Insight
5 Trends Shaping Design in 2025
Here are the 5 most important and actionable themes shaping design in 2025, based on over 100 trends across 33 industries around the world.
Press Release
Gensler’s 2025 Design Forecast Reveals Trends Shaping Urban Transformation
Since 2013, the report has highlighted trends shaping the future; this year’s edition offers a blueprint for sustainable, human-centered spaces and evolving city dynamics.
In The Media
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Fortune
Fortune Spotlights Gensler’s Predictions for the Trends Expected to Shape Design in the Coming Year
Gensler Co-CEOs Jordan Goldstein and Elizabeth Brink discussed Design Forecast 2025 trends, including reimagining city life, addressing attainable housing, and creating shared experiences that “drive community engagement and bring people together.”
Blog
The Powerful Influence of Experience Design in Transforming Retail
The intersection of retail and experience design yields curated atmospheres that foster community connection and strengthen brand loyalty.
Blog
How Your Workplace Can Supercharge Performance
What workplaces can learn from the gym and the football pitch about creating environments that inspire workers to stretch, develop, and achieve.
In The Media
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The New York Times
The New York Times Explores the Ongoing Transformation of New York’s Hudson Square Neighborhood
Gensler Managing Director Amanda Carroll detailed the firm’s work on Disney’s new headquarters and Google’s new home at St. John’s Terminal in Hudson Square, noting the benefits of ample access to outdoor spaces.
Blog
Trends to Watch: Building City Identities to Become Destination Brands
How can brand positioning and a compelling narrative help cities create global destinations and build strong brand advocates?
In The Media
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CoStar
CoStar Covered Gensler’s 2025 Design Forecast and the Rise of Building Conversions Beyond Office-to-Residential
The piece features Loffler headquarters in Minneapolis, a former Sam’s Club, as an example of how developers and designers are approaching the conversion prototype from new angles.
Blog
How a New Vision for Flexible Co-Living Conversions Can Support Housing Affordability
Gensler and The Pew Charitable Trusts studied building typologies in three cities to better understand the potential in this unique office-to-residential conversion model.
Blog
Designing a Sustainable Hospital of the Future
By prioritizing critical care, streamlining support services, and designing for long-term adaptability, hospitals can create a more sustainable future for healthcare.
Blog
Why Low-Carbon, Healthy Materials Are an Imperative for the Building Industry
Gensler’s updated Product Sustainability Standards aim to reduce the environmental impact of the building material supply chain, while driving industry change.
Blog
How Immersive Food and Beverage Experiences Are Redefining Hospitality
Food and beverage spaces have unique potential as experiential destinations that authentically convene community in a way that is familiar, universal, and transformative.
Blog
Designing for the Future of Theater and Immersive Entertainment
Our Media and Entertainment leaders discuss what’s next for immersive theater and performing arts venues.
Blog
Designing Safe, Walkable Cities for Future Generations of Children
Thoughtful urban design can transform cities into vibrant, inclusive spaces where children can thrive, connect, and grow.
Blog
Uncovering Growth: Wellness Real Estate Across the Market
An increased emphasis on physical, emotional, and social health has had a significant impact on the goods, services, and spaces that support peoples’ overall well-being.
Blog
Conversions for Healthcare: 10 Takeaways for the Future
As healthcare systems shift to a new model of distributed care, adaptive reuse of older buildings will be an important strategy to sustainably achieve their goals.
Blog
4 Powerful Approaches for Putting Climate Goals to Action
We’ve identified four approaches that put organizations on a credible path to achieving climate goals.
Blog
From Mill Towns to Cities: How the Mass Timber Revolution Is Impacting People and the Planet
What if there was something the design industry could do to revitalize rural communities with access to abundant, renewable forest resources?
Insight
Gensler Product Sustainability Standards 1.0
Gensler has made a commitment to reduce the carbon emissions on our projects by 2030. A critical step in that process is setting sustainability standards for the products that we specify every day on behalf of our clients.
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Gensler’s design for a vibrant mixed-use development, 1364ah Lifestyle Center, captures Riyadh’s existing essence as foundation for a fast-growing population.
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