Firm Profile
We Are a Powerful Catalyst for Positive Change
At Gensler, the value of our work stems from its positive impact on the human experience. We are a dynamic and collaborative design firm uniting creativity, research, and innovation to create impactful, cutting-edge solutions for our clients. Together, we are reimagining the cities, places, and experiences that impact people’s everyday lives. Founded in 1965, Gensler has built a team of 6,000 professionals who partner with clients in over 100 countries each year on projects that act as catalysts for growth. Everything we do is guided by our mission: to create a better world through the power of design.
The Source of Our Strength is Our People
Gensler’s inclusive One-Firm Firm culture is rooted in the belief that we are a constellation of stars, strengthened by our global connectivity and local expertise. The collective efforts of Gensler’s 6,000+ people, working from 56 offices across 16 countries offers our clients a diversity of ideas and a level of local knowledge and authentic community ties that is second to none in the industry. Our seamless, integrated, and inclusive culture make our design work exponentially more powerful.
Gensler Voices: Shirin Masoudi on Her Design Inspiration
Shirin Masoudi, a designer for Gensler Seattle, shares her unique perspective on design.
Gensler Voices: Jonathan Plass on How Listening Can Bring Inspiration
Jonathan Plass, a design analyst for Gensler Washington, D.C., shares his career journey in design from early influences to his favorite projects.
Gensler Voices: Ariadna Hernandez on Design’s Greatest Strength
Ariadna Hernandez, a designer for Gensler Washington, D.C., shares how design can improve lives from multiple angles.
Our Research and Thought Leadership Spur Innovation
Design Forecast 2026
Gensler’s Design Forecast 2026 explores the top global design trends and strategies shaping the future of the built environment. With insights, research, and projects across 33 practices, we help clients elevate the human experience.
Global Workplace Survey 2025
Gensler’s Global Workplace Survey 2025 reveals the importance of in-person work and insights on how workplaces can be better designed to support all forms of work for individuals and teams.
The Future of Real Estate Metrics: Human Connection
The places that thrive in the years ahead will be designed to build relationships, inspire belonging, and foster togetherness.
City Pulse 2025
Gensler surveyed 33,000 people across 65 cities to uncover what makes a city magnetic — how it attracts new residents and keeps them wanting to stay.
Design as Storytelling: How AI Is Transforming the Way We Imagine, Create, and Connect
AI isn’t here to replace creativity. It’s here to amplify it — helping us move from inspiration to iteration with greater speed and substance.
700k
More than 700,000 employees have informed millions of key data points captured by the Gensler Research Institute.
The Gensler Research Institute is a network of researchers committed to developing a deeper understanding of the connection between design, business, and the human experience.
GLOBAL RECOGNITION
In 2025, Forbes honored Gensler among America’s Best Large Employers. In 2025 and 2024, Gensler was recognized as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. In 2025, Gensler was named the #1 Architectural Firm in the world by Interior Design and the #1 Architecture Firm in the U.S. by Architectural Record.
We Are Transforming the Built Environment for a Resilient Future
Gensler Product Sustainability Standards 2.0
Gensler is leading the industry by setting sustainability standards for products that we specify on behalf of our clients. Our open-source tool — the GPS Interactive Table — provides concise information for both manufacturers and our firm’s designers.
Under Armour Global Headquarters
Baltimore, Maryland
Gensler collaborated with Under Armour to design a groundbreaking headquarters and destination for collaboration, athletic excellence, and community connection.
10 Gresham Street
London, United Kingdom
Gensler partnered with CBRE IM to reimagine 10 Gresham Street, an office building transformation that will usher in a new sustainable future in London.
Virgin Media O2 Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Virgin Media O2’s sustainable, inclusive, and ‘supercharged’ London headquarters brings its newly united workforce together in a purpose-built environment.
Poder Judicial Puntarenas
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
The Judiciary building is designed as a centralized, inclusive, and user-friendly courthouse to welcome and offer safe shelter to the community of Puntarenas.
UGG Xintiandi Flagship Store
Shanghai, China
The new UGG Xintiandi flagship in Shanghai, designed by Gensler and Deckers, is an immersive experience retail space centered on community and brand building.
Inovus
Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico
The Inovus project in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, is set to become a catalyst for regional innovation and is the first project in Mexico to integrate hospitality into
Celonis
Munich, Germany
Gensler collaborated with Celonis on the design of its customer-centric Executive Briefing Center in Munich, which provides exclusive access and insights.
110 The Queen’s Walk
London, United Kingdom
Gensler has developed plans to sensitively refurbish and revitalise the vacant building located at 110 The Queen’s Walk, formerly known as City Hall, and its surrounding public realm.
Buro Happold
Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom
Buro Happold’s London headquarters in Shoreditch is a ‘Home for Big Ideas’ that pushes the boundaries of sustainability, experimentation, and inclusive design.
Google at St. John’s Terminal
New York, New York
St. John’s Terminal is a sustainable 12-story workplace designed as Google’s Global Business Organization headquarters located in Hudson Square in New York.
AltaSea
San Pedro, California
AltaSea, located at the Port of Los Angeles, will be a net-positive innovation campus that fully immerses people in the urban marine environment.
Lupita’s Corner, Los Angeles
Gensler Los Angeles helped transform a local market, Lupita’s Corner, into a community hub that offers healthy food options at affordable prices to an LA neighborhood that has little access to fresh fruits and vegetables.
We’re Committed to Enriching Our Communities
As stewards of our local communities, we are keenly focused on how we can design impactful, meaningful projects that benefit the people who live in them. Across every Gensler office around the world, our people donate their time, skills, and passion to their communities through volunteer service and pro bono and low bono work. We believe that when we put people first, we make the world a better place.
IN THE MEDIA
Forbes CEO Newsletter Explores the Co-CEO Model, Spotlighting Gensler’s Co-CEOs Jordan Goldstein and Elizabeth Brink
Extending across the firm, Gensler’s co-leadership model is defined by “a one-plus-one-equals-three approach,” Goldstein says.
Gensler Chief Financial Officer Greg Richart on Navigating the CFO Role in a Co-CEO Structure
Greg Richart shares candid insights on alignment and governance in his role as a strategic partner at Gensler. He lists trust, emotional intelligence, and humility as the key advantages to working with the firm’s Co-CEOs.
Design Insider Spotlights How Gensler’s Escapade Spa-Francorchamps Concept Redefines Motorsport Destination Venues
Gensler’s design concept for Escapade Spa-Francorchamps features a trackside hotel, wellness and performance centre, event spaces, and on-circuit residences.
Airport Architecture Spotlights Gensler-Designed New Terminal 1 at San Diego International Airport
The airport was designed with a focus on centering the passenger experience and prioritizing flexibility to “create a building that can be grown into, hacked in the future,” says Gensler Principal Terence Young.
The Human Rights Campaign Recognized Gensler With a Perfect Score on the HRC’s 2026 Corporate Equality Index
The Human Rights Campaign honored Gensler with the Equality 100 Award and as a Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion in the United States for the second year in a row.
The Conference Board Featured A Keynote by Gensler Co-CEO Elizabeth Brink on Forces Shaping the Future of Work
Gensler Co-CEO Elizabeth Brink shared how organizations can navigate economic uncertainty, evolving employee expectations, and rapid technological shifts with experience-driven design and long-term resilience.
Gensler’s Renovation of the Helen Keller National Center’s Public Spaces Adapts the Atrium To Be Accessible for the Community
Gensler’s Siobhan Barry explained how design considerations make the space welcoming, such as divots and shifts in the flooring to make navigating easier, plus room for guide dogs to sprawl.
Gensler’s Robert Fuller Shares the Challenges and Lessons Learned From Converting Over 5 Million Square Feet of NYC Office Space
Fuller states, “We’re in a unique moment now where the stars are aligning for a wave of new housing to come out of repurposing existing buildings.”
Semafor Explores How Businesses Are Adapting Workspaces to Embrace the AI-Enabled Work Revolution
Gensler Co-CEO Elizabeth Brink shared how organizations are reimagining their physical offices to embrace new technology — and also provide tech-free zones.
Gensler Co-CEOs Join “I Hear Design” Podcast to Share Key Takeaways From 2026’s Design Forecast
Gensler Co-CEOs Jordan Goldstein and Elizabeth Brink explored how creativity, data, and emerging technologies are shaping the future of cities, workplaces, and experience-driven design.
People Magazine Spotlighted the “World’s Most Beautiful Airport” — the Gensler-Designed San Francisco International Airport Terminal 1
SFO Harvey Milk Terminal 1, which was awarded the Prix Versailles, sets a new standard for sustainability and wellness, while celebrating the Bay Area’s distinct culture.
Travel + Leisure Featured SFO Harvey Milk Terminal 1, Named the “World’s Most Beautiful Airport” by Prix Versailles
Recognized for its sustainability, cultural storytelling, and passenger-first design, the Gensler-designed San Francisco International Airport’s Terminal 1 sets a global standard.
Is AI Rewriting the Value of Architecture? Gensler Thinks So
Gensler’s 2026 Design Forecast positions AI, human experience, adaptability, and climate resilience as the new drivers of real estate and design value — redefining traditional metrics like square footage and efficiency.
Inside General Motors’ New Headquarters, Designed by Gensler in Collaboration With the GM Industrial Design Team
Fast Company toured General Motors’ new global headquarters in Detroit, which reflects GM’s mid-century modern legacy and commitment to innovation, while celebrating its deep roots in the city.
Semafor Features Insights From Gensler’s Jackson Metcalf on Data Center Design Trends
Gensler is designing a data center in the Netherlands with vertical gardens, a data center in Phoenix that “looks more like a modern art museum,” and one in Canada that blends into the wooded landscape.
We Grow Our Firm by Growing Our People
Gensler’s entrepreneurial culture empowers people to pursue their passions, learn new skills, take on greater responsibility, and do the best work of their careers.
We Support the Education of Emerging Design Talent
Over the past year alone, Gensler has awarded nearly $200,000 through our scholarship, design challenge, and bursary programs.
We Support the Education of Emerging Design Talent
Over the past year alone, our scholarship programs have awarded nearly $200,000 through the Brinkmann Scholarship, the Rising Black Designers Scholarship, and the Diversity in Design Bursary program.
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