We Use Design to Create a Better World
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 solve complex problems for our clients. Our work challenges conventional ideas about architecture and the built environment. We aren’t just designing buildings — we are reimagining cities and places that make a difference in people’s lives. Founded in 1965, Gensler has built a team of 6,000 professionals who partner with clients in over 100 countries each year. Everything we do is guided by our mission: to create a better world through the power of design. We are capturing the firm’s ethos and unique culture in the 2023 One‑Firm Firm publication, our inaugural digital-first annual report.
The Source of Our Strength Is Our People
By leveraging our diversity of ideas, our research and innovation, our shared values, and our One-Firm Firm culture, we are moving forward together into a new era defined by design. By empowering our people and working seamlessly as an interconnected firm, we’re able to make the greatest impact for our communities as we continue to tackle the world’s challenges.
GENSLER VOICES
Gensler Voices: Shirin Masoudi on Her Design Inspiration
Shirin Masoudi, a designer for Gensler Seattle, shares her unique perspective on design.
Gensler Voices: Simba Mafundikwa on Continued Learning
Simba Mafundikwa, a designer for Gensler Seattle, shares how being a forever student is the key to growth.
Gensler Voices: Emilie Baltz on Community-Based Design
Emilie Baltz, a designer for Gensler New York, shares how to drive purpose in design.
We are a constellation of stars invigorated by our incredible diversity and global reach. Our team of 6,000+ talented design professionals, strategists, innovators, and leaders is driven by a shared purpose to improve how people experience the places we build.
Our Research and Thought Leadership Spur Innovation
From exploring the future of the workplace to the evolution of cities, we’re investing in research and thought leadership to deliver data-driven insights and strategies to help our clients navigate a changing world.
LATEST PUBLICATIONS
Design for a Radically Changing World
Gensler’s Global Co-Chairs Andy Cohen and Diane Hoskins share their unique perspectives in a new book, “Design for a Radically Changing World.” The publication focuses on the impact of design on our everyday lives and offers innovative ways that design can help address pressing issues affecting our global cities and communities.
Vulnerable Communities & Climate Change: Building in Resilience
Resilience hubs, which offer community spaces, disaster preparedness, and self-sustainability, can improve insurability, lower insurance rates, and enhance the resilience of vulnerable cities.
REACH for Transit: Improving Rider Experience and Customer Hospitality
To boost public transit ridership, cities must address safety concerns, reduce wait times, improve system navigation, and enhance the overall rider experience.
Aligning Practice With Climate Justice
Our research explores how climate change disproportionately affects under-invested communities nationwide, with a current focus on Baltimore. We aim to inspire equitable design practices through a framework that prioritizes climate justice.
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. Supported by a combination of research grants and external partnerships, we capture insights to identify how design can address issues of global wellness, climate change, and social equity as we build a more resilient future together.
GLOBAL RECOGNITION
In 2024, Gensler was recognized as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company, earning the #6 overall ranking and #1 in the Urban Development and Real Estate category. Interior Design magazine called the firm the #1 Architectural Firm in the world in 2024, and Architectural Record and Building Design+Construction acknowledged Gensler as the #1 Architecture Firm in the U.S.
We Are Transforming the Built Environment for a Net Zero Future
We continue to sharpen our climate action focus with fresh research, new design capabilities, and updated priorities to meet our goal of achieving a net zero carbon portfolio by 2030. Through our Green Materials Initiative, we are also working to reshape the entire building materials supply chain to significantly reduce construction-related carbon emissions.
Climate Action Through Design
Our Climate Action Through Design Report presents solutions for transforming the built environment to achieve a net zero carbon impact across our portfolio and the broader design industry.
300m
By 2030, Gensler will have saved 300m metric tons of CO2.
—Climate Action Through Design
We Want to Be the Example for a More Diverse and Inclusive World
Gensler is committed to driving change across the design industry, our client relationships, and the cities where we live, work, and play. We are dedicated to leading this change by starting from within.
NOMA Project Pipeline, Chicago
Gensler Chicago volunteer mentors participated in Project Pipeline’s summer camp — presenting architecture and design career opportunities to students in underserved communities.
Photography: Kai Brown
Photography: Kai Brown
GENSLER’S GLOBAL WORKFORCE
87
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
109
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
1000+
UNIVERSITIES ATTENDED
57
OFFICES
10
REGIONS
54.5%
FEMALE
0.2%
NON-BINARY/THIRD GENDER
45.3%
MALE
Since launching our Strategies to Fight Racism four years ago, we have continued to evolve our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. To grow our global impact, we are embracing a more localized approach in our communities, resulting in our evolved and enhanced Strategies to Build a Just and Inclusive Future. From partnering with our clients in designing equitable spaces, to creating opportunities in our industry for talent to thrive, and introducing young students to design, we have made measurable progress on all fronts and are committed to creating purposeful, inclusive, and resilient spaces for all.
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.
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, our scholarship programs have awarded nearly $200,000 through the Brinkmann Scholarship, the Rising Black Designers Scholarship, and the Diversity in Design Bursary program.
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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