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The Top 10 Cities People Don’t Want to Leave
Gensler’s 2025 City Pulse survey reveals the top cities where people not only move to, but also stay long-term.
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Building a New Temporary Home for Pali High
In the wake of L.A. wildfires, Gensler transformed a former Sears department store into a high school for 2,500 students in just four weeks.
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The 20 Cities Attracting the Most Newcomers
New city residents often leave within five years. To remain successful, these magnetic cities must also engage and retain their new populations.
Press Release
AIA Chicago Announces Gensler as Recipient of 2025 Firm Award
The Firm Award is the highest honor a Chicago firm can receive from the local chapter of The American Institute of Architects.
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Urban Land Institute
Gensler’s Office-to-Residential Conversion of Pearl House Honored with 2025 ULI Americas Award for Excellence
With premium amenities and bold reuse strategies, Pearl House reactivates a once-quiet part of Lower Manhattan.
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The Biggest Challenge to Office Conversions Isn’t Design — It’s the Status Quo
Office-to-residential conversions have the ability to unlock affordable housing and revitalize cities, but only if the market can move beyond the status quo.
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Office-to-Hotel Conversions: Resilient Opportunities for Downtown Districts
Older and smaller Class B or C office buildings have been hit hard by high vacancy rates. Converting them to efficient, business travel hotels could offer an economical solution that supports the overall health of downtown business districts.
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The New Workplace Experiences That People Crave
Employees want to move past the corporate workplace experience to more creative, natural, and residential environments.
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The Future of Work Is Human: Designing for Culture and Experience
The challenge in front of us is to design places that empower creativity, build belonging, and support people and teams to do their best work — whatever that looks like.
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Challenger Cities
Challenger Cities Featured Gensler’s Sofia Song on a Podcast About “The Magnetic, Messy Cities People Don’t Leave”
The discussion centered on Gensler’s City Pulse Survey, which explores what makes cities not just livable — but lovable. Song notes, “What draws people to cities is pragmatic. What gets people to stay are the intangibles.”
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Reimagining Care in the Heart of Our Cities
An innovative intergenerational care concept seeks to transform how we support caregivers while revitalizing underutilized commercial spaces.
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The Straits Times
Singapore Ranks No. 3 on Gensler’s City Pulse Survey 2025 List of World’s ‘Magnetic Cities’
The Straits Times highlighted Gensler’s City Pulse Survey 2025, which found Singapore ranks No. 3 on a list of world’s ‘magnetic cities’ where newcomers and residents feel they are most likely to stay.
Press Release
Gensler Honored as 2025 Recipient of the National Building Museum Honor Award
The National Building Museum honored Gensler’s transformative impact across communities around the world at the 38th Annual National Building Museum Gala.
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Wall Street Journal
How the Trend Toward Luxurious, Convenience-Driven Travel Is Transforming the Airport Hotel Experience
Properties like the Westin Denver International Airport, designed by Gensler, are redefining the overnight layover or early morning flight with upscale amenities — from fine dining to panoramic runway views.
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How the Nighttime Economy Is Rewriting Urban Design
Cities around the world are beginning to take the nighttime economy seriously — not as a separate or secondary system, but as a vital counterpart to daytime urban life.
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The Value of Time in Retail Environments
Time is a precious commodity, and brands that understand its value and choreograph both fast and slow retail experiences will thrive.
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Designing an Eco-Retreat in Costa Rica’s Rainforest
Gensler Paris’ Managing Director explores how hospitality trends influence the design of this new Costa Rican resort — from the demand for cultural immersion to the rising appeal of slow travel.
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Gensler’s New Carbon Benchmarking Tool (gBlox.CO2) Helps Designers Create More Resilient Buildings
gBlox.CO2 evaluates carbon impact at the earliest stages of design, comparing material choices and design strategies in real time, while cutting down complex analysis stages to just minutes.
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.
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