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SWITCH!: (Re-)activating Urban Space in an Autonomous Future

SWITCH! is a six-piece set of unique, interlocking elements flat-packed into a 10’ x 6’ x 3’ volume. The surfaces 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...

What Will the ‘New Normal’ for Automotive Retail Look Like?

The response to Covid-19 has sparked rapid change by automotive manufacturers and retailers to satisfy the needs of...

Client Interview: Bryan Koop, Boston Properties

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

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...

City: 2050

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

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...

Top Retail Trends of Interest 2016

Cadillac House. Photo: Eric Laignel. If 2016 taught us anything, it was that change is inevitable. As we kick off a...

Micromobility, Third Lanes, and Tomorrow’s Streetscapes

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

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...

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...

A New Space Typology: Designing for the Self-Driving Car Industry

Video/ graphics ? Yng Yng Marshall/ Gensler. Silicon Valley has become an epicenter for perfecting technology that...

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...

Airports Are Facing a New Reality

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re thinking about what airports can do to save the air travel industry and...

Design Forecast

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

The New Shape of Building Design

By providing things like large open floor plates, indoor-outdoor transitions, open sightlines, and bridges and...

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...

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...

The Gym Of The Future is Closer Than You Think

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

We Need Your Votes to Get to SXSW 2018!

Each year, thousands of creatives, experts, educators and consumers converge in Austin, Texas, for SXSW to discuss...

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...

Roundtable: Work in 2025

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

Changing an Automotive Retail Paradigm

Billed as “the world's first fully-automated, coin-operated car vending machine,” Carvana vending machines are...

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...

Will California Lead the Way to Energy Independence?

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

Urban Land

Cohen on designing for the driverless age

Wall Street Journal

Joseph Brancato spoke with the Wall Street Journal about designing buildings and cities with driverless cars in mind.

Urban Land

Conway discusses transitioning building design to a future of compact, driverless cars