity of experience across disciplines and industries has made...

Christian Wolff

As Regional Managing Principal for Gensler’s Latin America Region, Christian is a trusted advisor to global clients...

Ian Zapata

Ian is a Design Director in Gensler’s Dallas office and a global leader in Repositioning & Landlord Services for the...

2016 Design Forecast - Community

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

Design Forecast: Media & Consumer Goods

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

Design Forecast: Consulting & Real Estate Services

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

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: Aviation

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

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: Residential

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

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: Office Buildings

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

Design Forecast: Intelligent Places

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

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: Energy & Sciences

Exploring the top trends in workplace design for energy and sciences companies, including automation, collaboration...

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: 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...

Trends Shaping the Future of Cities

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

Taking on the Toughest Challenges Facing Cities

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

Introducing Design Forecast

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

Design Forecast - How Single-Use Spaces Are Becoming Obsolete

Mixed-use environments unlock the possibilities of a diverse, urban lifestyle and breathe new life into cities.

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 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...

Obras

Mixed use tower among the new developments coming to Paseo de la Reforma, according to Obras.

Business Insider

Metropolis among "8 remarkable skyscrapers and mega-projects that will debut in American cities in 2018."

M Station mix-used development in Morristown signs major tenant lease.

ArchDaily

The reimagined Arizona Center creates a new model for office, retail, and entertainment, and offers a powerful...

Sun Sentinel

Gensler leading effort to take Town Center at Boca Raton to next level.

Los Angeles Times

Developer plans to transform old O.C. Register site into a ‘mini urban city.’

The Architect's Newspaper

The Architect's Newspaper examines how The Star in Frisco has become a catalyst for Dallas' Five Billion Dollar Mile.

Dezeen

Two new towers in Kuwait City, housing the local retail giant Alshaya's new headquarters and a Four Seasons hotel...

Interior Design

Gensler's Peter Weingarten discusses plans for Oakland’s Uptown Station in Interior Design.

Dallas Fort Worth Real Estate

Hand discusses placemaking and the evolution of mixed-use in Dallas Fort Worth Real Estate Review.

Houston Chronicle

The Post Oak, Houston's first mixed-use skyscraper, was highlighted in the Houston Chronicle.

Seattle Refined

The two-year, multimillion dollar Pacific Place renovation is now complete and features a design by Gensler Seattle...

Chicago Tribune

Sterling Bay plans to break ground in early 2021 on a $6 billion Gensler-designed Lincoln Yards megadevelopment...

The Architect’s Newspaper

Lyons discusses Gensler’s design for a mixed-use building in Tyson’s, Va. in The Architect’s Newspaper.

Interior Design

Heiser and Jacobson discuss Gensler’s design for 84.51° Headquarters in Interior Design.

KCRW

Gensler Retail Centers Leader David Glover says the revamped Hollywood and Highland shopping complex "will be a...

Images Retail Me

Gensler Retail Leader Lara Marrero examines how mixed-use developments can revitalize everyday spaces.

Bisnow

Merwin discusses parking garages’ future in mixed-use developments.

Building Design+Construction

Glover discusses the next generation of shopping centers, and how retail malls can reboot to claim online shoppers...

The Denver Post

The Denver Post highlights Gensler’s design for Glendale 180, a new entertainment, retail and leisure district in...

CNN International

CNN International highlights the Metropolis condo complex in a video segment looking at investment and development...

Architectural Digest

Gensler leaders weigh in on the future of cities.

The Architect’s Newspaper

Benjy Ward highlights Gensler’s vision to convert the Milwaukee Post Office into a vibrant mixed-use development in...

The Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times features the $100 million redevelopment of the retail destination formerly known as Hollywood...

U.S Green Building Council

The U.S Green Building Council spotlights The HUB RiNo Station, a transit-oriented office and mixed-use development...

Joseph Lauro discusses the visitor experience at American Dream.

Architectural Digest

The Dallas Cowboys’ new world headquarters is game-changing.

ENR

Upchurch discusses Queen Mary Island, a new mixed-use entertainment destination in Long Beach, Calif., in ENR.

Chicago Tribune

The newly revamped Willis Tower makes the iconic skyscraper more inviting, according to Chicago Tribune.

The Architect’s Newspaper

Chicago’s Willis Tower to get a $500 million renovation, according to The Architect’s Newspaper.

Interior Design

Seglie discusses Gensler’s design for MOTO mixed-use apartment building in Interior Design.

The Architect's Newspaper

The Architect’s Newspaper features Gensler’s design for Martin Expo Town Center.

Bloomberg

Mall of the future: Bader examines how health-care companies are absorbing retail space in Bloomberg.

ArchDaily

Metropolis and Smashbox Studios among the winners of LABC’s Los Angeles Architectural Awards, focused on...

The Registry

Yun discusses Market Street Place and retail center trends in the San Francisco Bay Area in The Registry.

Houston Chronicle

The Houston Chronicle reports on CityPlace, a new 60-acre commercial and residential district in Springwoods Village.

Dallas Business Journal

Dallas Business Journal features the Irving Music Factory, a mixed-use, entertainment-anchored project.

San Diego Union Tribune

Gensler is designing a proposed soccer stadium that could welcome Major League Soccer to San Diego, according to the...

The Architect's Newspaper

2019 Best of Design Awards winners for Unbuilt — Residential

Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune features future affordable housing for senior LGBT.

Inhabitat

Chicago’s new LGBTQ senior housing project at the Center on Halsted was featured in Inhabitat.

Colorado Real Estate Journal

6900 Layton, a 385,000-square-foot Class AA office tower that's part of the emerging transit-oriented development...

Reuters

Gensler's Andre Brumfield reflects on how the pandemic could impact residential building design, including making...

BisNow

Once considered expensive and unnecessary, touchless tech tools are catching on. Gensler Consulting Leader Kelly...

Commercial Property Executive Magazine

Two Gensler-designed office buildings, the 1 million-square-foot Hub on Causeway Office Building and 111 Harbor Way...

Jing Daily

Can China’s mixed-use development model save US department stores? Gensler Studio Director Edward Chao weighs in.

UrbanLand

Redeveloping a Historic Boston sports venue: The Hub on Causeway.

Chicago Tribune

Willis Tower owner seeks thousands of new visitors per day, as expansion takes shape

Curbed Los Angeles

West Hollywood green lights swanky new Arts Club on Sunset Strip

Chicago Magazine

Chicago’s Old Main Post Office: before and after.

Interior Design 2018 Top 100 Giants: Retail Design

Gensler recognized as #1 Giant in retail design for 2018

Contract Hyundai Capital Convention Hall

2018 Interiors Awards – Winner, Entertainment

Fast Company

Want to design great digital experiences? Start working with architects.

The Real Deal

Anderson weighs in on why owners are adding “third spaces” to the workplace

International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Hyundai Capital Convention Hall

2017 Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards – Winner, Education

Engineering News-Record

The Star awarded Project of the Year and Sports/Entertainment Best Project by ENR Texas & Louisiana.

Engineering News-Record Gensler

Top 100 Green Building Design Firms – #1 in Sports, Entertainment & Civic

Metropolis

Gensler Dallas architects discuss the role of corporations in reversing urban sprawl, in Metropolis.

Dallas Fort Worth Real Estate Review

Hand and Conway discuss The Music Factory entertainment district in Dallas Fort Worth Real Estate Review.

Interior Design

Paterson highlights COEX, among “7 simply amazing retail destinations in Asia,” in Interior Design.

Urban Land

Urban Land highlights Gensler’s design for The Star, a mixed-use project that will be home to Dallas Cowboys...

ArchDaily

Ward discusses Gensler’s plans to revitalize and convert Milwaukee Post Office into a mixed-use destination in...

MIPIM Asia Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC)

2016 MIPIM Asia Awards – Winner, Best Mixed-Use Development

New London Architecture Highgate Shoreditch Hotel

New London Awards 2016 – Commended, Mixed-Use

Engineering News-Record Shanghai Tower

2016 Global Best Project – Winner, Retail/Mixed-Use Development

Architizer COEX

2016 A+ Awards – Jury Winner, Commercial Shopping Center

International Property Media Ltd. Whizdom 101

2016-2017 Asia Pacific Property Awards – Best Mixed-Use Development Thailand

Interior Design

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

Gensler's Duncan Paterson discusses the design for COEX, Asia's largest underground retail center in Interior Design.

Sports Business Journal

Dallas Cowboys’ headquarters and practice facility creates new model for turning an NFL’s team’s operations into a...

The Architectural Review

Shanghai Tower’s "ambitious architecture sets the building apart from all others," finds The Architectural Review.

ENR Mountain States 16M

2015 Best Projects – Winner, Office/Retail/Mixed-Use

Television Academy News

Pasteris discusses Gensler’s design for the Television Academy’s new campus in North Hollywood in Television Academy...

Architizer

Lee discusses the Shanghai Tower’s design, technical attributes and its role as a vertical city in Architizer.

Los Angeles Times

Gensler is set to design a new stadium for Los Angeles Football Club, which will include a conference center...

Thrillist

CityCenter Las Vegas, Jackson Hole Airport among “The 11 Most Stunning New Architecture Projects in America” in...

Los Angeles Times

Sommerhalder discusses Playa Vista’s office complex revamp, and how it “transforms a traditional building in a...

Fast Company

Fast Company highlights the innovative features of the Shanghai Tower as part of its "Innovative by Design" series.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times highlights Figat7th shopping center in an article on the transformation of the American food court.

Eater Los Angeles

Eater Los Angeles announces the "edgy and futuristic" Project LA, the first Gensler-designed nightclub.

Houston Business Journal

The Houston Business Journal reports on plans for CityPlace, a mixed-use development.

Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times reports on Gensler’s plans to revitalize the Pasadena Playhouse Plaza.

Forbes

Shanghai Tower was featured in a Forbes story on how China is redefining walkable urbanism.

Houston Business Journal

The Houston Business Journal reports on a Whole Foods planned for the Woodlands.

HarborChase of Fairfax

HarborChase of Fairfax is a planned community occupying 1.3 acres within an existing 56-acre mixed use development...

Rivertown Warehouse District

The Rivertown Warehouse District is designed as an urban getaway for residents and visitors alike — a community...

Fountainview at Gonda Westside

Fountainview at Gonda Westside will be a luxury retirement community for active, independent living. Gensler...

The Yards

Through a dramatic transformation and revitalization, The Yards is destined to become Washington, D.C.’s newest...

Gateway

In an effort to propel Newark’s revitalization, Onyx Equities partnered with Gensler to reimagine Gateway, a tired...

Tower II at Block 83

Tower II at Block 83 will be the first mixed-use building in an expanding area on the edge of Downtown Raleigh with...

2 Houston Center Repositioning

Houston Center’s office complex delivers a vibrant urban experience featuring an activated street presence and...

Midtown East

Situated on a former industrial site, Midtown East leverages its great location to transform a prominent corridor in...

5th Avenue Landing

The client sought to create an iconic building in a premier location on Downtown San Diego’s waterfront. Perched...

Metropolis

Metropolis is a mixed-use development consisting of residences, hotel and retail in the heart of downtown Los...

Shintora-Dori CORE

Shintora-Dori Core, a new mixed-use building, opened in an evolving area in Tokyo, Toranomon. The building is a new...

Third + Shoal

Located in the center of Austin’s “New Downtown” district, this 29-story Class AA office building captures the...

Milwaukee Bucks Entertainment District

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

ZJRE Development Group Company, EFC Development

Located at the core of Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City, EFC is a 10 million square foot mixed-use office tower...

Middle East Mixed Use Project

Each space in this mixed-use project — from the grand entrance to the boardroom, living room, and bedroom — is...

Park Point

Park Point transforms the Triangle’s cutting-edge creative office and life science campus. Impactful and modern...

New Carrollton

This public-private partnership looks to turn an under-performing transit-adjacent site into a vibrant...

Four Seasons Mumbai Tower

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

100 Stockton

The 100 Stockton Street project is a transformative repositioning of the former Macy's Men's Store, located steps...

Infill On The Cut

This transformational development will challenge the conventional mixed-use approach and create a new gateway to...

One World Place

Gensler’s initial role to develop an exterior enclosure for Daiichi Property’s office tower quickly grew in scope to...

16M

Looking to maximize the potential of a challenging site located in Denver’s Lower Downtown (LoDo) district, the...

M Station at Morristown

M Station, Morristown’s most significant commercial development in decades, will replace a suburban strip mall and...

Fenway Center

In partnership with Meredith Management and Creative Science Properties, Gensler is designing an ambitious...

Manchester Pacific Gateway

The Manchester Pacific Gateway development celebrates San Diego as a dynamic cosmopolitan city and enhances the...

2100 Kettner

2100 Kettner is a six-story mixed-use development located in Little Italy near the San Diego waterfront. Designed as...

1603 Broadway

As one of the first vertical mixed-use developments of this scale in San Antonio, 1603 Broadway is a transformative...

Lower Broadway Master Plan

Gensler developed a mixed-use master plan at Lower Broadway that will create a true destination development in San...

The Dayton’s Project

Many Minnesotans hold cherished memories of the Dayton’s building. The icon housed the department store that...

The Stitch

In 2019, Equator Capital Management purchased the Morrisville Outlet Mall and announced their vision to convert the...

Metropolitan Square Repositioning

A dynamic reimagining of shared amenity space breathes fresh life and new relevance into a timeless D.C. office...

One Paseo

One Paseo is a live-work-play mixed-use development that offers innovative office space, curated retail, and luxury...

Domain 10, 11, & 12 Office Buildings

Forming a miniature office campus within Austin’s Domain mixed-use development, Domain 10, 11, and 12 offer...

American Dream

Gensler leveraged expertise in hospitality, retail, and entertainment design to realize Triple Five Group’s vision...

222

Located at the edge of Seattle Center, this Tech Spec office building is surrounded by the Space Needle, Museum of...

6 X Guadalupe

At the intersection of two of Austin's most famous streets — 6th and Guadalupe — is Austin's tallest tower, offering...

Panorama

The repositioning of 25-30 Columbia Heights as Panorama transforms the iconic former Jehovah’s Witnesses’...

Willis Tower Repositioning

Gensler carefully studied how existing spaces in Willis Tower were being used in order to create a true Chicago-born...

2150 Webster

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

True Digital Park

“One Roof, All Possibilities” — this is the ethos of True Digital Park, designed to be the largest assemblage of...

The Hub RiNo Station I

Located at the 38th and Blake commuter rail stop on the A Line, HUB is the first major speculative office building...

Starwood Capital Miami Beach

Starwood Capital's Miami Beach headquarters makes history as the city's first-ever Class A office building and its...

Assembly at North First

To attract and support high-technology companies migrating south from Silicon Valley, the development team turned to...

Corferias 2030

After successful completion of the competition to design the new Bogotá International Convention Center (Agora...

Makkah Technology Valley

In the highly competitive world of innovation and commercialization, people aspire to work, learn, share and live in...

The Hub on Causeway

In collaboration with Boston Properties and Delaware North Companies, Gensler is designing a dynamic, mixed-use...

Jonathan’s The Rub at Memorial Green

Jonathan’s The Rub, a family-owned and operated restaurant, partnered with Gensler to open its second location...

HarborChase of Prince William Commons

Combining meaningful care with classic sophistication, HarborChase at Prince William Commons is an active aging...

Hejaz Residential District

Hejaz Residential District forms part of the King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), a new city located 100 km (62...

Rosa Parks Clairmount Neighborhood

Gensler’s Planning & Urban Design Group is working with the city of Detroit to create a comprehensive revitalization...

Toyota Music Factory

Toyota Music Factory in Irving hosts a variety of bars and musical venues, each with a distinctly-themed musical...

Tyson's The View

The View at Tysons is a proposed development in Tysons, Virginia, highlighted by an iconic tower that would be the...

Legacy West and Hall

Legacy West is a walkable neighborhood of residential, boutique office, dining, retail, and entertainment...

citizenM

citizenM is disrupting the hotel industry by altering the paradigm of the guest experience. Gensler is currently...

Marymount University Ballston Center Redevelopment

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

Omni Frisco Hotel

Offering an integrated, Dallas Cowboys-branded experience, this 16-story luxury hotel is run by Omni Hotels &...

Lynn University Mary and Harold Perper Residence Hall

Knowing that residence halls play an important role in retention and admissions, the design of Lynn University Mary...

400 Hillsborough Street

This new mixed-use vertical community stitches together the surrounding neighborhoods and acts as a connection point...

The Avenues

The Avenues is a new retail concept inspired by the great cities of the world, developed as a collaboration between...

Metroplaza Heredia

Gensler helped Grupo Aliss design Metroplaza Heredia, a retail center in Heredia. Due to its urban context and...

Great Valley Corporate Center Redevelopment

To meet the area’s changing needs, Gensler’s vision in redeveloping this nondescript 1980s suburban office campus is...

Fifth + Broadway

Fifth + Broadway is a new mixed-use development located on the site of the old Nashville Convention Center. Taking...

First Central Tower Repositioning

Gensler updated the early 1980s lobby and exterior plaza of First Central Tower to create a contemporary sequence of...

The Star

The Star is a multi-use development located approximately 30 miles north of Dallas. The 25-acre cornerstone of this...

826 Valencia Tenderloin Center

Not-for-profit 826 Valencia’s latest venture is the retail component of this mixed-use learning space that supports...

Domain Northside

Domain Northside is the third phase of a 304-acre live/work/play development that offers a variety of retail...

Reforma 10

To demonstrate the potential of this central site on the bustling Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City’s media and...

Aliss City Mall

With more than 70 stores worldwide, Aliss City Mall is the first to implement new Gensler-developed design...

Music Box

“A space that is alive; one that is unique and can define us.” This is what the client had in mind when they...

MOTO

This 64-unit, mixed-use boutique apartment building is located in an area known for its rich cultural, artistic and...

Hyundai Card Music Library + Understage

In an ongoing effort to offer credit card holders new experiences and elevate its brand standing, Hyundai Card...

COEX

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

Market Street Place

Planned for a neglected center city block, Market Street Place aims to transform an economically underutilized area...

Westfield Montgomery Mall

To enhance this existing regional mall and provide visitors a comprehensive shopping and entertainment experience...

Cloud 9

This dynamic new entertainment facility, part of the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) master plan, offers a...

Tameer Towers

The flagship development for real estate investment company Tameer Holdings is the focal point of the new Shams...

One Fillmore Place

When a 20-year tenant vacated this former 1960s-era department store, it created an opportunity to re-imagine what...

Block 37

Located in the heart of Chicago's Loop, Block 37 is planned to feature signature retail, entertainment and dining...

CityCenter

Gensler served as Executive Architect for CityCenter, the largest private development in the United States. With 18...

Club Nokia at L.A. LIVE

Club Nokia at L.A. LIVE is a 2,000-seat music hall with a contemporary, dynamic design created to become “part of...

Skies of Ejabah

After winning an international design competition, Gensler was appointed to lead the design of this mixed-use...

River Oaks District

A lesson in placemaking, the River Oaks District is transforming the nature of mixed-use retail and dining...

Westfield Galleria at Roseville

With an eye toward establishing the premier retail shopping destination for California’s Gold Country, Westfield...

Pinnacle Entertainment Corporate Headquarters

Following the merger of Ameristar Casinos with Pinnacle Entertainment, an innovative casino gaming company, Pinnacle...

Wafra Seef

Appointed to design Wafra Seef, Gensler worked closely with Wafra Real Estate to create a retail center unique to...

Saadiyat Island

The Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority commissioned Gensler to prepare a strategic master plan for Saadiyat Island, Abu...

Msheireb Downtown Doha

As lead consultant, design architect and executive architect for Phases 2 and 3 of the 31-hectare Downtown Doha...

Iskandar Financial District

One of nine flagship zones overlooking the Straits of Johor between Malaysia and Singapore, the Iskandar Financial...

AVIC International Financial Center

On a prime site in Chengdu, this mixed-use development is a vital addition to the ever-changing neighborhood...

China Merchants Bank

To attract the best talent in the industry, world-class financial institution China Merchants Bank’s new...

Buckhead

Among the most affluent and admired destinations in Atlanta, the Buckhead area is widely recognized as the...

FIGat7th

This outdated 1980’s mall in downtown Los Angeles’ Figueroa Corridor was primed for revival. Adjacent to the...

Myriad Botanical Gardens

Gensler’s role in the renovation of this large, historic urban park included the design of several new park...

Navy Pier

For years, Navy Pier existed as Chicago’s warm-weather playground and largest family-friendly tourist draw. To...

Hoshigaoka Terrace

Despite the presence of large department stores, Nagoya’s Hoshigaoka Terrace was never seen as a retail destination...

Shanghai Tower Retail Podium

As part of the design for the dramatic 128-story Shanghai Tower in Shanghai’s Lujiazui financial district, Gensler...

Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2): Las Vegas

As part of the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration’s Strong Cities, Strong Communities...

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...

Client Interview: Bryan Koop, Boston Properties

Bryan Koop of Boston Properties shares insights on mobility and mixed-use trends.

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...

Crafting Our Way Into a New Era of Human Connection

With all the talk about re-entry, return to work, and reopening of retail and schools, it seems the measures the...

Reinventing the Mall

Developers are transforming struggling malls into thriving urban lifestyle centers.

On Track for Livable Growth

A survey of cities using transit-served urban centers to spark renewal.

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...

Rebuilding Consumer Confidence in Our Shopping Destinations

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

Graduation Goes Digital for the Class of 2020

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

Dialogue 34

How Workplace is Shaping the Future of Cities

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...

Authentic Synergized Design in the Live Work Play Environment

Live, Work, Play developments will dictate the future of urban and suburban planning. Current development practices...

Dialogue 23

How leisure grabs us with experience

Q&A With Aleksandar Sasha Zeljic

Chicago's skyline, like those in cities around the world, is about to be populated by more high rise buildings...

In the Mix

Work was a silo, but now we stack, embed, and overlay it with the rest of life to create great synergies and...

Virtual Reality, Digital Technology and YOU

Gensler is ready to hit the road to Austin, Texas, and we need your help! Our proposed panel for South by Southwest...

Dialogue 32

LIFESTYLE AND THE FUTURE OF CITIES

A Civic Gateway Rooted in Place

A legendary site in downtown Boston is the catalyst for neighborhood transformation.

Worlds Collide

As brands blend and the digital merges with the physical, a new type of convergence is defining the built...

Super High-Rise or Super High-Quality?

Jing An tower in Shanghai. China has undergone massive changes over the last 25 years, and nowhere is this more...

World of Leisure: Asia + Australia

Two continents’ worth of urban markets, some just emerging and others long established—with this diversity come...

Has Connectivity Changed Our Experience of Place?

When it comes to the digital revolution’s impact on place, people are the prime movers.

Construction Update: The Langham Place Hotel

KIC Development Design proposal 2011, Yangpu, Shanghai, In 2011 Gensler design team had opportunity to collaborate...

Developing Open Space as the Public’s Living Room

Outdoor public gathering spaces fulfill a basic human need to be around people. With the pandemic keeping us...

Design Forecast

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

More than a Mall, a ‘Retail City’

The Avenues adds new experiences to a regional shopping destination.

The Gensler Experience Index: Hospitality

Design is a key differentiator between a good experience and a great one.

The Gensler Experience Index: Retail

Design is the “X factor” that engages people and keeps them coming back.

Mixed-Use Redux: How a 1950’s-Mindset Is Still Relevant Today

At first glance, the story of Dallas’ Wynnewood Village may appear simply to be a story of another post-1950...

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...

Investigating Japan’s Unique Transportation Retail Hubs

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

Hack the City

Redesigning our cities through active community engagement.

Q&A with Alessandro Zoppini and Ryan Sickman

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

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...

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...

Watching the Games in VR: A Fully Immersive Experience

A virtual, 360-degree stereoscopic view of LAFC Stadium. Editor’s note: This blog post is part of the GenslerOn Rio...

Dialogue 29

The Place of Leisure in the Flow of Life

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...

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...

Sustainability | Research & Insight

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

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 Inertia of Home

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

Designing for Legacy at the Duke Endowment

In historical terms, legacy is something that is passed down from one time period to another. And in today’s dynamic...

What is Hack-able?

A hack-able building in London. What will the commercial office building of the future look like? In answering that...

Defining the Future of Our Cities: Five Areas of Opportunity for a Post-Pandemic World

We are witnessing global disruption at an unprecedented scale. But if we can live though disruptions as a new...

What We're Listening to Now

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

The Future of Stadium Design: Banc of California Stadium

Sports stadiums are embracing far more than just the game.

Redesigning the Guest Experience

citizenM is enabling its hotels to meet guests’ changing expectations.

City: 2050

What will your city look like in 2050? Peering into the future is a favorite exercise for planners and designers...

Digital Transformation: Using Augmented Reality to Experience Design

Brian Smale ? 2017 Microsoft The new reality of design is here, and it’s virtual. Creative imagination allows our...

From Macro to Micro: Improving the Healthcare Experience through the Design Process

The Healthcare and Paradigm Shift, This post is part of a series related to Uniting Healthcare + Community. Amid the...

Mapping Presence in Virtual Reality Environments

Many industries rely heavily on data to inform business and design decisions. E-commerce sites track shoppers...

Urban Farmification: Big Box Underground

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

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...

Gensler & Trimble: Augmented Reality Enters the Design Process

We’re always looking at the horizon. We need to know what’s coming. We need to understand change as it approaches...

Measuring Experience

Gensler researchers take on the challenge: quantifying the value of experiential design.

Designing Tomorrow's Connected Airport

As we enter another presidential campaign cycle here in the United States, there is lots of bluster about US...

Curating the Right Mix

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

Old is New: Revitalizing The Anacostia Riverfront

A version of this post originally appeared on Jordan Goldstein's personal blog Growing up in the D.C. area in the...

Tysons Tower: The Tallest Office Building in Tysons Corner, Virginia Tops Out

The vision of a redefined Tysons Corner reached a significant milestone with the topping out of Tysons Tower a week...

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...

A New Type of Tall Building Design for China

At nearly 500-meters high, Suzhou Zhongnan Center represents a new paradigm for tall building design and vertical...

How the Pandemic Could Reshape the World’s Cities

We have an opportunity to provide a more fulfilling urban experience and to design for health, equity, and...

5 ‘Out of the Box’ Strategies for the Retail Real Estate Market

Here are five recommendations for retail reuse to align under-utilized real estate assets with growing community...

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...

U.S. Workplace Survey 2020

Dialogue 35

TRANSFORMING THE URBAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH DESIGN

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...

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

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

Adaptive Reuse Strategies for a Net-Zero Future

When developers choose adaptive reuse strategies over new builds, environmental advocates cheer.

Designing Intergenerational Communities

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

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...

Dialogue 33

DESIGNING CITIES FOR PEOPLE

Building a Bridge?for L.A.'s Homeless Population

An emergency housing program provides critical interim housing for Los Angeles’ homeless.

Polycentric Cities: The Future of Sustainable Urban Growth

As we approach a new normal for urban density, the cities that are best positioned for the future are evolving along...

Designing the Cities of the Future

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

The Digital Converges with the Physical

Gensler’s Digital Experience Design practice creates personalized and connected experiences.

The Changing Face of Sports Arenas

Today’s sports venues are a digital-savvy new mix of placemaking and socializing.

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...

Hospitality with a Human Touch

Hotels are embracing authenticity, curation, and personalization to attract guests.

Hacking the Department Store

Owain Roberts, a Design Director at Gensler’s London office, talks us through a vision for the near future.

Quick Take: Beth Novitsky on Brands and the Promise of Experience

Today’s consumers expect easy access to anything, regardless of where they are or what time it is. We sat down with...

These 7 Must-See Experiences Are Redefining Shopping

People want to do more than just shop when they visit a store, and retailers are responding.

Day to Night, and Everything In Between

To be successful, food & beverage retailers need to become flexible, 24/7 destinations.

Retail: Any Place, Any Time

The future store will become a multifaceted destination that’s as flexible as its online counterpart.

Shaping the Future of Cities

Gensler’s top clients, design visionaries, and thought leaders co-create the future.

Experience Index: Retail

An in-depth investigation into the changing retail experience and areas for improvement

Experience Index

The Gensler Experience IndexSM is the result of a multi-year research effort to identify and quantify the factors of...

BoomTown: Common Interests Trump Common Ages

This blog is part of a series, BoomTown, examining how we design communities for all ages. “What if we could rethink...

BoomTown: The Promise of ‘Ageless Thinking’

This blog is part of a series, BoomTown, examining how we design communities for all ages. “As a society, we tend to...

Re-Imagining an American Icon

The Willis Tower is one of the world’s tallest buildings. At ground level, however, something is noticeably absent.

Measuring Urban Experience

A tool for gathering qualitative data about the urban realm.

Gensler Partners with the City of Bogotá on Community Center Initiative

Gensler Partners with the City of Bogotá on Community Center Initiative

The New Home of the Dallas Cowboys Opens Its Doors

This past weekend was a big one for the NFL and Texas high school football. It marked the unveiling of The Star, the...

Answering a Call for Equality

“Leveraging the power of design to create a better world.” Never before has the need to live up to that tagline been...

Design Update: Shanghai Tower

Inspired by Shanghai’s tradition of parks and neighborhoods, China’s tallest mixed-use building will complete the...

The End of Efficiency?

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

Dialogue 26

Experiencing a world of leisure, one city at a time

Suburbia Transformed: Tysons, Virginia

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

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

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

Data as the Next Great Utility

As technology, Internet, communications, and financial service enterprises continue to invest in network...

Star Alliance Unveils New LAX Rooftop Lounge

The first Lounge to open within the new Tom Bradley International Terminal offers unparalleled views of Los Angeles...

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...

Experience Index: Hospitality

This report explores research findings specific to hotels, identifying factors that matter most for guest experience...

Visualizing a New Life for the Retail Center: Transforming Assets with Virtual Reality

The Galleria at White Plains. The retail center is a fascinating typology because it is metabolic and constantly...

Digital Space: No Goggles Required

Meet the Media Guru, via Flickr. A lot of people (like me) used to think that digital space would be like the...

Reinventing the Workplace: Being Well, Working Well

What if this was your workplace? Scottsdale Healthcare Healing Garden Project. . Reinventing the Workplace is a...

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...

Designing Intelligent Retail Places

Using spatial data and mixed-methods research to facilitate a better retail experience.

Cal-Australia Dreamin'

Addressing the realities of climate change through aspirational policy.

Fusing Architecture and Technology to Reenter a New World

As everyone around the world starts to emerge from lock-down, we are all wondering what it’s going to be like to...

Is the Virtual Fan Experience Ready for the Big Game?

Until fans are allowed back inside sports arenas, what can we do now to enhance the fan experience virtually?

If A City Isn’t Smart, Does That Mean It’s Stupid?

The concept of smart cities might be shrewd marketing on the part of tech companies, so what does it mean for a city...

Design Activism: Three Areas of Impact

Not-For-Profits are intrinsically motivated; they are driven by passion for what they do and an extreme sense of...

A Funny Thing May Happen on the Way to AI

Image: Markus Spiske When we picture the future of technology, scenes from “The Terminator” or “2001: A Space...

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...

Building Blocks of Change

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

Sense & Sensibility, Pt 2

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

Gensler Reveals Design for ￡1. Bn Tipner West Development in Portsmouth

Development plans for Tipner West have progressed further than ever before as Portsmouth City Council hosted an...

Gensler Architects Elevated to AIA College of Fellows in 2018

NEW YORK, NY — Gensler announced that another four of its leading architects were elevated to the American Institute...

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] –...

Gensler Promotes Tariq Shaikh to New Leader of UK Regional Markets

Gensler, the world’s largest architecture, design and masterplanning practice, has promoted Tariq Shaikh to...

Seal of Approval for Gensler’s 12-Story Office Block and Public Square in Cardiff

The Global architecture and design firm’s new proposed development in Central Square, Cardiff will become home to...