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3 Considerations for Rethinking NYC Office Buildings

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3 Considerations for Rethinking NYC Office Buildings

With outdated properties seeing higher vacancy rates and less interest in leasing activity, here are three considerations to rethink the potential of...

What We've Learned by Assessing More Than 300 Potential Office-to-Residential Conversions

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What We've Learned by Assessing More Than 300 Potential Office-to-Residential Conversions

With office vacancies increasing and confidence in Class C buildings declining in multiple markets across North America, we’ve developed a process...

How an Iconic Houston Park Helped Spark the Development of Downtown

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How an Iconic Houston Park Helped Spark the Development of Downtown

The creation of parks and access to the outdoors has singlehandedly changed the way downtown Houston is accessed and utilized.

Hybrid Is Here to Stay: 5 Considerations for Creating a Better Hybrid Experience

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Hybrid Is Here to Stay: 5 Considerations for Creating a Better Hybrid Experience

Here are five reasons why hybrid work is here to stay, including design implications for creating compelling, people-centric hybrid experiences.

How Emerging New Workplace Realities Will Drive Corporate Real Estate Strategies

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How Emerging New Workplace Realities Will Drive Corporate Real Estate Strategies

Coupled with Gensler’s workplace research, our survey of CRE executives offers valuable insights on return to office timing, the long-term impact on...

Oakland’s Office Space Resurgence: Stitching the Old With the New for a Resilient Future

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Oakland’s Office Space Resurgence: Stitching the Old With the New for a Resilient Future

Oakland is continuing the transformation of its downtown urban core with a series of historic commercial building renovations that are driving a...

How Inclusive Design Supports Resilience and Climate Preparedness

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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...

Understanding Supply Chain Challenges and Opportunities in Design and Construction

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Understanding Supply Chain Challenges and Opportunities in Design and Construction

In this episode of the Gensler Design Exchange podcast, project management and technical experts offer insights and suggestions for making the design...

The Future of the 20-Minute City

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The Future of the 20-Minute City

The “20-minute city” fosters connectivity to everyday resources by design. By designing through an ESG lens, we can create healthy, walkable...

To Reinvigorate Downtown Cores, Developers Should Adopt a Mixed-Use Mindset

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To Reinvigorate Downtown Cores, Developers Should Adopt a Mixed-Use Mindset

To retain and attract post-pandemic tenants in urban cores, developers will need to adopt a mixed-use mindset, with a focus on the human experience...

What the Workplace Sector Can Learn From Retail’s 20+ Years of Designing Hybrid Experiences

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What the Workplace Sector Can Learn From Retail’s 20+ Years of Designing Hybrid Experiences

In an increasingly hybrid world, offices, retail stores, and other physical places need to bring people together and create community. Now, as the...

How TK Elevator’s New Headquarters Spurs Connectivity Through Experiential Design

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How TK Elevator’s New Headquarters Spurs Connectivity Through Experiential Design

TK Elevator’s recently completed North American Complex merges experiential design with interactive spaces to achieve heightened brand awareness and...

Modular by Design: The Promise of Prefab for Expressive Design

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Modular by Design: The Promise of Prefab for Expressive Design

Designers are pushing the perceived limitations of modular construction as a way to build efficiently and safely while preserving time, cost, and...

Gensler Cost Intelligence 2022

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Gensler Cost Intelligence 2022

We analyzed costs across workplace projects to inform a data-driven approach to understand, anticipate, and manage cost trends.

Adaptive Reuse Brings New Vibrancy to Silicon Valley’s State Street Market

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Adaptive Reuse Brings New Vibrancy to Silicon Valley’s State Street Market

Adaptive reuse was a critical sustainable design strategy in designing the new State Street Market in Los Altos, California, transforming a dormant...

Multiuse, Connected, and Resilient Buildings Will Win Tomorrow’s Tenants

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Multiuse, Connected, and Resilient Buildings Will Win Tomorrow’s Tenants

In this episode of the Gensler Design Exchange, design and development experts discuss how buildings can stand out and be more resilient in today’s...

Why the New Workplace Ecosystem Is Key to the Future of Work

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Why the New Workplace Ecosystem Is Key to the Future of Work

As we think about the future of work, consider a new workplace ecosystem — a Swiss Army knife approach to choosing the whole suite of places and...

New Gensler Workplace Survey Findings: Employee Expectations for Future Office Design and Culture

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New Gensler Workplace Survey Findings: Employee Expectations for Future Office Design and Culture

In this episode of the Gensler Design Exchange podcast, Gensler workplace experts share key findings from Gensler’s latest U.S. Workplace Survey and...

3 Lessons From Today’s Students That Will Shape the Future Workplace

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3 Lessons From Today’s Students That Will Shape the Future Workplace

Coupling findings from Gensler’s Workplace Survey and Education Engagement Index research, we’ve identified three key findings that the future...

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DESIGN FORECAST

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Design Forecast focuses on design strategies that will define the future of the human experience. With strategic advice, research, and projects from...

Design Forecast 2022: Developer

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Design Forecast 2022: Developer

As the role of the workplace evolves, new office buildings must provide workers with meaningful, immersive experiences that they cannot get while...

How Are Companies and Employees Planning for the Future of the Office?

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How Are Companies and Employees Planning for the Future of the Office?

Amid a constantly evolving pandemic, how are companies and employees planning for a return to the office? Gensler's workplace survey research offers...

US Workplace Survey Winter 2021

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US Workplace Survey Winter 2021

Our U.S. Workplace Survey Winter 2021 uncovers what employees are expecting as the return to office begins — and how workplaces can adapt to...

Why Inclusive Design Is a Critical Advantage in the War for Talent

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Why Inclusive Design Is a Critical Advantage in the War for Talent

For companies who are looking to compete in the war for talent by delivering a positive employee experience, inclusive design is a critical...

How Companies Are Using the Office to Transition to the New Reality

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How Companies Are Using the Office to Transition to the New Reality

By giving employees the power to tailor their own experience, we can create an office that’s ready for multiple futures.

The Future of Work Is Flexible

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The Future of Work Is Flexible

What does the future of work look like? If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that the future is flexible, and we must stay nimble so we can...

The Morphable Office: Envisioning the Future of the Office Through an ESG Lens

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The Morphable Office: Envisioning the Future of the Office Through an ESG Lens

What does the future office building look like? Gensler's "Morphable Office" concept creates a compelling environment that draws people back to the...

How Younger Workers’ Preferences and Workstyles Will Define the Future Workplace

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How Younger Workers’ Preferences and Workstyles Will Define the Future Workplace

The preferences and workstyles of our younger workers will increasingly define the future of the workplace for everyone. How will this impact how we...

Here’s Why Employees at Top-Performing Companies Need the Office

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Here’s Why Employees at Top-Performing Companies Need the Office

Top-performing companies support flexibility and encourage remote work, but they also value the role of the physical workplace to bring their talent...

US Workplace Survey Summer 2021

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US Workplace Survey Summer 2021

Top-performing companies are three times more likely to increase their real estate footprint post-pandemic, according to findings from Gensler’s...

How AT&T’s Discovery District Is Transforming Dallas’ Urban Core

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How AT&T’s Discovery District Is Transforming Dallas’ Urban Core

By creating an immersive, mixed-use destination, the AT&T Discovery District has reimagined the company’s headquarters as a magnetic new public...

Three International Lessons for U.S. Workplace Well-being

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Three International Lessons for U.S. Workplace Well-being

As organizations across the globe grapple with questions around the return to the workplace, figuring out how to adapt an organization’s culture is...

Lessons From India: 4 Interventions to Inform the Future Workplace

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Lessons From India: 4 Interventions to Inform the Future Workplace

Gensler’s India Return to Work Survey 2021 reveals that workers in India are embracing a hybrid work model — but they face unique challenges and...

4 Emerging Patterns About Hybrid Work and the Future of the Office

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4 Emerging Patterns About Hybrid Work and the Future of the Office

As workers around the world continue to experiment with how and where they work in the face of ongoing uncertainty, Gensler's global Workplace...

Why Now Is the Time to Rethink Workplace Amenities

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Why Now Is the Time to Rethink Workplace Amenities

As global enterprises prepare their return to the office, many are asking: what amenities might deliver the greatest returns in today’s evolving work...

The Benefits of Converting Class C Office Into First Class Residential

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The Benefits of Converting Class C Office Into First Class Residential

From coast-to-coast, clients are facing a similar challenge: in order to future-proof older buildings, they’ll need to make their buildings more...

The Fifth Façade: Rethinking Urban Rooftops for the Post-Pandemic Office Building

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The Fifth Façade: Rethinking Urban Rooftops for the Post-Pandemic Office Building

Rather than being a sign of exclusivity, rooftop spaces are becoming one of the biggest opportunities in real estate development and an essential...

Will Remote Work Trends Benefit Smaller, More Affordable Cities?

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Will Remote Work Trends Benefit Smaller, More Affordable Cities?

How can cities function as an attractive extension of the office in the age of “anywhere work?”

China’s Return Offers a Glimpse Into the Post-Pandemic Workplace

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China’s Return Offers a Glimpse Into the Post-Pandemic Workplace

China’s profound and successful transition back to the office was the first of its kind — here are some emerging findings from our China Workplace...

Lessons From China: What Hybrid Work Really Looks Like in Practice

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Lessons From China: What Hybrid Work Really Looks Like in Practice

The Chinese workplace is back open — and the experience of these workers holds lessons for the rest of the world as we consider what a hybrid...

China Workplace Survey 2021

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China Workplace Survey 2021

Chinese workers are back at the office — and the workplace is still the primary anchor of the workweek.

5 Tips to Negotiate Your Next Commercial Lease Like a Pro

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5 Tips to Negotiate Your Next Commercial Lease Like a Pro

Here are five tips to bring better clarity and increase confidence when you approach your next lease transaction.

Climate Action Through Design

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Climate Action Through Design

Addressing the built environment’s impact on climate change is both a moral and business imperative. At Gensler, our goal is to make all the...

Vuja De: Seeing the Office With Fresh Eyes

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Vuja De: Seeing the Office With Fresh Eyes

Because of the new perspective we've developed after working from home work over a year, we'll be seeing the office in a new light when we finally...

Sketching the New Hybrid Workplace

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Sketching the New Hybrid Workplace

In this look at the future of hybrid work, Gensler architects and workplace designers shared their visions for the post-pandemic workplace and how it...

5 Design Interventions to Mitigate Virus Risk in the Workplace

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5 Design Interventions to Mitigate Virus Risk in the Workplace

To help return to work safely and to reduce future operational risk, Gensler collaborated with Haven Diagnostics to simulate how design impacts the...

Almaden Tower: Quickly Delivering an Innovative Office Building to Market

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Almaden Tower: Quickly Delivering an Innovative Office Building to Market

Innovative and tenant-responsive buildings can be quickly delivered without sacrificing design quality.

Why Ceilings Offer Clean-Air Solutions for a Post-COVID World

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Why Ceilings Offer Clean-Air Solutions for a Post-COVID World

In this conversation with the CEO of Armstrong World Industries, we discuss how ceilings are an important part of the holistic approach to design we...

Real Estate Must Offer Human Experiences, as We Escape Virtual Lockdown Living

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Real Estate Must Offer Human Experiences, as We Escape Virtual Lockdown Living

The recovery is an opportunity to realign real estate value with human experience.

Across the Globe, Workers Want a Hybrid Work Model

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Across the Globe, Workers Want a Hybrid Work Model

Gensler's latest Global Workplace Surveys uncovered some universal truths: most office workers want a hybrid work model, and the office is still the...

Surprising Truths About the New Hybrid Workplace

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Surprising Truths About the New Hybrid Workplace

Gensler's Workplace and Research leaders host a Q&A with Michael Gao, M.D. of Haven Diagnostics, on the return to the office and the future of the...

Rebuilding Community in the Post-Pandemic World

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Rebuilding Community in the Post-Pandemic World

When we can return to the office and resume other in-person activities, creating places for people to spend time together and rebuild community — not...

5 Trends Driving the New Post-Pandemic Workplace

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5 Trends Driving the New Post-Pandemic Workplace

Here are five workplace trends that have been accelerated and now are driving priorities for the new post-pandemic office.

How the New Hybrid Workplace Can Support Equity for All

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How the New Hybrid Workplace Can Support Equity for All

The future workplace must evolve to serve new needs, support flexible, hybrid working styles, and promote equity for all workers.

What Is the Future of Workplace Amenities?

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What Is the Future of Workplace Amenities?

The pandemic has been an opportunity for companies to rethink policies around employee flexibility and when — or if — certain job functions will...

What Office Workers Want

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What Office Workers Want

The workplace is undergoing change, yes, but its relevance and centrality to the success of an organization remains.

6 Strategies Developers Can Use to Improve Building Performance and Lower Carbon Emissions

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6 Strategies Developers Can Use to Improve Building Performance and Lower Carbon Emissions

A building’s performance is primarily influenced by its size, shape, orientation, massing, and fenestration. When just 1% of a project’s upfront...

Design for the New Hybrid Workplace

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Design for the New Hybrid Workplace

As we plan for the new workplace, we need new design tools to meet the new design demands, and advances in technology and design tools is driving...

How to Bring Older Office Buildings Back to Life Amid a Struggling Commercial Real Estate Market

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How to Bring Older Office Buildings Back to Life Amid a Struggling Commercial Real Estate Market

Here are several opportunities commercial real estate developers can consider when converting or repositioning under-performing office buildings.

Amenities at the Edge: Where the Workplace Meets the Street

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Amenities at the Edge: Where the Workplace Meets the Street

We have an opportunity to reimagine the ground floor of our cities — reinventing sidewalk-facing storefronts to serve the community, not just the...

Real Estate Design Strategies for Leasing in a Post-COVID Market

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Real Estate Design Strategies for Leasing in a Post-COVID Market

Here are four key strategies that building owners and developers can leverage to have more informed conversations with prospective tenants in the...

The Office Building of the Future Should Be an Essential Part of Its Community

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The Office Building of the Future Should Be an Essential Part of Its Community

Over the past 70 years, the workplace has evolved slowly but surely. Now that evolution has accelerated far more dramatically and when we return, the...

A New Type of Tall Building Design for China

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A New Type of Tall Building Design for China

At nearly 500-meters high, Suzhou Zhongnan Center represents a new paradigm for tall building design and vertical living.

COVID-19 and Building Performance: The Big Picture

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COVID-19 and Building Performance: The Big Picture

From energy use to maintenance, lighting, and air quality, COVID-19 will change the equations we’ve been using to calculate the performance side of...

What 10 Million Square Feet of Data Tells Us About Social Distancing in the Workplace

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What 10 Million Square Feet of Data Tells Us About Social Distancing in the Workplace

Through our data and benchmarking, we’ve surfaced some key themes when it comes to social distancing in the workplace

Aiming for New Heights of User Experience With China’s Tall Buildings

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Aiming for New Heights of User Experience With China’s Tall Buildings

As China continues to grow and many more people continue to move to cities, there must be a greater focus on the human experience of working, living...

Developing Open Space as the Public’s Living Room

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Developing Open Space as the Public’s Living Room

Outdoor public gathering spaces fulfill a basic human need to be around people. With the pandemic keeping us confined, public space can also be a...

Fusing Architecture and Technology to Reenter a New World

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Fusing Architecture and Technology to Reenter a New World

As everyone around the world starts to emerge from lock-down, we are all wondering what it’s going to be like to reengage with the spaces and places...

Reports of the Death of the Workplace Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

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Reports of the Death of the Workplace Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

For millions of office workers around the world, work has been consciously uncoupled from its usual location for the first time. No doubt, the...

Most People Want to Return to the Office — But They Expect Changes

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Most People Want to Return to the Office — But They Expect Changes

We’ve proven we can easily and efficiently work from home. But we can’t effectively do all work activities from home. In fact, the workplace may be...

An Air Filtration Primer for Building Owners and Developers

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An Air Filtration Primer for Building Owners and Developers

We're looking at the key changes we'll need to make to the built environment in order to provide spaces where people can feel safe as they return to...

How Should Office Buildings Change in a Post-Pandemic World?

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How Should Office Buildings Change in a Post-Pandemic World?

For those who design and develop office buildings around the world, the current crisis has introduced a new challenge: Once we are cleared to return...

Understanding the Touchless Workplace

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Understanding the Touchless Workplace

In the workplace, digital solutions and experience platforms have improved guest check-in, conference room booking, company communications...

Creating Data-Rich Workplaces to Detect and Curb Viral Transmission

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Creating Data-Rich Workplaces to Detect and Curb Viral Transmission

Workplaces can be optimized to collect population data — like thermal screening — so agencies and companies can make better informed decisions to...

Taking Care of Each Other in the Post-Pandemic Open Office

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Taking Care of Each Other in the Post-Pandemic Open Office

Once we return to the office, we’ll need to transpose our newly discovered sense of community accountability back into the workplace.

Designing for Disassembly

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Designing for Disassembly

Researching how the process of disassembly can implemented at scale to support industry demands and sustainable design.

Designing Office Building Lobbies to Respond to the Coronavirus

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Designing Office Building Lobbies to Respond to the Coronavirus

People spend up to one-third of their lives at work, many of them inside office buildings. If these buildings were proactively designed with features...

Future Cities, Future Buildings

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Future Cities, Future Buildings

Paradigm shifts in building design are accelerated when the ingredients for advanced solutions come together, and the Johnson Controls (JCI...

Legacy Building

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Legacy Building

Gensler’s Todd Heiser and Benjy Ward on why adaptive reuse is about more than just renovation.

Adaptive Reuse Strategies for a Net-Zero Future

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Adaptive Reuse Strategies for a Net-Zero Future

Here are 3 successful examples of when developers chose adaptive reuse strategies over new builds.

Embracing Constraints to Build a More Sustainable Shanghai

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Embracing Constraints to Build a More Sustainable Shanghai

The composed elegance of the 60-story One Museum Place in Shanghai's Jing'an District tells a story of breathtaking skill and ingenuity amidst...

Transforming Walmart’s Home Office in Bentonville

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Transforming Walmart’s Home Office in Bentonville

The world’s largest retailer’s new home office delivers more than just top amenities and appealing aesthetics. It’s a connected and sustainable...

Did Your Building Grow With BOMA 2017 Office?

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Did Your Building Grow With BOMA 2017 Office?

Developers, landlords, and building owners have been adding balconies, patios, and other outdoor amenities to keep up with tenant demand, but the...

California's New Gold Standard for Net Zero Developments

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California's New Gold Standard for Net Zero Developments

The latest innovation from the state that gave us blue jeans, popsicles, personal computers, skateboards, and the Internet has arrived: California's...

A Shattering Development for Glass-and-Steel Skyscrapers

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A Shattering Development for Glass-and-Steel Skyscrapers

If New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has his way, the Big Apple will go in an entirely different direction with its skyscrapers. As part of his city’s...

Linking Program and Asset Management

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Linking Program and Asset Management

Integrating Wisp into project predesign to understand its potential impact on program management.

The Return on Design for Repositioning Projects: A New Framework for Measuring Performance

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The Return on Design for Repositioning Projects: A New Framework for Measuring Performance

Exploring how to quantify the market impact of our office repositioning projects.

Investigating Downtown Neighborhood Resurgence

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Investigating Downtown Neighborhood Resurgence

Analyzing what drives downtown resurgence and its surrounding areas.

From Smart Buildings to Intelligent Placemaking

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From Smart Buildings to Intelligent Placemaking

Data and AI are being invisibly woven into everything around us. As we move towards an intelligence economy where data is a raw material, we have an...

Polycentric Cities: The Future of Sustainable Urban Growth

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Polycentric Cities: The Future of Sustainable Urban Growth

As we approach a new normal for urban density, the cities that are best positioned for the future are evolving along a decentralized, multi-nodal...

Designing the Cities of the Future

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Designing the Cities of the Future

Modern cities can be built on time-honored principles and shaped by regional culture and local values, as demonstrated at Msheireb Downtown Doha.

Creating a Beautiful, Energy-Efficient Building for Harbin Bank

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Creating a Beautiful, Energy-Efficient Building for Harbin Bank

Harbin Bank’s new headquarters in Beijing is both aesthetically pleasing and high performing. By maximizing natural daylight and energy efficiency...

Pairing BIM and Connected Devices to Elevate Design

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Pairing BIM and Connected Devices to Elevate Design

Our increasingly complex world offers an ever-expanding number of factors to consider when designing. By using networked devices, we can capture...

A Living Institute for WELL Building

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A Living Institute for WELL Building

Delos, the creator of the WELL Building Standard focusing exclusively on human health and wellness, engaged Gensler to design their headquarters and...

Slideshow: A Closer Look at Company Headquarters Around the World

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Slideshow: A Closer Look at Company Headquarters Around the World

This collection of headquarters reveals how companies are inspiring employees to be more than just productive workers. The office is now a place to...

Designing the Connected Workplace

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Designing the Connected Workplace

Gensler is creating a new type of connected workplace using building software and sensors, and it’s transforming office design.

Corporate Headquarters: From the Inside Out

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Corporate Headquarters: From the Inside Out

The job of tomorrow’s headquarters is to marry brand and experience—building a culture and connecting employees to the company’s purpose.

Designing the First Triple-Certified Green Building in China

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Designing the First Triple-Certified Green Building in China

Working with Johnson Controls on their new headquarters in Shanghai, we knew at the outset that the building would incorporate cutting-edge...

Using IoT Technology to Drive Evidence-Based Design

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Using IoT Technology to Drive Evidence-Based Design

Using Gensler New York as a case study, we installed sensors and use mixed-methods to measure occupant and building data.

Autonomous Vehicles and Their Impact on Real Estate

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Autonomous Vehicles and Their Impact on Real Estate

A deep dive into the impact of the increased use of autonomous vehicles on future real estate investments, specifically parking.

From Fitness to Bowling Alleys: How Commercial Office Buildings Are Differentiating Themselves Through Amenities

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From Fitness to Bowling Alleys: How Commercial Office Buildings Are Differentiating Themselves Through Amenities

Here, we offer five ways that amenities can help developers and building owners attract and secure tenants by appealing to their inhabitants

The Solutions to Climate Change Are Already at Our Fingertips

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The Solutions to Climate Change Are Already at Our Fingertips

Because every project we work on is either part of the problem or part of the solution, we made a commitment to measure the environmental impact of...

Design Parameters for Urban Office-to-Residential Conversion

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Design Parameters for Urban Office-to-Residential Conversion

Building a framework for residential conversion for underperforming office buildings.

Re-Imagining an American Icon

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Re-Imagining an American Icon

The Willis Tower is one of the world’s tallest buildings. At ground level, however, something is noticeably absent.

Human Experience Is the Future of Design

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Human Experience Is the Future of Design

We believe human experience is the future of design. People are the one constant in this era of dramatic technological change, demographic shifts...

Tokyo’s Third Places

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Tokyo’s Third Places

Exploring ways to improve work/life balance for Tokyo’s busy workforce.

The Future of Work

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The Future of Work

Investigating the evolution of office work, and its impact on the urban environment.

Making Global Business Work

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Making Global Business Work

Documenting strategies to improve government relations in emerging markets.

Manhattan’s Next Hot Neighborhood

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Manhattan’s Next Hot Neighborhood

An "up-zoning" proposal to encourage building renovation and neighborhood revitalization.

Under the Hood: Office Buildings and Headquarters

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Under the Hood: Office Buildings and Headquarters

The pressures that drive workplace change, especially the need to accommodate more people in less space, have a direct impact on the buildings and...

Vertical Urbanism and the Livable Cities of Tomorrow

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Vertical Urbanism and the Livable Cities of Tomorrow

Open spaces – the parks and piazzas that give cities a sense of character and community – are in short supply. To ensure cities remain livable in an...

Design Update: Shanghai Tower

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Design Update:
Shanghai Tower

Inspired by Shanghai’s tradition of parks and neighborhoods, China’s tallest mixed-use building will complete the world’s first super-highrise...

Office Building of the Future

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Office Building of the Future

Can existing buildings adapt to stay relevant? In established markets like the United States, the future of office buildings lies in the successful...

High-Performance Building Envelopes

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High-Performance Building Envelopes

What design strategies maximize building envelope performance? Technological innovation alone will not deliver necessary building envelope...

Open Spaces

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Open Spaces

What is the commercial value of open space? Property owners, developers, and investors are willing to pay a premium for proximity to urban open...

Building Environment Impacts from Pending CO2 Legislation

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Building Environment Impacts from Pending CO2 Legislation

How could CO2 legislation shift the building industry? As CO2 legislation becomes increasingly stringent, carbon is emerging as the performance...

Leveraging Dynamo to Create Dynamic Facades

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Leveraging Dynamo to Create Dynamic Facades

Building a parametric, pattern-generating system in Dynamo to save energy and time in building facades.
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