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A new openness to innovation.

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Mixed Use & Retail Centers

We design mixed use districts and retail centers to act as vibrant social hubs that connect people and experiences...

Andre Brumfield

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

Michaela Winter-Taylor

As an Urban Planner in Gensler's London Office, Michaela focuses on complex urban projects with an expertise in the...

Robert Fuller

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

Joseph Brancato

Joe is a Co-Managing Principal for Gensler’s Northeast and Latin America regions and Co-Chairman of the firm’s Board...

Eric Stultz

In addition to his role as a Design Director, Eric is the director of a studio focused on large-scale, mixed-use...

Luis Santi-Merayo

Having been educated and practicing in Spain and Portugal prior to moving to the U.S., Luis brings a unique...

Carlos Cubillos

As a global leader in Gensler's Cities & Urban Design practice, Carlos brings expertise in architecture, urban...

Carolyn Sponza

Carolyn is a Studio Director in the firm’s D.C. office. She combines her almost 20 years of architecture and...

David Glover

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

Benjy Ward

Benjy Ward is a Global Leader for Design Experience and a principal in Gensler’s Chicago office whose 20 years of...

Todd Pilgreen

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

Todd Runkle

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

Kathleen Jordan

Based in Gensler’s Charlotte office, Kathleen has led award-winning projects for some of the retail industry’s...

Johnathan Sandler

Johnathan digs deep to uncover how an organization works, its business objectives, and ways the new environment can...

Alexander Fernández

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

Carlos Gerhard

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

Wes LeBlanc

Wes is an economist that employs real estate analysis, financial due diligence, and market assessments to help...

Shamim Ahmadzadegan

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

J.F. Finn, III

J.F. is a global leader in Gensler’s Mixed Use & Retail Centers practice. He has devoted more than 30 years of...

Carlos Posada

Carlos excels at solving complex workplace challenges that impact client success. As a Principal in Gensler’s London...

Jim Shelton

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

Allison Brooke Tomlinson

As the Northeast and Latin American Regional Legal Counsel, Allison is responsible for multiple offices across...

Todd Baisch

Todd has worked with technology companies, professional service companies, and top law firms to reimagine and...

Xiaomei Lee

As Regional Managing Principal for the Greater China Region, Xiaomei closely oversees the growth and development of...

Russell Gilchrist

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

Barry Hand

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

Ronald Fonseca

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

Janine Pesci

As Gensler’s Chief People Officer, Janine leads initiatives across our 46 global locations related to all aspects of...

Joan Price

As the Director of Global Client Relationships, Joan collaborates with firm leadership to develop a comprehensive...

Carlos Valera

Carlos is a Co-Managing Director of Gensler Miami, focusing on the growth and leadership of the office. He brings...

Paul Wilhelms

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

Ian Zapata

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

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 - 6 Ways Cities are Reclaiming Public Space for the People

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

Blake Weber

Design Responds to a Changing World

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

Design Forecast: Office Buildings

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

2016 Design Forecast - Workplace

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

Aurelio David

PLAY session: Experience Counts

LIVE session: The Future of Cities

Design Forecast - Introduction

Taking on the Toughest Challenges Facing Cities

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

2016 Design Forecast - Community

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

Design Forecast: Product Development

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

Design Forecast: Technology

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

Design Forecast: Intelligent Places

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

Design Forecast: Financial Services

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

Urban Interventions and Speculations

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

The Town Square Initiative

By 2050, nearly 70 percent of the world’s population—some 6.29 billion people—will live in cities, according to data...

“Go urban, young man”

Cities like Los Angeles are becoming more attractive to corporate tenants who want to leverage the amenities...

Dialogue 35

TRANSFORMING THE URBAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH DESIGN

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...

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...

The Future of Work

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

Toward Resilient Cities

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

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...

Designing Vibrant Communities

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

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...

Using This Moment to Improve City Life

The current crisis raises serious questions that we’ll need to address before we get back to anything resembling...

Measuring Urban Experience

A tool for gathering qualitative data about the urban realm.

How Good Design Can Improve Public Health

Willowbrook MLK Wellness Community Health Park. By the year 2050, a staggering 70 percent of the planet’s population...

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...

Town Square: Bangalore

Both rural and urban settlements in India have exhibited a unique way of defining town squares. In many ways, the...

Resilient Cities Rely on Resilient Food Systems

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

How Urban Design Can Save Lives

This post is part of a blog series related to Dialogue 30, "The Livability Issue.” As designers and planners, we...

Small Interventions with Big Impact: Forging Relationships and Improving Cities through Tactical Urbanism

Renegade tactical urbanists are courting respectability, partnering with communities to infuse functional urban...

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...

Town Square Initiative: Washington, D.C.

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

The Battle for the Right of Way

Gensler's David Zaidain speaks with Dan Emerine of the DC Department of Transportation and Maggie Gendron of Lime to...

On Track for Livable Growth

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

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

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

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

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

What We Talk About When We Talk About Placemaking

This post is part of a blog series related to Dialogue 30, "The Livability Issue.” As we wait to see the full...

Creating High Performing Urban Cities through Placemaking

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

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

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

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...

A 'What If?' Manifesto: Improving the Bus Experience

In the United States, it’s almost a point of faith that the bus riding experience will be subpar. While that may not...

Inclusivity in Our Industry and Our Cities

As American society becomes more urban, we must work hard to eradicate racial segregation and create cities that...

Barbican Pop-Up Garden

The new pop-up garden at the London Underground's Barbican station. Every day we Londoners make our way through the...

The State of Parking

How do we optimize parking in today’s and tomorrow’s cities?

Thinking Outside the Box in London's Parks

In 2011 Gensler research collaborated with the Urban Land Institute to identify the value of open spaces for both...

A Whole New Ballgame

The sophisticated business of planning successful sports venues

Urban Art and Its Effects on People

Anyone’s who’s travelled to Chicago in the past few years has probably been exposed to The Chicago Loop Alliance’s...

Don’t Ignore the Horizontal: The Importance of Unleashing the Power of Unrecognized Spaces

As urban designers look to enhance quality of life for city dwellers in the face of densification, we need to look...

Work in the City: Urban Diversification

It is no secret that the global population is exploding, or that the majority of that growth is urban. Cities will...

Smart Cities Should Be Human Cities

A layer of technology isn’t what makes a city “smart.” The tech must be used for purpose — seeking to bring the...

Design Forecast 2018

This issue discusses the role of design in creating the places where people live, work, and play in urban centers...

Reimagining Cities

Envisioning a better urban future by redefining the Town Square

The Third Wave of Urban Waterfront Development

Not long ago, urban waterfronts were mostly populated with ships and cranes and metal containers that held troves of...

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...

LA Forward: Embracing the Future of Mobility

Future visions for aligning mobility and development – LA Forward. This post is part of a series, “What Makes My...

LA Forward: Creating Vibrant Neighborhoods

Confidential mixed-use project. This post is part of a series, “What Makes My City Livable?” on how cities make the...

What Makes My City Livable? Moving LA Forward.

This post is part of a series, “What Makes My City Livable?” on how cities make the experience of living more...

London’s Unchartered Territory

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

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...

7 Questions About Equity and the Design Profession for the Incoming President of NOMA

Jason Pugh, the incoming president of the National Organization of Minority Architects and a practitioner at...

Design Forecast Singapore: Repositioning for Smart Cities

Gensler Singapore hosted a panel examining the impact that repositioning smart cities might have on a...

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...

Gensler Models Oakland’s Explosive Growth

Gensler Oakland’s 3D model of Oakland. It’s no longer breaking news that the Bay Area is one of the most expensive...

Planning Resilient Communities

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

Curating the Right Mix

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

Hooray for Hollywood: Cities on Film

Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” (courtesy of Flickr). Author and social critic Oscar Wilde observed that “Life imitates...

Growth, Millennials and the Multinodal City

Image: Wikimedia. Driven by robust growth, New York’s Department of City Planning projected the city’s population to...

Future Gazing – City Vision 2050

It's time to re-imagine the future of London. Gensler’s London office is situated within the City of London, or the...

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...

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

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

Why Planning Is Essential to Solving California’s Housing Crisis

Cities across the country need more housing but aren’t building it. In California, this challenge has become a...

Uncovering Providencia: Gensler Goes to Venice Biennale

In April and May, Gensler made its first appearance at the La Biennale di Venezia (15th International Architecture...

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...

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...

Where the Streets Have No Name

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

L.A.’s Next Big Challenge: Creating Inclusive Public Spaces

Gensler’s Los Angeles office sits amidst bustling Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA)—a place that has undergone dramatic...

Autonomous Vehicles Part II: What Lies Ahead

In my previous post, Autonomous Vehicles Part I: The Future Is Here, I discussed the exciting autonomous technology...

Corporate Campuses of the Future: Organizations Embrace the Urban Ethos

Partners HealthCare is planning to locate a new corporate campus in Boston's Assembly Row neighborhood. With more...

A Pioneering Perspective on Pershing Square

Town Square Los Angeles from Gensler LA on Vimeo. As a resident of Downtown Los Angeles, Gensler’s LA office is...

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...

Can cities make us healthier?

A few months ago, a fellow Gensler blogger raised this issue in relation to the workplace. The number of jobs...

Aging in Place, Redefined

The Center on Halsted Senior Housing, as conceived by Gensler. We’ve all heard the term “aging in place.” It...

Micromobility, Third Lanes, and Tomorrow’s Streetscapes

From scooters to e-bikes, new modes of mobility are starting to reshape our streets.

Who’ll Stop the Rain: Urban Design with Nature

“Long as I remember, the rain been comin' down. Clouds of mystery pourin', confusion on the ground. Good men through...

It Takes a Village: Prototyping an Engaging Market Street in San Francisco

The Market Street Prototyping Festival The city of San Francisco recently embarked on its inaugural Market Street...

Re-Worked

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

Natural Disasters Loom. Is Your Real Estate Portfolio Ready?

The price tag for natural disasters is rising. Rives Taylor explains how real estate owners can develop resilient...

The North-South Divide: Making the Leap Across the Elbe

This article originally appeared in the Architects' Journal (subscription required). Hamburg is a city defined by...

London 2050: The First Genuinely Global City

In the context of the continuing shock waves that reverberate through the world’s economy, competition between...

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...

Community Engagement in Motion

For projects big and small, cracking the code of community outreach and public engagement has been a longstanding...

Summer on State Street: A Recap

November marked the end of Summer on State Street. The highly acclaimed Gateway project was packed up and moved into...

Urban Farmification: Big Box Underground

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

Reimagining Cities / Year 1: Redefining the Town Square

Can the town square be relevant in the 21st century? We can improve our cities by creating vibrant town squares that...

Hack the City

Redesigning our cities through active community engagement.

Work in the City: Polycentric Cities

Gensler New York's The Guild. In a recent Financial Times article, Kate Allen chronicles the rush back into urban...

Work in the City: The Transportation Issue

Work in the City is a yearlong initiative directed at key drivers redefining how the rapidly changing landscape of...

A Renaissance in the Windy City

These new urban inhabitants are digital native residents of an established concrete jungle. We have learned that...

Cities and Water: Friends or Foes?

When cities are confronted by sudden deluges, our immediate response is to get rid of the offending water, fast. In...

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...

Open Spaces

What is the commercial value of open space? Property owners, developers, and investors are willing to pay a premium...

Revitalizing Downtown San José: Design’s Evolution and Impact

Downtown San José’s thriving Farmer’s Market is just one example of the City’s increasing efforts to adapt existing...

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

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

Reviving a Rustbelt City

Why did PNC decide to build this project in this city? PNC is based in Pittsburgh, and they were looking for an...

Dialogue 33

DESIGNING CITIES FOR PEOPLE

Hey…Leave my third place alone!

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

Passive House: Sell It to Me!

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

Bringing Movies Back to Main Street

Main Street in Chatham, Mass. With all the talk lately about global urbanization, vertical communities, and the role...

The London River Park

An award-winning plan to transform London’s experience of the Thames

Design Forecast Chicago: A New Vision for Growth & Optimism

Gensler Chicago hosted a conversation around formulating a collective vision for an economically thriving and...

From Transit Oriented Development to Transit Oriented Healthy Districts

Non-communicable diseases (NCD) are responsible for 63% of annual deaths, making them the leading cause of death...

The Prefab City

Exploring the potential impact of modern manufacturing techniques on construction processes.

From Railroads to Electric Scooters: How Mobility Shapes the City of Today and Tomorrow

From GPS-enabled electric scooters, to driverless cars, and even aerial ride-share services, disruptive mobility is...

Four Strategies for Hospitals to Strengthen Their Communities

This post is part of a series related to Uniting Healthcare + Community. In many places across the U.S., hospitals...

Gensler at COP21: Art and Climate Change

Ian Mulcahey takes a look inside Ice Watch Paris at COP21. Video ? Gensler COP21 is an international diplomatic...

Of Hopes and Homes

The Evening Standard New Homes Awards 2014 highlighted the development industry’s response to a clarion call that’s...

Urban Strategies for Coastal Resilience

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

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...

Q+A with Kent Kleinman, Dean of Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning

Cornell’s new Gensler-designed facilities in lower Manhattan, AAP NYC. Rendering ? Gensler With the recent...

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...

Manhattan’s Next Hot Neighborhood

An "up-zoning" proposal to encourage building renovation and neighborhood revitalization.

Resilience Isn't Just About Engineering; Social Connections Matter, Too

Converting neglected urban environments into healthy, resilient neighborhoods hinges on several factors. One such...

Investigating Downtown Neighborhood Resurgence

Analyzing what drives downtown resurgence and its surrounding areas.

Adaptive Reuse: Gentle people, restart your engines

This blog post was originally published in HOTELS Magazine. Bottom line: Many important urban centers in the U.S...

Incremental Urbanism at the MLK Medical Center Campus

"Incremental urbanism" is the idea that revitalization efforts in urban environments will only take hold if...

The American Dream in an Urbanized America

The Baby Boomers and their parents made home ownership a central component of the American Dream. Millennials are...

Adaptive Reuse Strategies for a Net-Zero Future

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

Q+A with Arthur Gensler

Today, the Cornell University College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) celebrates the opening of its new...

Town Square: San Diego

Despite the sprawling nature of San Diego, our team chose to concentrate on the downtown core, not only because it...

City: 2050

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

Autonomous Vehicles Part I: The Future Is Here

There’s been a LOT of talk about autonomous vehicles recently. Every automaker is promising a self-driving car...

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...

Research Charts Our Future

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

Work in the City: Urbanization on the Edge

The lines between traditionally segregated cities and suburbs are blurring as the breakdown between the spatial...

On Climate Change and Hope

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

The Nation’s Capital of Sustainable Design

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

Cahuenga Crossing: Bringing Open Space to Hollywood

Gensler's vision for Cahuenga Crossing. Hollywood, as a federally defined Enterprise Zone, is critically lacking...

Maximizing ROI for Sports Stadium Sponsorships

What strategies will keep stadiums viable? Successful stadium designs engage sponsors early, integrate tech...

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...

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...

Here’s How Developers Can Reposition Office Buildings for the Future

With so much square footage currently sitting empty in urban centers, we know that the future must be community...

A Warm Weather Walk in Shanghai

Shanghai is one of 17 cities worldwide that recently hosted a walking tour focused on outdoor urban spaces...

How do You Design Outdoor Spaces for Inclement Weather?

Jing’An Temple, across West Nanjing Road from the lobby of Wheelock Square. On Thursday morning, I woke up and...

Work in the City: Alternative Spaces

Alternative spaces have always been part of cities. These peripheral, unregulated, often temporary spaces host...

The Developing City

Gensler envisions London in 2050 for a summer-long exhibition

Town Square: San Francisco

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

Learning from the Pandemic to Create More Equitable Community Engagement

The current crisis has turned many long held community engagement best practices and expectations on their head. At...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Re-Imagining an American Icon

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

CTBUH 2016 Conference: Vertical Urbanization

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

東京オリンピックレガシーの提案：ナビゲーション?インフラストラク

Shuets Udono...

Tokyo Olympic Legacy: Navigation Infrastructure

Shuets Udono Read this blog post in Japanese. Tokyo is the second largest city in the world. Futuristic, vibrant and...

Reimagining the San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area has a rich history of dreams, visions, seekers and creators. From the advent of the cable...

Vertical Urbanism and the Livable Cities of Tomorrow

Open spaces – the parks and piazzas that give cities a sense of character and community – are in short supply. To...

Improving Commercial Office Space Through Placemaking

This post also appears on Convene's blog. One way to understand the importance of well-designed commercial real...

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...

Planes, Trains, and Urbanism for Denver

The new front door for the Jeppesen Terminal at Denver International Airport. The problem with the buzz these days...

What Does Winning the Expo in 2020 Mean for Dubai and the UAE?

Before writing up my thoughts on the “Dubai Expo 2020” I had to do some thinking, reflect on all the noise leading...

First Look: Houston Ballet Center for Dance

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

Reimagining an American Icon

For nearly 25 years, Willis Tower (long known as the Sears Tower) held the distinction of being the world’s tallest...

Design for Active Aging

Can design better support today’s active aging population? Today's aging population is anything but traditionally...

Town Square Initiative: Seattle

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

Town Square Initiative: Houston

THE QUESTION OF THE CITY How will Houston accommodate 100,000 new residents annually for the next 10 years? What...

Airport Cities

Denver and Seoul see airports keying economic growth and global standing

Building BoomTown: Ageless Communities That Are Inclusive and Purpose-Driven

This blog is part of a series, BoomTown, examining how we design communities for all ages. The evidence is...

Airports without Waiting?

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

Dialogue 27

The transformation of community life

After the gold rush: a new workstyle revolution?

The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) should get gold themselves for organizing a showcase...

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...

In Africa, Your Solar Panels Don’t Mean Squat

The idea of sustainability, as we currently understand it, just doesn’t hold for the developing world.

VIDEO: Gensler's Grassroots Movement to Transform Communities

Out of a passion to call the design shots and a desire to make the built world a better place, the Gensler young...

Gensler Design Forecast 2016

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

Vertical Hospitality

The skybridge at the ITC Colombo One luxury development in Sri Lanka will place a swimming pool and jazz lounge in...

Biophilic Design: Why Nature Matters

Today’s society is more urban, digital and fast-paced than ever before. The downside of this is the overall loss of...

A Spectacle on Our Streets

Here we are rapidly racing to the closing stages of the Olympics. It’s happening too fast with too much to absorb...

What Will it Take to Make Navy Pier a Real Place?

In 1916, Navy Pier was the only pier built of the original five called for in Daniel Burnham’s plan for the city of...

Reimagining a Safer, More Equitable Daily Commute

Here are four strategies to create a public transit commute that prioritizes people’s safety and equity.

Design Forecast Costa Rica: Shaping the Future of Cities Through the Human Experience

Gensler Costa Rica hosted a panel discussing how public-private partnerships can spur innovation, how buildings and...

Investigating Japan’s Unique Transportation Retail Hubs

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

Sizing Up the Future of Airports

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

From Fitness to Bowling Alleys: How Commercial Office Buildings Are Differentiating Themselves Through Amenities

Historically, New York commercial buildings have not needed to offer amenities to stand out. The city served as the...

How Will Mobility's Future Impact Our Cities?

This blog piece is based on a Q+A discussion held with Gensler designers Richard Jacob, Michaela Winter-Taylor and...

Incubating Higher Ed: 10 Ideas for Tomorrow’s Campus

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

Fixing a New York City Eyesore: Redesigning the Sidewalk Shed

As human beings, we often accept “the way things are” without questioning the reasons underlying the status quo...

Collaboration, Interaction and Connectivity at Illumina’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Headquarters

Illumina’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Headquarters will promote scientific innovation through better...

The Tower at PNC Plaza – A Breath of Fresh Air

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

Gensler Reimagines Work in the City

Video ? Gensler In 2013 Gensler launched a three-year initiative called Reimagining Cities aimed at prompting a...

Healthy by Design: How Design Impacts Well-Being

The Alexander Hotel. On a typical day most Americans spend 90 percent of their time indoors. Yet even from inside...

Town Square Initiative: New York

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

Town Square Initiative: Denver

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

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...

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...

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...

Mapping Presence in Virtual Reality Environments

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

Resurgence of the Department Store

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

How Climate Change Impacts Our Health

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

Creating Transit-Oriented Communities in Los Angeles

When Phil Washington took the helm of the LA Metro in 2015, he spoke about connecting transit-oriented communities —...

Rethinking Public Transit

Exploring the new frontiers for mass public transit

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

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

Designing Washington, D.C.’s First Semi-Permanent Parklet

When people talk about the layout of Washington, D.C., they frequently mention the city’s heroic boulevards, iconic...

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

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

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...

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...

From Environmental Racism to Climate Justice

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

The Water Is Rising

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

Focus On: Affordable Housing

As cities grow, there’s an urgent need to provide residents with housing they can afford.

From Smart Buildings to Intelligent Placemaking

Data and AI are being invisibly woven into everything around us. As we move towards an intelligence economy where...

The Future of the Metro IdeaJam: London and Tokyo

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

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...

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

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

The Costs of Climate Change and the Promise of Resilience

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

Navigating Olympic Tokyo

A speculative proposal for Tokyo before, during, and after the 2020 Olympics.

Entrepreneurial Neighbourhoods

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

An Olympic Legacy: The Courage of an Aspirational Vision

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

Graph by Gensler: Spatial Analytics for Design

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

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...

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.

How We're Innovating to Create Housing for All

To respond to the global need for more housing — and more affordable housing — we’re exploring ideas that include...

From High Rises to Hip Neighborhoods: LA’s Shifting Commercial Real Estate Market

This Class A office building (right) and five story empty warehouse (left) both sold for similar prices per square...

Designing Healthcare for Surge Capacity

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

Design Forecast Charlotte: Designing for the Displaced

Gensler Charlotte hosted a discussion about critical issues of affordable housing and homelessness facing our...

Design Forecast Houston: Our Role in Our City’s Future Experience

Gensler Houston hosted a panel to discuss topics ranging from mobility, to climate change, and the future of...

Designing a New Platform for Uber's Vision of Aerial Rideshare

The vision of aerial ridesharing presented at the 2019 Uber Elevate conference this week is a bold one that promises...

The Third Lane: Rethinking Street Design for the 21st Century

What does the explosive growth of shared electric scooters tell us about the changing dynamics of city life? And how...

BoomTown: A Future for All Ages

Image Jeff Sheldon, unsplash.com This blog is part of a series, BoomTown, examining how we design communities for...

More Than a Parklet: A Catalyst to Inspire Change

Gensler Philadelphia won the People’s Choice Award at the AIA National Convention's Parklet Design Competition....

Designing Campus Communities for Living and Learning

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

The Wellness Café: Paradigm Shifts in the Indian Corporate Dining Experience

Having grown up listening to my mum’s controlled yoga counts of inhaling and exhaling while her children downed...

Reinventing the Workplace: [NET]WORKed in New York

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

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...

Why Smart Cities Might Not Perform as Well as 'Dumb' Ones

University of Toronto civil and mineral engineering professor Shoshanna Saxe articulates some serious concerns about...

The Game-Changer for Cities: Driverless Cars

We can regain our city streets for people as the driverless car revolution takes hold. It's not too soon to get...

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...

Q+A with Art Gensler

Gensler Principal Maddy Burke-Vigeland sat down with Art to talk about his experience as a student at Cornell, and...

New Opportunities for Mobility Amid COVID-19

Our wholesale shift in live-work-play behaviors as a result of COVID-19 have provided us an opportunity to rebalance...

Forecasting Design Shifts Under Future Vehicle Technologies

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

Empowering the Powerhouse

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

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

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

Fighting Climate Change Through Tall Building Design

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

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...

Reinventing the Workplace: Being Well, Working Well

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

Empowering Citizens to Transform Their Cities

Here are seven tips for creating successful community outreach and connecting with your constituents during the...

Rebuilding Consumer Confidence in Our Shopping Destinations

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

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...

Designing Intergenerational Communities

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

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...

Creating a Beautiful, Energy-Efficient Building for Harbin Bank

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

Worlds Collide

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

Germany Workplace Survey 2019

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

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...

San Francisco’s Union Square: From Instamatic to Instagram

Anthony G. Reyes As Herb Caen, San Francisco’s famous columnist once wrote, “It is hard to stay depressed in San...

Gensler Research + Innovation Awards 2017

Research is the fuel that drives innovation, and innovation is the cornerstone of design excellence. That’s the...

Has Connectivity Changed Our Experience of Place?

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

Tech Trends of 2016: Well-Being as an Investment

Editor’s note: this blog is part of a series on 2016 tech trends. Employee well-being is a wise investment in a...

A Breath of Fresh Air

Exploring opportunities to address air pollution via design and architecture.

Alignment for Impact

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

Making the Case for Medical Travel

Medical travel is a growing trend, as increasingly, more people are traveling to seek care. Anyone who’s ever...

Making Global Business Work

Documenting strategies to improve government relations in emerging markets.

Speak Easy: Hospitality’s Influences on Education

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

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

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

More Than a Game

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

Rooftop Retreat for a D.C. Not-for-Profit

The rooftop conference center at the American Psychological Association's D.C. office. “Oh, wow!” I’ve overheard...

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...

Water and Resilience at the Clark

The reflecting pool at the Clark. Photo ? Gensler, Chris Leonard Photographer When visitors arrive at The Sterling...

Real Estate’s Global Viewpoint

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

Office Building of the Future

Can existing buildings adapt to stay relevant? In established markets like the United States, the future of office...

Dialogue 23

How leisure grabs us with experience

Contemporary Architecture at the University of Chicago

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

Healthcare and Its Communities (option)

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

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

How to Design Hospital-Ready Hotels

The current pandemic has proven that hotels can play a variety of essential roles in times of crisis.

Sharing Our Work-From-Home Experience in Asia Pacific and the Middle East

After Gensler staff members in the Asia Pacific and Middle East region began working from home, we launched a survey...

A Day in the Life: Going Back to Work in China

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, in China we are slowly experiencing the next step: going back to work. Here's...

Redesigning Mixed-Use Environments for a Post-Pandemic World

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

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...

Managing a Work Anywhere Culture

As work increasingly happens anywhere, what are companies doing to get people to come in to the workplace?

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...

A Shattering Development for Glass-and-Steel Skyscrapers

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

The Future of USPS Real Estate

We investigated how the U.S. Postal Service can best use its existing real estate to further its mission in the...

What the Math Behind Climate Change Is Telling Us

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

Quick Take: Richard Tyson on Designing the Connected Workplace

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

2017 Gensler Design Excellence Awards

Now in its 18th year, the Gensler Design Excellence Awards (GDEA) program sets a standard that all our design teams...

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...

Healthcare and Its Communities

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

In Search of Better Data to Optimize Tall Buildings

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

ZIP Code Health and Design: Why Community Provided Health Care Matters

Your zip code is a big prediction of your overall health. Community provided health care like Chicago’s Cook County...

Designing a Campus to Drive a Culture of Innovation

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

Six Key Drivers Transforming Healthcare Business

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Design and Cultural References

The Songhu-Sanmen Rd Pedestrian Bridge, Shanghai. As I reflect back on my 25 years with Gensler and the 50th...

Considering India: Opening Doors with a Culturally Tailored Approach

Gensler's schematic design for a new residential community on a 40-hectare site near Hyderabad, the capital of...

The Power of Design in Retail Health: 5 Flips to Consider

Flip the Clinic is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation project invented to transform the patient – clinician...

Artistic Incubation at the New Museum

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

Gensler Design Forecast 2015

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

Collaboration and the Executive Architect

Maddy Burke-Vigeland, Gary Hilderbrand, Tadao Ando and Annabelle Selldorf at the grand re-opening of the Clark Art...

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...

Gensler Design Forecast 2014

Our 2014 Design Forecast highlights the trends that will shape design in the coming decade. They reflect six big...

Dialogue 24

Communities in the Future Tense

Gensler Design Forecast 2013

What’s ahead for design in 2013? Our newest publication, Gensler Design Forecast, taps the collective intelligence...

Can Technology Transform Public Transit in LA?

The short film Network_LA Transit is a conceptual design response by Gensler Los Angeles to an open invitation by...

Farmers Field

AEG selects Gensler to design proposed football stadium at L.A. LIVE

Art + Design at the Airport

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

Bloomberg

Gensler Co-CEO Diane Hoskins was featured in a session, "The Great Urban Do-Over," as part of the Bloomberg New...

Leading Voices in Real Estate Podcast

Co-CEO Andy Cohen shares perspective on the paradigm shifts that will impact the workplace, urban landscape, and...

Los Angeles Times

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

Urban Land

Cohen on designing for the driverless age

LinkedIn Pulse

Co-CEO Hoskins: How Smart Cities Can Make the World Better

The Washington Post

Goldstein on how Gensler's Olympic plan for Washington, D.C. can be used to better the city, in The Washington Post.

GW Planet Forward

Gensler's Carlos Cubillos discusses the rise of mega-cities and “constructing the city of the future” in GW Planet...

Fast Company

Bill Hooper discusses Gensler's design solution to ease the dense crowds of visitors in Makkah, in Fast Company

The Washington Post

The Washington Post features Gensler Washington, D.C.'s parklet, "parKIT," design concept.

designMENA

Mulcahey and Swinhoe discuss Gensler’s proposed design for floating building on the River Thames to house MPs while...

Wired

Hooper discusses Gensler's redesign of Makkah (Mecca) to ease overcrowding along the route to the ancient holy city...

Business Insider

Gensler partners with the city of San Jose to create tiny home village for the homeless.

CNN International

Gensler's Rob Jernigan explains how Metropolis will transform downtown Los Angeles in CNN International

Architectural Digest

Gensler leaders weigh in on the future of cities.

Forbes

Andy Cohen in Forbes: Mobility, Robocars, EVs, Drones Sparking Radical Architectural Designs

Forbes

Giving The Streets Back To People: A Guide To Mobility Design

LinkedIn

The culture of choice is changing how we build future cities.

Forbes

Gensler's Andre Brumfield and Dylan Jones explain why the pandemic may accelerate the creation of the 20-minute city...

Smart Cities Dive

Smart Cities Dive explores rethinking the 15 or 20-minute city as the pandemic and protests against systemic racism...

Fast Company

The London Underline project wins Best Conceptual Project at the London Planning Awards, according to Fast Company

Commercial Observer

Commercial Observer includes Co-CEO Andy Cohen in a feature on how cities are rethinking their use of public spaces...

Voice of America News

Gensler's Rives Taylor: Urban designers look to nature as solutions for flood-prone cities

CNBC

CNBC interviews Gensler Cities & Urban Design Leader Andre Brumfield on the "15-minute city" and the future of...

Axios

Cities & Urban Design Leader Andre Brumfield discusses how the coronavirus is sparking the comeback of the...

Forbes

Co-CEO Andy Cohen explains how smart density is city wellness in a Forbes feature.

Metropolis

Gensler's Diane Hoskins discusses a Reebok collaboration that envisions the adaptive reuse of gas stations to create...

Fast Company

Gensler's Rives Taylor: The cities of the 21st century will be defined by water

Interior Design

Gensler's John Bricker highlights the design behind the Cadillac House, which embodies urban cool, in Interior...

Cornell Chronicle

Art Gensler in the Cornell Chronicle on helping his alma mater create a robust New York City presence through the...

Amtrak

Amtrak selects development team to partner in Baltimore Penn Station redevelopment

Los Angeles Times

Co-CEO Andy Cohen discusses driverless cars and commercial real estate in the Los Angeles Times.

Fast Company

Co-CEO Andy Cohen discusses the impact of driverless cars on the future of parking and cities.

Forbes

Co-CEO Cohen on the end of parking lots as we know them

Business Insider

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

World Landscape Architecture

Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Medical Center Campus master plan, a catalyst to create a community of health and...

Washingtonian

Gensler’s proposal to reimagine Washington D.C. in 2050 highlighted in Washingtonian.

NPR

NPR spotlights Gensler Washington, D.C.'s parklet, "parKIT," design concept.

Reuters

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

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

NPR

Brumfield discusses the present and future of Oakwood Shores

Climate TV

Co-CEO Diane Hoskins on reducing emissions through innovative design

The Daily Telegraph

Mulcahey discusses Gensler’s proposed design for floating building on the River Thames to house MPs while Palace of...

London Evening Standard

The London Underline concept to turn unused train lines into pedestrian bike paths and retail space is covered in...

London First The London Underline

2015 London Planning Awards – Best Conceptual Project

Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune features future affordable housing for senior LGBT.

Architect

Architect highlights Gensler’s 2014 AIA Young Architect Award winners Frantom, Schwamel and Vitale

Inhabitat

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

Oculus

Oculus interviewed Gensler Design Director David Epstein, who discussed COVID-19's impact on the design of public...

The Architect's Newspaper

2019 Best of Design Awards winners for Unbuilt — Residential

Interior Design

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

The Architect’s Newspaper

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

CNN International

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

Arabia 2012 Awards Urban Planning Council (PUC)

Best Office Interior

Dallas Fort Worth Real Estate

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

Forbes

Mixed Use Leader Duncan Paterson reflects on how the pandemic is impacting retail, and explains why "creating...

Sun Sentinel

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

The Denver Post

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

Forbes

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

Architect

Architect on the competion-winning “resilient design” to rebuild the Rockaways

e-Oculus

Shanghai Tower one of the Skyscraper Museum’s pearls in e-Oculus

Architecture Magazine

Shaikh discusses why Birmingham is a city with potential

Dezeen

London mayor appoints Aso among 50 design advocates to reimagine London’s future

Glassdoor

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

Architectural Record

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

Forbes

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

Interior Design

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

South Philly Review

South Philly Review reports on the newly renovated Lincoln Financial Field, the stadium for the NFL’s Philadelphia...

The New York Times

The New York Times features the Denver International Airport Westin in article on airport hotels

Houston Chronicle

The Houston Chronicle reports on top luxury brands opening in Houston’s River Oaks District

WTTW

WTTW's “Chicago Tonight” interviews Tribune critic Kamin on his series connecting Chicago architects to China’s...

Architecture Minnesota

Architecture Minnesota finds Gensler Minneapolis “making the most of its high-visibility location”

The Construction Index

The Construction Index interviews Mulcahey on plans for London Britannia Airport

designboom

Denver International Airport in a designboom feature

Forbes.com

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

Two Gensler Architects Elevated to AIA College of Fellows in 2020

New York — Gensler is proud to announce that Maddy Burke-Vigeland (NY) and Roger Sherman (LA) were elevated to the...

Gensler Reveals Images of British Land’s Newest Workspace Concept, Storey Club

Wapping-based architecture and design firm Gensler celebrates success with the opening of British Land’s first...

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

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

Gensler-Designed Project Sets Benchmark for Mixed-Use, Transit-Oriented Development

BOSTON, MA (November 15, 2019) – Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh joined Boston Properties, Delaware North and members...

Three Emerging Designers Receive Prestigious Gensler Diversity Scholarships

Celebrating its 10th year, the Scholarship honors the work of promising architecture students from under-represented...

Five Gensler Architects Elevated to AIA College of Fellows in 2019

NEW YORK — Gensler is proud to announce that five of its leading architects were elevated to the American Institute...

BQXL: Brooklyn Queens Cross Line

New York City is expected to exceed 9 million residents by 2030. How can urban design help a city like New York that...

Illumina Array, Granta Park

Illumina’s new European HQ at Granta Park puts people and ecosystems at the helm of its innovative landscape plan...

Istanbul Theme Park

Gensler won the design and planning competition to create this groundbreaking mixed-use development. The project...

FLOAT NYC

Anticipating the rise of “smart cities” that use artificial intelligence, connected autonomous transportation...

Clyde Gateway

A partnership of the Glasgow City Council, Scottish Enterprise and South Lanarkshire Council appointed Gensler to...

TMC3 Translational Research Campus

TMC3, a world-class translational life science campus, assembles the Texas Medical Center’s 53 institutions in one...

City of Phoenix, Adams Street Activation Study

Seeking to activate and enhance the vitality of the Adams Street corridor, the City of Phoenix engaged Gensler to...

Leeway Urbanism

As rising sea levels and unpredictable storm surges threaten the future of Hong Kong, Gensler introduced a new...

Hilton Austin Overhead Walkway

Anchoring downtown Austin, the Convention Center and Hilton Austin Hotel straddle a busy street that handles a high...

Chinatown MUNI Station

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) is in the process of constructing the new Central Subway...

Burlingame Point

Burlingame Point is one of the largest office development projects in the history of the San Francisco Peninsula...

Rivertown Warehouse District

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

Columbia College Chicago Student Center

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

The London Underline

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

Cleveland Warehouse District Redevelopment Master Plan

Serving as Downtown Cleveland’s first transit oriented development, the Cleveland Warehouse District master plan...

Designing a Healthy LA

Designing a Healthy LA is the first city document to address the physical environment's impact on the health 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...

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)

The DIFC Authority commissioned Gensler to create a comprehensive master plan for the city’s rapidly expanding...

Abu Dhabi Financial Centre

After the city identified Al Maryah Island as its new financial center, Gensler created a master plan and...

Rio 2016 Olympic Master Plan

Gensler led a top-finishing competition consortium of architects, urban designers and environmental engineers in the...

Glendale 180

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

AltaSea

This public-private partnership is transforming 35 acres of land at the Port of Los Angeles into an ocean-side...

Corferias 2030

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

Birmingham Smithfield

Gensler’s master plan aims to re-define a whole district of Birmingham as the UK’s premium business, tourist and...

Arizona State University, College Avenue Commons

In conjunction with Architekton, Gensler designed this new academic hybrid facility, merging four distinct user...

Manchester Pacific Gateway

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

Boy Scouts of America, Camp Strake

As development projects enroached upon the original Camp Strake, a beloved 70-year-old camp facility, the Boy Scouts...

Oakwood Shores Redevelopment Plan

The Chicago Housing Authority commissioned Gensler to develop a 10-year vision for Oakwood Shores, a mixed-income...

Southbridge Redevelopment Plan

Gensler created a master plan for Harold Ickes Homes, a former public housing high-rise located in Chicago’s South...

West Quarters Corridor Plan

Engaged by Cobalt Partners and the City of West Allis, Wisconsin, Gensler crafted a master plan in the city’s...

Metropolis

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

Hejaz Residential District

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

New Carrollton

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

685 Third Avenue Pocket Park

Gensler provided robust building repositioning services for not-for-profit TIAA CREF to improve 685 Third Avenue’s...

Sandy Springs

As the City of Sandy Springs approached its 10-year anniversary, it began to look ahead to the next decade of...

South Main Street Vision Plan

The Vision Plan for South Main Street is a collaboration between Gensler and UC Irvine. Riddled with vacant stores...

North First Street

This transit-oriented master plan aims to attract and support high-tech companies seeking a dynamic, vibrant and...

Hangzhou Shimao Huajiachi

This three-tower, mixed-use commercial development was designed to fit its prominent Hangzhou location. In a planned...

Eager Park

For both Gensler and partner Mahan Rykiel Associates Landscape Architects, the success of Eager Park rested on...

Skies of Ejabah

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

Dianchi North Guandu Culture Eco New City

Kunming’s Dianchi Lake has suffered from industrial and agricultural pollution for decades. Its clean-up became an...

University of California, Office of the President, Workplace Study

As headquarters for systemwide operations of the University of California, UCOP was facing increasing pressure to...

Saadiyat Island

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

Saphira Waterfront

Gensler won the commission to prepare a long-term development strategy for an 11-kilometer stretch along the...

Shanghai Shipyard

Located on the south edge of the Huangpu River on the north end of Pudong's Lujiazui district, the planned...

Songdo

The plan for this high-end, mixed-use cultural district was developed both to continue the contextual water system...

King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy

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

London River Park

Gensler took a pioneering approach with its proposal for a new river park, designed to use a system of pontoons...

Msheireb Downtown Doha

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

Willowbrook MLK Wellness Community

Willowbrook MLK Wellness Community is a broad-based health and wellness center that seeks to transform medical care...

Vasilievsky Island, St. Petersburg

Realizing its need to grow, while preserving its historic core, St. Petersburg is reclaiming 450 hectares of prime...

Iskandar Financial District

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

Pershing Square

The reimagining of Pershing Square creates an opportunity to study of the power of an idea to instigate engagement...

Duke Kunshan University

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

Buckhead

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

Rivali Park Mumbai

On a site nestled between Mumbai’s main rail line, its major transportation corridor, and the largest national park...

Al Tayyar Mixed Use

Based on the success of lifestyle destination developments in the Middle East, Gensler was approached by Al Tayyar...

Baltimore Penn Station Redevelopment

Amtrak has selected Gensler as part of the Penn Station Partners team — a Baltimore-based team with global expertise...

The Culver Studios Master Plan

The Culver Studios, an icon of the movie industry, began operations in 1918. Since then, it has been home to a range...

Global Seawater Initiative

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

Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2): Las Vegas

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

Washington 2024

Gensler partnered with the official Washington 2024 team to craft a proposal to be the United States bid city for...

Crain Communications Inc., New York

Crain Communications sought Gensler’s expertise in relocating and consolidating its New York office with a greater...

1100 Broadway

On the corner of Broadway and 11th Street in downtown Oakland is the Key System Building, a seven-story classic...

Makkah Technology Valley

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

Denver International Airport

The Airport Hotel and Transit Center program aims to reinvent the way Denver International Airport (DEN) connects to...

Tyson's The View

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

Centro de Convenciones de Costa Rica

Costa Rica’s first convention center is a much-needed amenity in a country that pioneered eco-tourism. This...

2112 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

George Washington University transforms an underutilized downtown site with a new 250,000-square-foot speculative...

Two Liberty Place

“The New Two” is the client’s moniker for the reinvention of this Philadelphia icon. Working with Gensler, Coretrust...

Illumina Array Complex

The new European headquarters for DNA-sequencing industry leader Illumina is designed to accommodate the company’s...

Incheon International Airport

Newly opened for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Incheon Terminal 2 is designed to surpass all current...

Partners HealthCare

With many of its leases nearing expiration, Massachusetts’ leading healthcare network and largest private employer...

The Star

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

E. & J. Gallo Winery Dry Creek Building

The Dry Creek Building brings together key business partners in a common location and is designed to help drive...

Lynn University Mohammed Indimi International Business Center

This new business center reflects the global nature and entrepreneurial spirit of the college’s students, while...

Shimao Shenzhen Qianhai Canal City

Enlisted to design the first pilot development in the Qianhai New Development Zone in Shenzhen, Gensler worked to...

The Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries

The Beacon Institute’s global center for the study and conservation of waterways is housed in this LEED? Gold...

Lone Star College—CyFair Campus

With the opportunity to build a campus from the ground up, Lone Star College-CyFair leaders aimed to craft a new...

Gensler Newport Beach

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

SIGMA Business Center

In building Sigma Business Center (SBC), Gensler designed a building that would—from every standpoint—be the most...

Campbell Hall

After acquiring land and buildings, this independent K-12 day school turned to Gensler for both strategic and phased...

Cleveland Clinic Data Center

The Clinic treats 4.6 million patients a year through 26 health institutes, and its medical records (which are...

James Berry Elementary?School

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

The George R. Brown Convention Center

The 2025 Master Plan illustrates a best-case scenario for the public/private development of downtown Houston’s...

Navy Pier

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

Mineta San Jose International Airport

To initiate a $1.3 billion airport modernization program, Gensler composed a master plan encompassing a new Terminal...

University of Illinois NCSA Petascale Computing Facility

This state-of-the-art, LEED?-NC Gold-certified building, designed to withstand an EF-3 tornado, provides a secure...

High-Performance Research Computing Center at Princeton University

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

Banner Health Technology Center

The design and documentation of this two-story, 65,000-square-foot facility were completed using BIM modeling...

Financial Services (Full-Service Insurance) Company

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

New Museum of Contemporary Art

Tokyo-based architects SANAA partnered with Gensler to realize this competition-winning design for the 52,000...

Herman Miller

The renowned furniture designer and manufacturer’s European headquarters combines office and showroom space to...

Financial Services (Auto Insurance) Corporation

This Gensler-designed call center enables the client to be an employer of choice, while providing superior service...

Financial Services (Banking) Company

The final piece of the client's three-facility construction program, this state-of-the-art data center will be among...

Munhwa Broadcasting Company (MBC)

Reflecting a new paradigm for Korean commerce, this 150,000-square-meter headquarters is home to four major TV...

Project Cardinal

Targeting LEED? Gold certification, this project serves as the prototype of the client’s next-generation data center...

Temporary U.K. Parliament

A proposed restoration of the Palaces of Westminster would require total decantation of the building for an...