We Use Design to Create a Better World
Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 53 locations and 7,000 professionals networked across the Americas, Europe, Greater China, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. Founded in 1965, the firm works globally with more than 4,000 clients across more than 29 practice areas spanning the work, lifestyle, community, and health sectors. We are guided by our mission to create a better world through the power of design and believe the source of our strength is our people.
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 London
GENSLER VOICES
Gensler Voices: Veterans at Gensler Discuss Leadership, Trust, and Their Military Experiences
We sat down with United States military veterans to explore how the military has informed and inspired their work at Gensler.
Gensler Voices: Katie Karlinchak on the Impact of Universal Design
Katie Karlinchak, a designer for Gensler San Diego, chats about how early influences from family members jumpstarted her design career.
Gensler Voices: Nick Acevedo on Transformation
Nick Acevedo, a designer for Gensler Newport Beach, chats about the benefits of learning throughout your design career.
We are a constellation of stars invigorated by our incredible diversity and global reach. Our team of 7,000 talented design professionals, strategists, innovators, and leaders is driven by a shared purpose to improve how people experience the places we build.
GLOBAL RECOGNITION
In 2023, Gensler was recognized as the #1 architecture firm in the world by Interior Design magazine and the #1 architecture firm in the U.S. by Architectural Record and Building Design+Construction. This year, Gensler was also recognized as the #1 firm on Interior Design’s list of the top 100 sustainable design firms.
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.
225 Wyman, Waltham, Mass.
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 2021
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.
NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif.
LATEST RESEARCH REPORTS
Designing Food-Resilient Cities
We researched how designers can reimagine food production to cities to better connect residents to their food and foster a food-resilient future.
Designing the 2030 Sustainable Office
We developed a framework that stakeholders can use to meet vital embodied and operational carbon targets and achieve sustainable offices by 2030.
U.S. Laboratory Research Scientist Survey 2023
As hybrid work, artificial intelligence, and cloud labs become commonplace in the life science industry, how can the design of laboratory settings evolve to meet needs and demands?
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.
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
101
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
1000+
UNIVERSITIES ATTENDED
53
OFFICES
10
REGIONS
54.9%
FEMALE
.2%
NON-BINARY
44.9%
MALE
Two years since we launched our Strategies to Fight Racism, we continue to evolve our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, taking on an ever more localized approach in each of our communities. From partnering with our clients in designing equitable spaces, to creating opportunities in our industry for diverse talent, we have made measurable progress on all fronts and continue to take action to create purposeful, inclusive, and resilient spaces for everyone.
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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