Addressing Climate Change Is the Moral and Business Imperative of Our Time
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Now is the time to prepare for a resilient future.
A recent study by the Gensler Research Institute found that 72% of adults in the U.S. believe that climate change is an urgent issue, but only 18% feel as though their communities are prepared to tackle it. Design resilience strategies offer a clear roadmap for how to prepare and take action against the worst effects of climate change, including the impact it will have on business, human health and wellbeing, and issues of equity. Gensler is committed to a net zero future for our clients, our communities, and our industry.
Leading the Industry Toward Net Zero
We touch over 1.25 billion square feet every year. We are leading the industry to change the industry.
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The Gensler Cities Climate Challenge (GC3)
Environmental stewardship is at the core of our brand, and GC3 — or the Gensler Cities Climate Challenge — is our roadmap for how we intend to help our clients reach their carbon targets and our goal of making every building in our portfolio net zero carbon.
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Gensler Product Sustainability (GPS) Standards
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. Our GPS Interactive Table provides clear and concise information for both our teams and manufacturers to navigate the stadards we’ve established.
How We Help Clients
Gensler offers sustainable consulting services and strategies for every type and scale of project.
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Climate Action & Sustainability Practice Area
We offer sustainability consulting services and strategies for developers, building owners, and tenants who want and need to minimize their operational and embodied carbon for new or reused buildings.
Performance Assessment & Analytics
We provide insights and analytics so that clients can understand their carbon impact, energy consumption, performance, and ESG goals.
Certification Services
We advise and assist clients looking to achieve third-party certifications such as LEED, Fitwel, ILFI Zero, and BREEAM.
Sustainability Strategies
We help clients identify environmental and climate-related goals and develop climate action plans.
SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS
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Under Armour Global Headquarters
Baltimore, Maryland
Under Armour’s new global headquarters building in Baltimore’s Port Covington reaffirms the company’s long-term resilience commitment in a building, constructed almost entirely of mass timber.
Springdale Green
Austin, Texas
Located on the site of a former brownfield, the reimagined Springdale Green campus represents a new kind of office campus designed to attract the creative workforce with extensive outdoor amenities, newly restored landscape, and a focus on sustainability and wellness.
United Airlines Amenity Hub
Chicago, Illinois
The United Airlines Amenity Hub at Willis Tower creates a place for employees to be social, collaborative, and inspired.
Adobe Founders Tower
San Jose, California
Adobe’s Founders Tower embodies the company’s commitment to creativity, sustainability and inclusivity, and takes an innovative approach to the future of work.
Gensler Seattle Office Redesign
Seattle, Washington
The redesigned Gensler Seattle office features a new office concept centered around a Workshop – a non-precious, scrappy space to experiment, connect, and share
LinkedIn Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska
LinkedIn partnered with Gensler to design its new 200,000-square-foot campus in Omaha, Nebraska — the first portfolio project embracing LinkedIn’s Future of Work Strategy, developed alongside Gensler.
Insight Headquarters
Chandler, Arizona
Gensler worked collaboratively with Insight to create a vibrant, connected workplace that serves as a true embodiment of their entrepreneurial culture.
633 Folsom
San Francisco, California
Embodying a dynamic building reuse story, the reimagined 633 Folsom reduces both embodied and operational carbon and breathes new life into the Folsom Street corridor.
Morning Consult
Washington, D.C.
Morning Consult’s new LEED-Certified headquarters creates a three-dimensional brand experience that evokes the energy and grit required to create powerful forms of change.
San Francisco International Airport, T1 Net Zero Program
San Francisco, California
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has set the goal of becoming the first airport in the world to achieve zero carbon, zero waste, and zero net...
Frisco Public Library
Frisco, Texas
The reimagined Frisco Public Library is an adaptive reuse project that gives new life to a structure that once manufactured both rockets and chicken nuggets.
American Physical Therapy Association Headquarters
Alexandria, Virginia
The new headquarters of the American Physical Therapy Association empowers employee collaboration and promotes mobility, accessibility, and sustainability.
CSULB Parkside North Residence Hall and Housing Administration Building
Long Beach, California
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) enlisted Gensler’s climate and sustainability services to help reach the university’s goal of achieving net-zero status by 2030.
The Lighthouse
South San Francisco, California
The Lighthouse is a shared amenity space for a community of biotech companies in South San Francisco, that is targeting net zero energy.
The Link
Denver, Colorado
The Link is a creative mixed-use office tower in downtown Denver that transforms an existing building into a modern, amenity-rich environment.
Tipner West
Portsmouth, United Kingdom
The most ambitious expansion to the city of Portsmouth in over a century, Tipner Peninsular is being transformed into an exemplar maritime community that will set a new standard for sustainable living and working with health and wellbeing at its core.
The Acre
London, United Kingdom
When Gensler approached the repositioning of a unique but obsolete Brutalist building designed by noted architect Richard Seifert in Covent Garden London, the team recognised the unrealised potential of the existing building early in the process.
Torre Universal Sustainability
San José, Costa Rica
Torre Universal, a modern, class A+ corporate office and retail center in San José, strives to be a benchmark of sustainable development, multimodal mobility, and vertical urbanism.
Fifth + Tillery
Austin, Texas
Reviving a post-industrial site in East Austin, Fifth + Tillery reimagines a large warehouse footprint as a vibrant indoor-outdoor creative office building.
The IIBC — Imperial International Business City
Lagos, Nigeria
Africa’s first smart-eco city, The IIBC — Imperial International Business City — is a 200-hectare sustainable mixed-use residential destination located on a reclaimed island in Lagos Lagoon.
Café Britt Headquarters
Heredia, Costa Rica
Café Britt tapped Gensler to design a highly sustainable headquarters that mirror its company values and embodies its environmental responsibility ethos.
Viettel Group Headquarters
Hanoi, Vietnam
Viettel Group’s LEED Silver-Certified headquarters marks a new standard with an elegant design that seamlessly integrates both workplace and landscape spaces.
citizenM
Seattle, Washington
Located in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, citizenM is the city’s first fully modular hotel. Designed by Gensler Seattle, the 264 guestrooms are comprised of 228 modules, which were fully finished in the factory to significantly reduce the environmental impacts of traditional construction.
EPIC
Los Angeles, California
Featuring unparalleled access to indoor-outdoor work and social spaces, EPIC defines a future-focused standard for high-rise creative office buildings.
First United Bank
Fredericksburg, Texas
First United Bank wanted to create an open, inviting environment that serves the community with a design that is sustainable, timeless, and long-lasting.
BP Westlake Campus
Houston, Texas
Consistently ranked as one of Houston’s top 10 places to work, BP’s Westlake Campus serves a workforce of nearly 9,000 and consistently pushes the envelope...
Walmart Home Office
Bentonville, Arkansas
Walmart’s new 350-acre home office will be fully integrated into the community, and inclusive of the natural beauty of Northwest Arkansas.
Holt Renfrew Sustainable Guidelines
Toronto, Ontario
Canadian luxury department store chain Holt Renfrew tapped Gensler’s Climate Action & Sustainability consultants to develop its sustainable design and construction guidelines.
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Conservation International
Arlington, Virginia
Attaining LEED Gold certification was only CI's beginning; the project embodies their mission, impacting the design, sustainability elements, and overall building improvements while going beyond LEED requirements.
World Plaza
Manila, Philippines
World Plaza, a 27-story office building located in Fort Bonifacio Global City, was designed to integrate with the surrounding business and hospitality...
UPCycle
Austin, Texas
Guided by the concepts of upcycling, adaptive reuse, and a sustainable design approach, Gensler repositioned a dilapidated old warehouse into creative offices.
Centro de Convenciones de Costa Rica
Heredia, Costa Rica
Costa Rica’s first convention center, designed by Gensler, is a milestone in sustainable design in a country that pioneered eco-tourism and remains committed to a forward-looking green ethos.
Fairmont Austin
Austin, Texas
Located downtown, next to the Austin Convention Center, this new 37-story, 1.4-million square-foot hotel is the third-tallest building in the city. With...
The Finance Centre Tower
Manila, Philippines
The Finance Centre tower is Daiichi Properties’ latest addition to the Fort Bonifacio Global City skyline. With 1.3 million square feet of mixed-use program, the 44-story tower features two floors of retail, a health and wellness amenity floor, 31 floors of office workspace, and a penthouse-level executive office.
CSU Northridge Student Sustainability Center
Northridge, California
Through net zero consulting and LEED certification management, Gensler’s Climate Action & Sustainability consultants helped the Center achieve LEED Platinum status and become the completed net zero energy building in the CSU system, with a 24KW rooftop photovoltaic array with a glazed overhead window that offsets the building’s entire energy needs.
Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC)
Houston, Texas
Gensler designed the Houston Advanced Research Center to embody its sustainability mission and serve as a prototype for affordable, high-performing buildings.
California State University, San Marcos, Field House
San Marcos, California
Designed to meet NCAA Division II standards, this 26,000-square-foot expansion of the M. Gordon Clarke Field House and Student Union joins sports and...
Etsy
Brooklyn, New York
Etsy’s 200,000-square-foot headquarters is one of the largest Living Building Challenge (LBC) Petal-Certified buildings in New York City.
Federal Aviation Administration Southwest Regional Headquarters
Fort Worth, Texas
One of the country’s largest government developments, the FAA’s new environmentally sensitive build-to-suit headquarters will consolidate more than 1,300 of...
Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
Honolulu, Hawaii
An aggressive schedule, the desire for LEED® certification, and a goal of reducing energy consumption by 30 percent are just some of the challenges...
The Tower at PNC Plaza
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
In designing The Tower at PNC Plaza, a 32-story corporate headquarters, Gensler and its partners set a new standard for sustainable skyscrapers.
California State University, Long Beach, Blair Field
Long Beach, California
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) enlisted Gensler’s climate and sustainability services to help reach the university’s goal of achieving net-zero status by 2030. Two ambitious projects establish a culture of sustainability and set a tone for the future of the campus,
Reinsurance Group of America
Chesterfield, Missouri
The St. Louis offices of Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), a global leader in life and health reinsurance, had been spread across three separate...
U.S. General Services Administration, Federal Office Building
Miramar, Florida
Along with Hensel Phelps, Gensler is managing a design-build team that will deliver this new GSA office building to meet the 2030 “net zero” objectives of...
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences and JW Marriott at L.A. LIVE
Los Angeles, California
Gensler designed this 54-story tower as the visual anchor for the larger six-block sports and entertainment district known as L.A. LIVE. Comprising two...
Nixon Peabody LLP
San Francisco, California
Nixon Peabody is the first U.S. law office to achieve LEED® certification. With one of the oldest environmental law practices in the country, the firm's...
Panduit
Tinley Park, Illinois
During the last decade, Gensler has partnered with this global manufacturer and distributor of electrical solutions, developing guidelines and standards for...
Hotel Palomar Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An adaptive re-use of Philadelphia’s historic “Architects Building,” this sophisticated 230-room hotel is Kimpton’s first LEED® Silver-certified property...
The New York Times Company
New York, New York
Transparent news reporting is essential to the success of media companies such as The New York Times Company. The Times' new building is a reflection of the...
CityCenter
Las Vegas, Nevada
Gensler served as Executive Architect for CityCenter, the largest private development in the U.S.,which provides a cosmopolitan hub on The Strip.
Hess Tower
Houston, Texas
Houston’s first downtown LEED® Platinum office building, Hess Tower is a truly 21st century facility. Originally designed as a speculative office building...
AMCOL International
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
A manufacturer of specialty mineral products, AMCOL partnered with Gensler to design a headquarters that showcases innovation and environmental stewardship...
Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Working closely with the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, Gensler developed a design concept for a high-performance renovation of the nonprofit’s office.
Shanghai Tower
Shanghai, China
The 632-meter Shanghai Tower, designed by Gensler, ranks as China’s tallest building and showcases cutting-edge sustainable strategies.
The Clark
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Gensler served as executive architect and sustainability consultant for a series of transformative projects on the Sterling and Francine Clark Art...
The Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries
Beacon, New York
The Beacon Institute’s global center for the study and conservation of waterways is housed in this LEED® Gold adaptive reuse project on the banks of the...
Fletcher Jones Mercedes-Benz of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Adjacent Chicago’s heavily trafficked Kennedy Expressway, this new dealership provides a showcase for Fletcher Jones’ luxury automotive range and commitment to sustainability.
PNC Bank, Harbor East
Baltimore, Maryland
Located within Baltimore’s hip, urban Harbor East neighborhood, this branch incorporates PNC Bank design objectives — recognizable, accessible, sustainable...
New York School of Interior Design
New York, New York
With its new graduate facility, the nearly century-old New York School of Interior Design (NYSID) has a center that embodies a studio atmosphere, while...
American Multinational Energy Corporation
San Ramon, California
In consolidating workers from two buildings to one, this energy firm gained a dynamic work environment that encourages the exchange of ideas, creates a...
Port of Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Seeking to exemplify environmental leadership while meeting its operational and functional needs, the Port of Long Beach sought a new campus maintenance...
Goodyear: Brand Design
Akron, Ohio
In Goodyear’s new Akron headquarters, the company’s culture and legacy have been brought to life through an immersive experience in which clean, modern...
Gensler Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Overlooking Atlanta's famous Peachtree Street in Midtown, Gensler’s local office celebrates and elevates the visibility of the design process. Clients are...
BASF
Florham Park, New Jersey
For its North American regional headquarters, chemical company BASF engaged Gensler to design a progressive and sustainable workplace environment that...
Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, Gratz Center
Chicago, Illinois
Sited on the Magnificent Mile and across from the John Hancock Tower, Fourth Church is one of Chicago’s most visible religious institutions. Built after the...
Duke Kunshan University
Kunshan, China
Just west of Shanghai, this five-building complex is a model of sustainable development, organized around a vast manmade lake and connected by bridges...
Rio 2016 Olympic Master Plan
Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Gensler led a top-finishing competition consortium of architects, urban designers and environmental engineers in the planning and design of Rio Olympic...
Southwest Energy Company Renovation/Repurpose
Southwest, United States
When the economic downturn scrapped a ground-up project, Gensler’s design team had a new directive: repurpose an 80,000-square-foot, 40-year-old building...
Cleveland Clinic Data Center
Brecksville, Ohio
The Clinic treats 4.6 million patients a year through 26 health institutes, and its medical records (which are maintained digitally) need to be available...
Portland Jetport
Portland, Maine
Portland Jetport had grown sporadically, through multiple additions over the years, and suffered a lack of architectural character and severe overcrowding...
World Food Prize
Des Moines, Iowa
Designed by Gensler, the World Food Prize's new headquarters occupies the former Des Moines Public Library, a magnificent Beaux Arts library listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Venables Bell & Partners
San Francisco, California
This cutting-edge advertising firm sits high above one of the most visible corners in San Francisco’s Union Square. Conceived as an “idea incubator,”...
San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 2
San Francisco, California
The renovated San Francisco International Airport Terminal 2 elevates the passenger experience with an emphasis on service, hospitality, and comfort.
AT&T Foundry
Palo Alto, California
AT&T sought to create a highly adaptable workshop-lab-incubator where developers, inventors, suppliers and students could experiment with AT&T’s systems...
Glumac
Portland, Oregon
For its Portland office renovation, engineering firm Glumac turned to Gensler for an environment that would encourage collaboration and reflect the...
Ropes & Gray, LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
Following previous successful collaborations between Gensler and Ropes & Gray, elements of commonality across multiple projects were identified, enabling...
BHP Billiton
Houston, Texas
For its new six-story headquarters, Australian-based BHP Billiton wanted a workplace that would inspire and nurture its people. Gensler’s charge was to...
Mineta San Jose International Airport
San Jose, California
To initiate a $1.3 billion airport modernization program, Gensler composed a master plan encompassing a new Terminal B and Concourse, major upgrades of...
Fairmont Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Gensler considered and designed every detail of this office/hotel/condominium project — from its strategic location to it furnishings — for optimal...
University of Illinois NCSA Petascale Computing Facility
Champaign, Illinois
This state-of-the-art, LEED®-NC Gold-certified building, designed to withstand an EF-3 tornado, provides a secure, efficient operating environment for one...
High-Performance Research Computing Center at Princeton University
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Situated on Princeton’s Forrestal campus, this 47,000 square-foot project is the new home to powerful research computers capable of such highly technical...
Patriots Plaza
Washington, D.C.
Patriots Plaza, the first speculative office complex to meet post-9/11 security requirements, represents a building that offers appealing workspace...
Reed Smith LLP, London
London, United Kingdom
The driving goal for Reed Smith’s flagship London office was to foster relationships. Space for this was made ample. Practice floors are designed around...
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
Denver, Colorado
Through a GSA design-build lease-back competition, the DEA sought a new headquarters facility that would serve as an iconic home for the agency, improve its...
Financial Services (Full-Service Insurance) Company
Rochelle, Illinois
Data center requirements often consign design to a box — typically a windowless one. Rather than conform to conventional constraints, Gensler used them to...
Banner Health Technology Center
Confidential Location
The design and documentation of this two-story, 65,000-square-foot facility were completed using BIM modeling software, which integrates the mechanical...
Walter P Moore
Houston, Texas
As part of its rebranding program, this well-respected engineering firm wanted its new headquarters in a downtown office tower where it could demonstrate...
Center on Halsted
Chicago, Illinois
Center on Halsted is the Midwest’s most comprehensive community center dedicated to advancing community and securing the health and well-being of local lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people.
Herman Miller
Chippenham, United Kingdom
The renowned furniture designer and manufacturer’s European headquarters combines office and showroom space to explore new ways of working in a sustainable...
Centro Internacional de Negocios (CIN)
Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Together with CIN’s developer, Gensler designed this new 40,000-square-foot office building in the border city of Juárez with the vision that it become...
Community Hospital @ Yishun
Singapore
Singapore is seeking to care for one of Asia’s fastest-aging populations; and the Community Hospital @ Yishun aims to serve it with the best in “slow...
Project Cardinal
North Carolina, United States
Targeting LEED® Gold certification, this project serves as the prototype of the client’s next-generation data center program. At this fault-tolerant...
Financial Services (Banking) Company
Confidential Location, China
The final piece of the client's three-facility construction program, this state-of-the-art data center will be among the largest in China for domestic...
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DESIGN RESILIENCE LEADERS
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Anthony Brower
Global Climate Action & Sustainability Leader
Anthony creates cascading design impacts by connecting patterns that scale from space planning to urban design. His unique approach to sustainability strategy establishes building...
Kirsten Ritchie
Global Climate Action & Sustainability Leader, Cities Sector Leader, Principal
As a global leader of Gensler’s Climate Action & Sustainability practice, Kirsten serves as one of the firm’s leading sustainability ambassadors. She focuses on championing...
Gail Napell
Inclusive Design Network Leader
With over 40 years of experience, Gail is a licensed architect who is passionate about optimizing the performance of buildings today to help create resilience for tomorrow. Her...
Rives Taylor
Global Design Resilience Co-Leader, Principal
Rives directs Gensler’s global Design Resilience teams and initiatives. He is a recognized global expert in resilient, high-performance, and sustainable design and has been a...
Rhiannon Laurie
Climate Action & Sustainability Leader
Rhiannon serves as the Climate Action & Sustainability Leader for Gensler’s Europe region, helping promote responsible design at every stage of the process and embedding...
Trevor To
Design Resilience Leader, Design Manager
Trevor is a dedicated architect who is focused on all stages of architectural projects, from concept design to project coordination and construction management. As the Global...
Amanda Zaitchik
Design Manager, New York
As a Design Manager in Gensler’s New York office, Amanda specializes in designing experiences at the intersection of brand, digital, and interior design. A certified interior...
Chris VanderWeyden
Design Resilience Leader, Senior Sustainability Specialist
Located in the Gensler New York office, Chris is a Global Design Resilience Leader for the firm’s Consumer Goods practice and has a great passion for delivering resilient design...
David Briefel
Sustainability Director, Climate Action & Sustainability Leader, Principal
David is a Climate Action & Sustainability Leader for Gensler’s Northeast region and a Sustainability Director based in Gensler’s New York office. Inspired by the intersection...
Mallory Taub
Sustainability Director
As a Sustainability Director at Gensler, Mallory collaborates across disciplines to lead the development of sustainability strategies to improve the ecological and health impact...
Oliver Schaper
Cities & Urban Design Leader, Design Director, Principal
Oliver is an inter-disciplinary Design Director and Cities & Urban Design Leader for the Northeast region whose expertise is developing holistic, civic-minded, and sustainable...
Michael Townsend
Mixed Use & Retail Centers Leader, Design Director, Principal
Michael is an award-winning Design Director and Mixed Use & Retail Centers Leader for Gensler’s North Central region. A Principal based in Gensler’s Chicago office, he brings...
Benjamin Holsinger
Design Resilience Leader, Sustainability & Wellbeing Consultant
As Global Design Resilience Leader of Gensler’s Product Development practice, Benjamin provides guidance on sustainable qualities for our design teams and partner manufacturers...
Liz Resenic
Design Resilience Leader, Sustainability Strategist
Liz is a Global Design Resilience Leader for Gensler’s Healthcare practice area. As a Sustainability Strategist, she advances projects that are sensitive to their environment and...
Gregory Plavcan
Design Resilience Leader, Sustainability Strategist
Gregory is a Global Design Resilience Leader for Gensler’s Media practice area. He leads the firm’s Washington D.C. resilience strategy team and has worked as a sustainability...
Sandy Mendler
Studio Director, Education Leader, Principal
Sandy is a nationally recognized architect and planner focused on creating inspiring new models for healthy, sustainable living. She brings deep expertise as an Education practice...
Jacqueline Zuhoski
Design Resilience Leader, Technical Director
As the Design Resilience Leader for Gensler’s Technology practice, Jacqueline helps our teams and our firm move the resilience conversation to the forefront of every project for...
Peter Muller
Design Resilience Leader, Design Manager
As Design Resilience Leader for Gensler's Brand Design practice area, Peter leads in sustainable brand design solutions, client advocacy, talent development, and environmentally...
Jacqueline Salterio
Design Resilience Leader, Design Manager
Extreme attention to detail makes Jacqueline adept in designing projects that meet the most stringent design guidelines and programmatic needs. In her role as Design Resilience...
Josh Rosenthal
Design Resilience Leader
Serving as Gensler’s Critical Facilities Design Resilience Leader, Josh specializes in the planning and management of complex technical projects that require particular...
Maria Perez
Climate Action & Sustainability Leader, Sustainability Director
Maria is a Climate Action & Sustainability Leader for Gensler’s South Central region and a Sustainability Director, based in Gensler’s Houston office. She serves as one of the...
Audrey Handelman
Studio Director
Audrey is an experienced architect, designer, and project leader who is a Studio Director in Gensler’s Los Angeles office and serves as the Community Impact Leader for Gensler’s...
Roger Sherman
Design Director
Roger is a Design Director and leads the Urban Impact group at Gensler Los Angeles. Since he joined the firm, the group has won a PA Award (Architecture Magazine) and...
Steven Shinn
Sustainability Director
As a Sustainability Director at Gensler, Steven focuses on design excellence, sustainability, and personal service for projects that promote social, cultural, and educational...
Stacey Olson
Wellness Leader, Director of Sustainability
As a Global Wellness Leader at Gensler, Stacey provides a hands-on approach to delivering holistically integrated design with a focus on sustainability, health and wellbeing, and...
Jennifer Cardinal
Design Director
Jennifer is a Design Director in Gensler’s Los Angeles office and experienced interior architect with a passion for design. She holds a successful 24-year track record of taking...
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Is Mass Timber the American South’s Best Kept Secret? Not for Long.
The southeast United States is emerging as a serious contender in the mass timber market, where several large-scale campus projects are poised to redefine sustainable architecture.
5 Ways ESG Can Influence Design and Create Opportunities
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Climate Disclosure Mandates Will Irreversibly Transform Real Estate — and Supercharge the Low-Carbon Market
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A Framework for Fostering Climate Resilience and Preparedness in the Built Environment
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U.S. Climate Action Survey 2022
We surveyed U.S. residents to understand how climate change effects were already impacting their lives and what actions they felt were being taken on a personal and community level to address future events.
Why Designing for Climate Action and Sustainability Is an Imperative
We sat down with the global leaders of Gensler’s Climate Action & Sustainability practice to discuss what’s next for climate action and sustainable design.
The Next Phase for Climate Action: An Embodied Carbon Revolution
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How the Building Industry Can Respond to the Terrible, No-Good, Very-Bad IPCC Report
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Net Zero Design Is the Key to Building a Resilient, Post-Pandemic Future
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How Inclusive Design Supports Resilience and Climate Preparedness
We have an opportunity to design places that are inclusive for all people that can also promote resilience and make preparedness more accessible in the face of natural disasters and other climate change events.
A Resilient Office Is an Occupied Office
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The Future of ESG in Architecture
A team at Gensler is changing the challenge of measuring the impact of ESG goals by developing design guidance and strategy to add clarity and specificity to ESG metrics.
The Lab Building of the Future is NEXT
The traditional method of designing new science buildings needs to evolve from what the building looks like, to how it needs to be optimized for each tenant.
Fighting Climate Injustice: 10 Strategies for Action
Gensler and the American Institute of Architects are both committed to an ambitious agenda in the fight against climate change. Climate justice refines that approach to ensure that no one community is unfairly impacted by the burden of climate change.
The Case for Adaptive Reuse: How The Link Drives Sustainable Design Strategies in Downtown Denver
We transformed a 1960s-era telecom office tower into a creative, modern, mixed-use office building at a fraction of the embodied carbon cost compared to building new.
An 8-Step Model for ESG and Wellness in the Workplace
Helping people thrive at work through wellness design and initiatives may seem like an idealized goal. It’s not. It’s achievable and fundamental to ESG and wellness.
Redefining Resilient Spaces Through Smart Material Selection
We discuss with Armstrong World Industries how we can decrease embodied carbon levels in the built environment simply by making smart choices about materials.
Are We Ready for the Heat? Desert-Appropriate Strategies for a Resilient City of the Future
As designers in this in an increasingly hot environment, we have the responsibility to lead by example and drive the effort in making Phoenix a resilient “City of the Future.”
DESIGN RESILIENCE NEWS
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Fast Company
2023Fast Company highlighted Gensler’s efforts to research how to mitigate extreme heat in vulnerable communities. Gensler’s Amanda Stone explained how the firm designed an adaptable shading structure that can be configured to fit different public spaces. -
WorkLife
2023WorkLife quoted Gensler Climate Action & Sustainability Leader Kirsten Ritchie about the importance of employers and building owners focusing on climate change readiness assessments in light of the recent wildfire smoke impacting the East Coast. -
Architect Magazine
2023Architect Magazine shared insights from Gensler Principal Travis Albrecht about impactful sustainable design strategies and what architects and manufacturers can do to combat climate change.