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Dee Rendleman

As Operating Officer for Gensler’s Southeast Region, Dee has been instrumental in shaping the financial and...

Carolyn Sponza

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

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How Workplace is Shaping the Future of Cities

Speaking of Livability

The stairs to Sydney’s Opera House invite a social moment. Photo: John J. Parman. This post is part of a blog series...

Opening Topshop at the Grove

This article expands on ideas presented in the 23rd edition of Gensler’s Dialogue magazine, which explores the...

Project Spotlight: Building a Better Block with Better Block

This post is part of a blog series related to Dialogue 30, "The Livability Issue.” At the edge of Dallas’ Bishop...

Empowering the Powerhouse

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

Order & Chaos: Planit’s New Brand of Connection

Order & Chaos: Planit’s New Brand of Connection from Gensler Connect on Vimeo. This post is part of a blog series...

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...

A Place for a Mission: The San Francisco AIDS Foundation Center on Castro Street

/Jasper Sanidad This post is part of a blog series related to Dialogue 30, "The Livability Issue.” The importance of...

Creating a Place to Gain Human Ability

This post is part of a blog series related to Dialogue 30, "The Livability Issue.” “Bring the right minds and...

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...

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TRANSFORMING THE URBAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH DESIGN

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The transformation of community life

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Experiencing a world of leisure, one city at a time

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Work and the Metropolis

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The Place of Leisure in the Flow of Life

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The Why and How of the New Workplace

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Communities in the Future Tense

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How leisure grabs us with experience

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The Changing Nature of Work

Workplace Trends: A Decade of Data

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

Healthcare’s Digital Evolution

JLABS @ TMC, part of a network of life science incubators meant to catalyze discovery in the field. Photo: Shau Lin...

P.S. / Postscript

Snapshots and posts from our livable cities.

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...

Connectivity’s Engine Room

An inside look at how we satisfy the insatiable demand for data.

A Place for Whimsy, Wonder & Imagination

An education nonprofit is employing design and creative thinking to give underserved youth a place to explore their...

On Track for Livable Growth

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

Healthcare and Its Communities

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

Taking Down the Walls

How new models are helping universities and research labs prepare for futures they can’t even predict.

Retail Trends: Designing for Experience, Regionality and ‘Dwell Time’

El Palacio de Hierro Flagship, Polanco. Photo ? Paul Rivera. We spoke with Kate Russell, Kathleen Jordan and Michael...

Healthcare and Its Communities (option)

Dialogue Blog | Research & Insight

Personal insights and opinions from Gensler's global experts on how design is shaping the future of cities. An...

Slideshow: Instagram Walls, Branded Offices, and Other Workplace Designs

A collection of offices that keep employees engaged with Instagram-worthy moments and eye-catching details.

A Living Institute for WELL Building

Delos, the creator of the WELL Building Standard focusing exclusively on human health and wellness, engaged Gensler...

Slideshow: A Closer Look at Company Headquarters Around the World

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

Spotlight: The Nest Is London’s Hottest Coworking Hub

The Nest is a bespoke, creative coworking space and community hub designed to bring the London's creative...

A Day in the Life of an Agile Worker

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

How Can You Win the Talent War?

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

Off Base: Gensler London’s Interactive Event Series

Gensler London launched Off Base, a series of curated events focused on what’s shaping London and the world beyond...

Quick Take: Richard Tyson on Designing the Connected Workplace

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

7 Fun Perks Employees Expect in Today’s Workplace

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

Getting Ahead of Change

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

The Workplace is Your Key Recruiting Tool

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

Harnessing the Power of Urban

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

Corporate Headquarters: From the Inside Out

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

Coworking: What’s Right For Your Brand?

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

Forming a Stadium’s Character through Design

A rendering of La Rinconada stadium in Caracas, Venezuela. We recently sat down with Glenn MacCullough, the...

Hybrid Thinking and the Future of Hospitality

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

Sharing Leisure in S?o Paulo

We recently spoke with Maureen Boyer, leader of Gensler’s global Retail Centers Practice and Director of the firm’s...

Leisure and Luxury in Asia

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

From Authenticity to Adaptive Reuse: Trends Influencing the Australian Market

We recently talked with Simon Trude, managing director for Gensler’s Sydney office, about major trends influencing...

Blank Canvas: Using Art to Create Community in the Workplace

Whether it is a curated art program, an emerging artists installation, or a dedicated gallery, organizations are...

Under the Hood: Retail

A Q&A on how retailers are using design to keep their competitive edge

Distribution Center Design and Last-Mile Logistics

Here are five considerations for setting up a successful logistics center that will meet the challenges in last-mile...

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

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

Design Forecast Bay Area: Shaping the Future of Connected Cities

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

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...

Design Ideas for the Post-Pandemic Public Library

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

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

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

Evolution of Creative Learning at Work

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

Remote Working Offers an Opportunity to Experiment and?Learn

As COVID-19 disrupts our lives, working from home is now a sudden reality. How can we apply the best practices and...

Design Forecast Denver: Shaping the Future of Our City

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

Design Forecast Charlotte: Designing for the Displaced

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

Design Forecast Detroit: Shaping the Future of Cities

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

Design Forecast 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...

Design Forecast Newport Beach: Shaping the Future of Orange County

Gensler’s Newport Beach office hosted a panel discussion on topics ranging from mobility to interconnected...

Design Forecast Newark: Designing Cities for People

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

Design Forecast 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...

Design Forecast Singapore: Repositioning for Smart Cities

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

Building an Interconnected Future in Downtown Dallas

To shape people’s experience of a city, we have to start by shaping one block, one intersection, or one individual...

Designing the Unexpected

Gensler San Francisco gathered a diverse panel of experts to consider the questions we should all be asking...

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...

Social Design, Creative Spaces, and the Future of Healthcare

From drop-in clinics to virtual visits, healthcare has become more convenient and accessible.

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...

Reimagining the Hotel Lobby as a Vibrant Social Hub

Many of today’s travelers spend more time in the lobby than in their rooms — and, with a mix of hotel guests and...

What We're Listening to Now

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

The Place of Leisure in the Flow of Life

Leisure is part of the flow—or the blur, some might say—of our lives, as we improvise and navigate amid online...

Healthcare’s Future: Medicine With You in Mind

A revolution in healthcare is under way. This reflects a growing ability to leverage digital connectivity to gather...

Airport Cities

Denver and Seoul see airports keying economic growth and global standing

The Future of Workplace Amenities Is Knowledge

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

Assembly at North First: Putting Resilient Design to Work in the Wake of the Pandemic

Completed in 2019, Assembly at North First was originally intended to be leased as a single-tenant campus, but the...

Design for the New Hybrid Workplace

As we plan for the new workplace, we need new design tools to meet the new design demands, and advances in...

As E-commerce Booms, Transportation Logistics Are Shifting to Meet Demand

Companies are looking for a faster and more efficient way to ship goods to consumers. Intermodal transportation...

Learning About Resilience at the UCLA Congo Basin Institute

Funded by the University of California at Los Angeles and the Institute of Tropical Agriculture, the Congo Basin...

How to Bring Older Office Buildings Back to Life Amid a Struggling Commercial Real Estate Market

Here are several opportunities commercial real estate developers can consider when converting or repositioning...

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

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

The Hospitality Industry Seeks to Reinvent Itself With the Adjacent Space

At the moment, everything we do has been dramatically upended, which is what has the hospitality industry rethinking...

The Healthy Hotel: Designing for a New Experience

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

How Will COVID-19 Shape Hospitality Architecture and Design?

Like previous epidemics, COVID-19 will transform the hospitality industry, altering how we live, work, and vacation

Banks in Beta Mode: Repositioning a Place in the Community

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

Digital Communications Tips for Workplace Reentry

Here are four best practices for digital communications when preparing employees for their reentry to the workplace.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Real Estate Design Strategies for Leasing in a Post-COVID Market

Here are four key strategies that building owners and developers can leverage to have more informed conversations...

Amenities at the Edge: Where the Workplace Meets the Street

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

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...

Equity, Interrupted: How a Return to the Office Is Needed to Rebuild Equity

We believe that the workplace offers far more equity than working from home, literally putting us on equal footing...

Planning for the Future Workplace and a Distributed Workforce

How can the hybrid workplace balance the benefits of remote work and virtual collaboration with the...

Product Design in Times of Crisis

Necessity really is the mother of invention, and full-blown crisis is especially effective for driving innovation.

Empowering Citizens to Transform Their Cities

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

Designing More Inclusive, Accessible Transit Systems for All

To create healthier, more inclusive cities, we must promote more equitable mobility services and make transit more...

How Workplace Design Can Ease Anxiety and Feelings of Isolation

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

Graph by Gensler: Spatial Analytics for Design

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

For Brands and Employees, Purpose Now Matters More Than Ever

Here are three ways that your brand can build belonging through your community.

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...

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...

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...

From Environmental Racism to Climate Justice

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

COVID-19 and Building Performance: The Big Picture

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

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

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

Bringing Sports Back to the Venue

We’ve been working with our clients to understand the challenges, questions, and potential strategies to get players...

How Airport Design Can Restore Passenger Confidence

To get people flying again, the aviation industry needs to restore passenger confidence in the airport as an...

Reimagining a Safer, More Equitable Daily Commute

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

Accessible Design for All in the Post-COVID Workplace

Here are some inclusive design strategies we can take to make the return to work accessible.

The Future Workplace Will Embrace a Hybrid Reality

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Rethinking the Future of Work in Latin America

For our cities and our workforce in Latin America, the recent shift to remote working has been particularly...

Rebuilding Consumer Confidence in Our Shopping Destinations

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

3 Ideas Hotels Should Consider as They Welcome Back Guests

The hotel experience will shift to meet newly adopted behaviors, technology needs, and guest expectations. Here are...

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...

Designing Spaces to Help People Feel Emotionally Safe in the Workplace

How can we help people feel emotionally safe when they venture outside their own homes and interact in public or...

Return Strategies Must Prioritize Mental Health and Resilience

As organizations all over the world resume activities, their employees and guests are carrying an emotional weight.

How Education Can Build an Optimistic, Equitable Future

How can we impart positive change on our schools, colleges, and universities, to ultimately shape more equitable...

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...

Toward Humane Healthcare: Emotional Considerations in Regaining Patient Trust

The healthcare experience is personal, so we must consider and design for the wide range of emotions, fears...

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...

What Not-for-Profits Can Teach Us About Equity and Inclusion

Not-for-profits are leading the way on issues of inclusion and equity because they understand that the work they do...

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...

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...

The Near Future of Casino and Gaming Design

Here are some insights that could have implications for gaming environments in Las Vegas and around the nation.

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

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

6 Considerations for Transitioning Back to School

Here are some tools and considerations to guide academic institutions in transitioning back to campus.

Why Today’s Universities Need to Be Global Institutions

How can universities mitigate a potential downturn? The answer is transnational education.

Reports of the Death of the Workplace Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

For millions of office workers around the world, work has been consciously uncoupled from its usual location for the...

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

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

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...

Most People Want to Return to the Office — But They Expect Changes

We’ve proven we can easily and efficiently work from home. But we can’t effectively do all work activities from...

Transitioning to a Virtual World of Health & Wellness

The landscape of virtual care has leapt ahead a decade or more amidst the current health crisis, and it is creating...

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

Here’s what we've learned from our colleagues in Gensler’s Shanghai office about school reopenings in China.

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?

Resilient Cities Rely on Resilient Food Systems

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

The Future of Dining Out

Here are six considerations for restaurant and bar owners in an era of new consumer expectations.

How to Design Hospital-Ready Hotels

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

Will There Be a Climate Change Vaccine?

We didn’t have a warning of the COVID-19 crisis, but we do have a warning for the climate crisis up ahead.

It’s Time to Rethink Signage and Wayfinding for Transportation Hubs

Fast forward to when you’re ready to take your next flight. When that day comes, what’s it going to take to make you...

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...

Tips for Signage and Wayfinding in a Post-COVID-19 World

Signage and wayfinding graphics can introduce healthy practices and help people feel at ease in this time of...

How Will Hotels Rebound from COVID-19?

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

Giving Back Has Never Been More Important

In this time of crisis, we need to double down on our community impact efforts.

An Architecture of Optimism for a Post-Pandemic Society

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

An Air Filtration Primer for Building Owners and Developers

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

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...

For Law Firms, COVID-19 Has Accelerated the Inevitable

The overnight shift to working from home is upending the model of how much real estate law firms really need.

What We Can Learn From the Energy Industry About Safety in the New Workplace

The energy industry's safety practices can be adopted by many to cultivate a culture that prioritizes safety and...

Will the Work From Home Trend Impact Residential Design?

As working from home gains acceptance and more roles are fulfilled in remote settings, the fundamental principles of...

How Should Office Buildings Change in a Post-Pandemic World?

For those who design and develop office buildings around the world, the current crisis has introduced a new...

Planning for a Post-COVID Return to Campus

We're reflecting on the factors education leaders should consider in planning a return to school post-COVID-19, and...

Brand Experiences Must Be Human Experiences

We’re telling different stories today — stories of isolation, but also of newfound connection.

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...

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

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

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

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

Now Is the Time to Reinvest in Local Materials

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

Redesigning Mixed-Use Environments for a Post-Pandemic World

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

Creating Data-Rich Workplaces to Detect and Curb Viral Transmission

Workplaces can be optimized to collect population data — like thermal screening — so agencies and companies can make...

Understanding the Touchless Workplace

In the workplace, digital solutions and experience platforms have improved guest check-in, conference room booking...

Taking Care of Each Other in the Post-Pandemic Open Office

Once we return to the office, we’ll need to transpose our newly discovered sense of community accountability back...

How the Pandemic Can Lead to Better Public Meetings

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

Cities and the Public Health: Our New Challenge in Urban Planning

Dense cities remain our best bet for providing opportunities and connections — if they’re designed to support...

Fostering Casual Collisions — and Creativity — in a Virtual World

Some of the best ideas at work happen spontaneously — in the lunch line or waiting for the elevator — rather than in...

Re-Entry for Retailers: Returning to the Store

Retailers can start formulating a plan for re-entry that meets consumers' new expectations of the marketplace.

Graduation Goes Digital for the Class of 2020

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

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...

What Happens When We Return to the Workplace?

It’s not too early to start planning how we can return people to the workplace once the COVID-19 crisis ends.

The Pandemic’s Lasting Effect on Our Healthcare System

After this crisis, we won’t return to business as usual. What should we consider as the new normal for healthcare...

Will Campus Life Translate to a Virtual Environment?

COVID-19 has forced us to embrace a new reality rooted exclusively in virtual interactions. While we reflect on how...

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...

Redefining Wellness in the Face of Pandemic

The COVID-19 crisis is causing us to redefine all our work around the concept of wellness and re-examine the...

How to Build Culture in a Virtual World

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

Digital and Virtual Connections Have Quickly Become a Brand’s Livelihood

In this time of social distancing, brands are finding new ways to authentically connect with their audiences through...

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...

We Are in the Midst of a Paradigm Shift for Higher Education

As we make short-term decisions to respond to the global pandemic, we will also have a long-term opportunity to...

Designing Office Building Lobbies to Respond to the Coronavirus

People spend up to one-third of their lives at work, many of them inside office buildings. If these buildings were...

Envisioning a Future for USPS Real Estate

As the largest retailer in the nation, the United States Postal Service is uniquely positioned to shape the future...

In the Face of the Coronavirus, Workplace Wellness is Key

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

Future Cities, Future Buildings

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

Creating Meaningful Customer Relationships in the Midst of a Merger

A merger has a profound impact on the customer experience, but also provides an opportunity to re-focus on what is...

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...

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...

Experiential Design is Changing the Rules of the Workplace

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

Legacy Building

Gensler’s Todd Heiser and Benjy Ward on why adaptive reuse is about more than just renovation.

Flexible Workspace is on the Rise in the U.K.'s Corporate Sector

Gensler paired up with the British Council of Offices to find out what's driving the rise of flexible workspace in...

Want Your Organization to be More Creative? Embrace these Four Workplace Strategies

Today, encouraging creativity is a must in every business, from law firms to banks to media companies. A creative...

Reimagining the Museum Experience for a Digital Era

The AKC Museum of the Dog combines hands-on moments with classical displays to engage visitors.

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

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

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...

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...

Today's Travelers Are Looking for All New Hotel Experiences

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

The Arena at the Heart of an Evolving Community

With an emphasis on hospitality, San Francisco’s Chase Center bolsters a growing neighborhood.

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

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

The Benefits of Inadvertent Knowledge Transfer

We often learn by overhearing our peers and experiencing the consequences of their behavior — positive, negative...

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...

The Sports/Community Connection

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

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.

Client Interview: Bryan Koop, Boston Properties

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

Navigating the Retail Revolution

Successful brands are transforming the retail experience, despite ongoing volatility in the industry.

Reinventing the Mall

Developers are transforming struggling malls into thriving urban lifestyle centers.

Designing for Agile Teams Creates an Advantage in the War for Talent

A vast majority of executives agree that the future workforce will be structured in multidisciplinary project teams...

Design Forecast Toronto: The Future of Cities

Gensler’s Toronto office hosted a series of presentations that showcased potential futures and near-term solutions...

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.

Cal-Australia Dreamin'

Addressing the realities of climate change through aspirational policy.

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

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

Design Forecast Las Vegas: Shaping the Future of Work

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

Design Forecast La Crosse: The Future of Work

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

Schooling Kids in the Power of Design

Our long-standing partnership with City Year aims to transform educational spaces with heart for the next generation.

AI is Transforming Workplaces. What Does That Mean for Law Firms?

For law firms around the world, artificial intelligence could have seriously impactful possibilities that shape how...

Designing Intergenerational Communities

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

Design Forecast Chicago: A New Vision for Growth & Optimism

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

Singles’ Day: From Service to Experience Economy

What started as an informal celebration among Chinese university students has evolved into the single biggest...

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

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

Microsoft’s New U.K. Flagship: A Vibrant Community Hub

The tech company's first European flagship is more than just a place to shop or demo products — it’s a destination...

Resilient Cities Begin With Resilient People

For over 15 years, Gensler's Denver office has supported some of the most vulnerable among us through their...

Emotional Security in the Workplace

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

What’s Missing from the Latin American Retail Experience?

Local culture is key when it comes to designing 24/7 retail-based destinations.

Design Forecast Charlotte: Tech Talent in the Queen City

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

Embracing Constraints to Build a More Sustainable Shanghai

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

Design Forecast Phoenix: A New Workplace Narrative

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

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...

Doubling Down on Our Commitment to Resilience

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

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...

The Inertia of Home

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

Enlivening a Dead Block in San Jose

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

Decades of Commitment to Our Communities

In 1996, the Orange County Rescue Mission partnered with Gensler to convert a former military facility into Village...

Transforming Walmart’s Home Office in Bentonville

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

Healthcare Providers Take Note: Every Space is a Healthy Workspace

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

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

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

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.

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...

Creating an Organizational Appetite for Sustainable Design

As people’s attitudes towards sustainability evolve alongside new modes of working, there is a real need for...

Designing for Each Learner Through Digital Experience

As we design spaces for learning it is imperative that we integrate digital experiences into them thoughtfully; to...

Growing Biopharma Trend: Putting Science on Display

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

Did Your Building Grow With BOMA 2017 Office?

Developers, landlords, and building owners have been adding balconies, patios, and other outdoor amenities to keep...

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...

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

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

Design Technology's Infinite Possibilities

By combining human potential with machine cognition, we can elevate our capabilities and bring our best to clients.

A Workplace Renewed - The Ford Foundation for Social Justice

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

A Conversation with Chris Downey

A conversation with Chris Downey, founder, president & CEO, Architecture for the Blind

Climate Change Solutions for Workplace Design

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

A Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Tackling Rural Waste Management

On Isla Chira, a remote island in Costa Rica's Gulf of Nicoya, a recent groundbreaking showcases Gensler’s...

Managing a Work Anywhere Culture

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

Managing for Creativity

As our world becomes more urbanized and connected, a company’s competitiveness and speed determine success. To keep...

Data and the Intelligent Workplace

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

Building a More Inclusive University Environment

Small universities are having a hard time providing physical space for their diverse student populations. These...

5 Amenities That Are Worth the Investment

Data and insights from the Gensler Research Institute find that amenities that support effective work habits are...

Giving Talent What They Want

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

Designing Informal Learning Environments with 826 National

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

Every Place Tells a Story of Belonging

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

The New Shape of Building Design

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

Community Engagement in Motion

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

Community Impact Puts People First

At Gensler, we put people first. Nowhere does that shine through stronger than in our strategic model for Community...

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...

Inclusive Design Should Never Exclude Style

Products that are ADA compliant are typically well-engineered, but frequently bulky, poorly styled, and visually...

Hospitals Are Moving Into Their Communities

In the healthcare industry, provider loyalty no longer comes from proximity alone. Thanks to a global trend of...

Amenities in the Age of Experience

In a market saturated with experiences, our clients across all industries are constantly reinventing themselves to...

Creating Space for Mental Health Conversations in the Workplace

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

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...

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...

Just a Government Town? Think Again.

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

The Power of Narrative in an Era of Evolving Legacies

With boundaries between media and technology constantly blurring, it is easy for media companies to lose sight of...

Designing a More Flexible, Healthy, and Expressive Legal Office

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

Urbanism and the Pursuit of Happiness

Cities are magnets for those who seek better jobs, opportunities, and more diverse communities. But does city life...

A How-to for Creative Placemaking and Tactical Urbanism

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

The Open Office Isn't Dead (Redux)

It’s time for a new narrative around work and the workplace — one that reflects the realities of the needs and...

Micromobility, Third Lanes, and Tomorrow’s Streetscapes

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

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

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

Focus On: Affordable Housing

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

Research Spotlight: Millennials at the Museum

Our research reveals the impact that young museum-goers are having on cultural institutions.

Client Interview: Matt Wunder, Da Vinci Schools

An interview with Matt Wunder, of Da Vinci Schools, to learn how these public charter schools are implementing...

Sizing Up the Future of Airports

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

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...

Project Spotlight: Redesigning Today's Schools for Tomorrow's Learners

Uniting three independent charter schools under one roof, Wiseburn USD and Da Vinci Schools in Southern California...

Keep it Moving: New Technologies at the Airport Curbside

The disruptive impact that Transportation Network Companies and app-based rides have had on airport curbsides has...

Academic Incubators Are Seeding a New Wave of Innovation

Academic incubators are becoming engines for new economies, knowledge networks, and R&D.

The Water Is Rising

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

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...

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...

On Climate Change and Hope

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

How Will Biometric Screening Change the Airport Environment?

Fueled by science fiction, biometric screening has long been associated with a futuristic society. Today...

Climate Reprogramming

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

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 —...

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...

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...

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...

2018 Gensler Design Excellence Awards

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

More than a Mall, a ‘Retail City’

The Avenues adds new experiences to a regional shopping destination.

The Digital Converges with the Physical

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

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...

Improving the Air We Breathe: Design Strategies for Action

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

The Changing Face of Sports Arenas

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

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...

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...

The Future of Stadium Design: Banc of California Stadium

Sports stadiums are embracing far more than just the game.

The Gensler Experience Index: Hospitality

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

Redesigning the Guest Experience

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

Sorting It Out: The Key to Zero Waste Is in the Bin

If the team at San Francisco International Airport is to reach its zero waste goal in the next three years, the...

Hospitality with a Human Touch

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

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...

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.

A Civic Gateway Rooted in Place

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

Day to Night, and Everything In Between

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

The Gensler Experience Index: Retail

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

Retail: Any Place, Any Time

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

Worlds Collide

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

From Briefing to Experience, Designing Today's Customer Experience Center

For many organizations, from technology to finance to sports teams, Customer Experience Centers (CECs) are the...

Shaping the Future of Cities

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

Designing an Inclusive, Effective All-Gender Restroom Symbol

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

Pairing BIM and Connected Devices to Elevate Design

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

The Open Office Isn't Dead

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

Retail, Dinner and Debate

Omni-channel, digital, branded, augmented-reality. With the retail industry in a constant state of flux and consumer...

Employee Engagement: A Core Business Strategy

Successful business leaders realize that having engaged employees is not an HR program, but a core business strategy.

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...

Alignment for Impact

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

Hack the City

Redesigning our cities through active community engagement.

U.S. Workplace Survey 2016

Our 2016 U.S. Workplace Survey helps us to understand what differentiates innovators and high-performers from the...

What makes a world-class airport?

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

Retail Health, Retail Medicine and the New Healthcare Experience

Retail health is emerging as a means for delivering quality, convenient care to millions of consumers; it’s also...

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...

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...

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...

The Rise of Academic Incubators

Gensler has launched an initiative to explore the impact of academic incubators on universities, businesses and...

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...

Re-Worked

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

A New Paradigm for Sports Venues: Community Connections

Stadiums are big and monolithic, there’s no getting around it. And almost by definition, stadiums are venues that...

Destination Airports

A new generation of terminals elevates the travel experience

Now Boarding: A New Skylife

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

Motel Revivalism: The Destination for Seamless Work & Travel

Tourists longing for road trips and outdoor adventures, paired with working travelers’ “work-from-anywhere...

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...

How the Pandemic Has Shaped Our Understanding of the Trading Floor

Now that COVID-19 has challenged the norm, Gensler is examining how design should support trading floor activity.

Are Our COVID-19 Responses Missing the Big Picture?

We must keep the climate costs of our Post-COVID workplaces in mind as we plan for a new normal.

4 Considerations for the New Retail Environment

How can retailers make customers feel engaged and at ease as we emerge from these challenging times?

Community Impact Is a Key Strategy in Returning to the Office

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

What Going Back to School Might Look Like

What does the future of education look like, and what should schools be doing now to prepare?

Designing Government Offices for the Post-COVID Era

As we prepare to return to the workplace, whenever that happens, what should public agencies and departments be...

As Data Demand Surges, It’s Time to Invest in IT Infrastructure

The demand for data spurred by this health crisis has highlighted the need to invest in critical facilities...

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...

Listening Through the Noise

An investigation on designing for productive sound in the workplace.

Inclusion by Design: Insights from Design Week Portland

During Design Week Portland, the local Gensler office engaged members of the community in a conversation about...

Celebrating 20 Years of Design Excellence

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Gensler Design Excellence Awards, a program that seeks to elevate the...

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

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

Designing for All Learners: 5 Myths Debunked

Instead of designing to the mythical “average learner” and adapting to accommodate outliers, it’s time we flip the...

California's New Gold Standard for Net Zero Developments

The latest innovation from the state that gave us blue jeans, popsicles, personal computers, skateboards, and the...

The Promise of the Internet of Things in an Airport Environment

In the competitive scramble of airlines and airports to differentiate themselves, the Internet of Things has...

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...

You Are Beautiful: Dining by Design

For the 22nd installment of DIFFA New York’s Dining By Design, design firms across the city mobilized to produce 23...

How Open Is Too Open for Your Office?

It’s time to end the debate about whether offices should be an open or closed environment. New data from Gensler's...

How Do We Accommodate Traveling Service Animals?

In order to make travel more accessible for all passengers, airports are required to provide relief areas for use by...

It's Time for Office Amenities to Get to Work

As the office landscape continues to evolve and companies grant their employees more freedom and choice to work...

10 Tips for Success in an Open Plan

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

Why Not-For-Profits Deserve a Utopian Workplace

Not-for-profit employees are four times more likely to be motivated by mission than the average employee in another...

Your Data Connection Has Timed Out

As demand for more data increases, cities must plan for a digital framework that looks nothing like today’s...

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

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

An Advocate’s Journey: The Role of Design in Enabling Issue Advocacy

In the design world there are a lot of buzzwords we hear every day: experience, purpose, disruption... But what...

Treat Us Like a Client: Three Things I’d Do Differently in Designing Our New Workplace

When planning a new office in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Gensler became the client, rather than the design team. A year...

How the Built Environment Can Help the Climate Crisis

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

City of Hope Honors Gensler With Spirit of Life Award

City of Hope Honors Gensler With Spirit of Life Award

Preparing for the Future Now with Resilient Design

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

The Smart and the Beautiful Dichotomies in Workplace Design

For tomorrow's workplace, the prime differentiator will be realizing a firm’s cultural promise through the physical...

Six Steps to Conquer Workplace Churn and Maintain Reliable Data

If a constant shuffling of desks in your workplace seems like it’s become the new norm, you’re not alone.

Red Bull Reenergizes a Warehouse as Their Atlanta Workplace

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

The Open Office Isn’t Dead

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

Will California Lead the Way to Energy Independence?

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

Designing the First Triple-Certified Green Building in China

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

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

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

The Healing Power of Green Spaces

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

Museum Experience Index?

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

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

Here, we offer five ways that amenities can help developers and building owners attract and secure tenants by...

A Day in the Life of an Agile Worker

As companies seek to gain efficiencies in the workplace, provide choice for employees, and attract and retain...

But First Let Me Take a Selfie: Designing Sharable Moments

As our lives become more digitally connected, there is not a moment uninterrupted by the desire to post something...

Six Urban Design Trends to Watch in 2018

Gensler Atlanta's Office Expansion: A Co-Creating Environment

When we started thinking about our expansion space for Gensler Atlanta’s office last May, we wanted to build an...

Is There a Future in Retail Banking? Part II

BankUnited defines itself as a Network Bank by creating a cohesive multifunctional environment that integrates...

Radical Collaboration: 50 Conversations

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

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.

Gensler Recognized as Top Firm in Building Design's 2018 World Architecture 100

Gensler Recognized as #1 Firm in Building Design's World Architecture Top 100 for 2018

How Environmental Graphics can Inspire Culture and Creativity

The big question is, once you secure outstanding talent, how do you keep the creative juices flowing and help...

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...

How Businesses Can Compete on Experience, and Win on Design

Today, the goal of every project we design at Gensler is to make a positive impact to peoples’ experiences.

Seven Ideas to Create an Inspiring Workplace

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

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...

Design as an Innovation Super Power

Innovation is an overused word and an underexplored practice.

Make Your Workplace Data Work for You

Space has the ability to transform a company’s culture and provide an engaging employee experience vital to success...

Factors Fueling a New Era for Campus Planning

Northwestern's new San Francisco satellite space is one example of how the institution is integrating its global...

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...

Comparing Boma 2010 and 2017 Office Standards

This fall, the Building Owners and Managers Association International (BOMA) will release the latest version of its...

Wellbeing in the Workplace Has Superpowers

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

Gensler Research + Innovation Awards 2017

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

Dear Office Worker, The Future Is Free-Address

Workplaces are shifting from endless rows of cubes to a free-address work environment that allows you to work...

Are Law Firms Ready to Work Remotely?

The legal industry and most other industries are reshaping their workplaces. The most innovative of the bunch are...

Change by Design: A New Framework for Leading Continuous Change

The right work environment is an incredible tool for facilitating change.

Field Notes: Designing for Today's News Outlets

From "Blackbeard’s Ghost" to Louis Kahn, Design Director and Principal David Epstein Unveils His Influences

A look into a designer's early inspirations.

Has Connectivity Changed Our Experience of Place?

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

How to Design Transformative Scientific Spaces? Put People First

Moffitt Cancer Center Core Laboratory. When you think of a research lab, you might conjure images of sterile...

Setting the Bar High for Design Excellence

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

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...

Re-Imagining an American Icon

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

A Restroom for Everyone

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

Employee Engagement: A Core Business Strategy

Successful business leaders realize that having engaged employees is not an HR program, but a core business...

The Case for Space as Education Shifts the Frame

The U.S. workforce has undergone a significant shift in recent years. People change jobs roughly every 4.2 years...

Seven Ways Icons On Floorplans Add Value

When it comes to space and occupancy management, an accurate floor plan can do more than just represent the physical...

Want to Attract Top Talent? Focus on the Employee Experience

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

The Set List: Trends and Insights for 2017 and Beyond

Editor’s note: this blog is the first in a series discussing trends and insights into the world around us. “The...

The Hospital Left Behind

An investigation into the creative re-use of aging hospitals.

UK Workplace Survey 2016: Bridging the Gap

Gensler’s 2016 UK Workplace Survey marked the official launch of the survey’s key findings and extended report....

Gensler Partners with the City of Bogotá on Community Center Initiative

Gensler Partners with the City of Bogotá on Community Center Initiative

Who Defines Your Brand, Anyway?

Airbnb headquarters. . How do you define a brand’s value? And who, ultimately, defines it? Despite common belief, a...

A Workplace Designed for the Innovation Economy

The ability to drive new innovation is becoming an essential requirement for organizations to stay competitive...

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

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

The New Wave: Innovative Learning Environments

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

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...

Retail & Social Media

The retail/virtual way people live is prompting a revolution in the retail experience.

Travel Gets Hospitable

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

More Than a Game

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

Measuring Experience

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

Roundtable: Living the Transitional Lifestyle

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

Learning That Sticks

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

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...

Inspiring Learning: STEM Center Fosters Learning in Unexpected Places

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

Designing Vibrant Communities

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

Gensler Signs Paris Pledge for Action on Climate Change

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

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...

Using Data to Build a Case for Change

Data can have a huge impact on strategy and profitability.

Delivering Creativity on a Global Scale

Our firm revolves around a shared commitment to design excellence and a culture of entrepreneurial self-sustaining...

Capturing Utilization and Activity Data in the Workplace

While utilization is an important metric to inform how frequently a space is used, it’s important to consider...

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...

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...

Cost Versus Value in Corporate Real Estate

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

Microbrands: Think Small

Over the past 50 years, the practice of branding has undergone profound changes. From a contemporary vantage point...

Insta-Architecture: How Social Media Will Build Buildings

Image: Flickr We have evolved into digitized beasts capable of sending personal statements in a matter of seconds...

Cahuenga Crossing: Bringing Open Space to Hollywood

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

Shifting the Focus in Philadelphia

Gensler's temporary installation at this year's Design Philadelphia celebration. Philadelphia has not lost its...

"The Future Will Look More Like the Past Than the Present"

Is this the future of the workplace? Source: seagate.com Kate Stone, founder of Novalia, said this during a recent...

Workplace Now

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

Finding Your Balance

Workplace strategy seeks to increase collaboration and real estate efficiency. The risk is distraction, which can...

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...

Roundtable: Work in 2025

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

An Ode to Vinyl

Vinyl album sales are making a strong comeback. Korean credit card company Hyundai Card has taken the notion of...

Cactus League Kings

Every March, the Cactus League, a tradition in and around Phoenix since 1947, stages the annual Arizona-based Spring...

Welcome to Digitalab: Evolution is Inevitable…

Ourbanity Master plan study by Ben Minton that can be easily adapted and optimised depending on the designer’s...

Brands Go Global

Why do some brands thrive in new markets while others fall flat? An understanding of local context and an openness...

The Collison of Digital and Physical Design In Retail

In a future inevitably driven by our increasing connectedness to digital technologies, how will customers choose to...

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...

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...

Education Gets Its Game On

From middle schools to universities, the push is on to speed up learning and spark people’s creativity. Tech figures...

How Do You Define Museum?

The idea of an art museum is in constant flux. As a building type, it walks a fine line between aesthetics and...

A Student View of Academic Libraries

While much of their content is web accessible, libraries endure on the campus. New Gensler research looks at their...

Planning Resilient Communities

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

Don't Forget Delight

Airports are experiential as well as functional. How well they deliver as places where pleasure lingers in...

Split Decision

The edgy offices for San Francisco advertising agency MUH-TAY-ZIK | HOF-FER are a testament to collaboration between...

Rooted in Place

Mexican retailer El Palacio de Hierro asked Gensler to design a luxury department store in Querétaro that was...

Community Hub

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

SCI-Arc + Gensler Applied Studies Collaboration

As Gensler continues to further explore the advancement of technology and materials, our interest to collaborate...

Millennials Define the Creative Workspace

In a recent article published in the Viewpoints, a publication of the National Association of Real Estate Investment...

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...

Work in the City: Urbanization on the Edge

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

World of Leisure: Latin America

The 2014 FIFA World Cup proved that when it comes to leisure, Latin America is a player. Sports are big, but the...

World of Leisure: Asia + Australia

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

World of Leisure: The Middle East + Europe

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

Cheerleaders, Groupies & Fair-weather Fans

Emotional attachment is something brands desire from their customers, and with good reason, but Gensler’s 2013 Brand...

Transformer

The design of a new headquarters telegraphs a company’s priorities and ambition. Motorola Mobility’s new HQ conveys...

Hackney Calling

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

Tilt!

High above Chicago’s lakefront skyline, French tourist-attraction operator Montparnasse 56 is giving Hancock Tower...

New Hub on Campus: Where Learning is Headed and What It Means for the College Campus

The University of Kansas School of Business. It seems that the most recent buildings to pop up on college campuses...

What Is the Function of Libraries in Our New Wired World

The desire to work in a physical environment surrounded by other people is why libraries remain important places for...

Win or Lose? Factors of Engagement with Sports Brands

Whenever my husband and I travel outside of the United States, we like to play a game called “count the American...

Work and the Metropolis

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

Real Estate’s Global Viewpoint

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

The Power to Question

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

Keeping It Fresh

To keep passengers in the forefront, Terminal 3 at San Francisco International Airport was redesigned to address...

Towers of Power

Through the power of light, Detroit’s most recognizable tower has been transformed into a signpost for the Motor...

Street Theater

The Ferrari Store grabs the attention of passersby with a storefront installation that evokes the adrenaline rush of...

Rage Against the Machines?

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

Shopping the Globe: Shanghai

A new Diesel flagship, for which Gensler was the architect-of-record, brings global fashion to Shanghai’s savvy...

Life is Urban Again

Cities are cool. I find myself increasingly fascinated with how attractive city living is for so many new urban...

Design Premium

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

The State of STEM: Aligning Design with Pedagogy

The Dwight-Englewood School. Image ? Gensler Discussions of “STEM” have been on the rise for the better part of the...

Illuminating the Downtown Los Angeles Art Scene

On October 4, The Well in Downtown Los Angeles plays host to LA Luz, a showcase of internationally acclaimed and...

Reactivating the Student Center on the Modern Campus

To kick-off another school year, Gensler’s Chicago office hosted its fourth event in a four-part panel series on...

Reimagining ColorPlus

An Indian retail icon looks to Gensler to refresh and redefine its brand

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...

Reimagining Cities

Envisioning a better urban future by redefining the Town Square

When Does LED Work for You?

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

The Case for Flipping the Terminal

In the very early days of commercial aviation, designers used train stations as inspiration for airport terminals...

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...

Wake up! We’re in The Matrix

Recently I’ve attended a lot of meetings with clients who are interested in knowing what they should develop to not...

Shopping the Globe

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

The Resurgence of the Department Store: Product Curation

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

A Whole New Ballgame

The sophisticated business of planning successful sports venues

Maximizing ROI for Sports Stadium Sponsorships

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

The Developing City

Gensler envisions London in 2050 for a summer-long exhibition

The Promise and Puzzle of Mobile Work

“Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” Alexander Graham Bell’s first words on a telephone — March 10, 1876 The...

All Squared Away

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

A New Paradigm for Sports Venues: Technology

This is the fourth article in a five part series. Read the Full Report. We’ve gotten used to anytime-anywhere access...

A New School for Jacmel

Taking a “little by little” approach to building Haiti’s future anew

The London River Park

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

Values-Based Retail

A look at six savvy companies serving up the good values their customers seek

Virtual Me, Virtual U

How schools are using technology to transform the halls of higher education

Virtual Me, Virtual U: Part II

How schools are using technology to transform the halls of higher education

Farmers Field

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

First Position

Houston Ballet’s new Center for Dance becomes nation’s largest dance facility

Measuring the Workplace Value Proposition

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

2016 Design Forecast - Community

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