Professional Services
We partner with professional services firms to transform offices into inspiring magnets for professionals and clients. We help management advisory and legal firms implement immersive, tailored workplace experiences that promote flexibility, productivity, shared purpose, and collaboration.
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Young talent cares about purpose. They relate purpose to well-being in the workplace, to inclusive design, to carbon footprint, and to the environment — and they connect all this back to the physical manifestation of a firm’s culture.
—Carlos Posada, Professional Services leader
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Korn Ferry Paris
Paris, France
Gensler embarked on a transformative endeavor to revamp Korn Ferry’s Paris-based offices and create an environment that serves as a true display of its brand.
Global Law Firm
New York, New York
Gensler designed a wellness-infused legal workplace experience for this firm featuring an amenity hub and terrace, as well as a hospitality-driven café.
Confidential Client
Escazú, San José, Costa Rica
This client tasked Gensler with designing a dream office in San José, Costa Rica — a collaborative and creative space that embodies its innovative spirit.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Tokyo, Japan
This global law firm’s Tokyo office relocation created the opportunity for Gensler to design a professional and wellbeing-focused workplace to support workers.
Cencora Headquarters
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Cencora’s Conshohocken headquarters impacts not only on-site employees but also the company’s wider culture, local community, and statewide economy.
Chamberlain Hrdlicka Houston
Houston, Texas
Chamberlain Hrdlicka enlisted Gensler to renovate its downtown Houston office into a more modern and welcoming environment for its employees and clients.
Francis House, London HQ
London, United Kingdom
Edelman, a global communications firm, collaborated with Gensler to transform its London office into a curated work destination as part of its global strategy.
Confidential Law Firm
Los Angeles and Century City, California
Gensler worked with a prominent Los Angeles-based AM Law Firm to simultaneously design two new workplaces in both Downtown LA and Century City.
NIKA Technologies, Inc.
San Antonio, Texas
NIKA Technologies’ new San Antonio office creates a fun environment while maintaining a professional setting dedicated to servicing government agencies.
Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Toronto, Ontario
Cassels Brock & Blackwell is a future-focused hybrid legal workplace that prioritizes flexibility via unassigned seating, employee well-being, and inclusivity.
Gensler Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Gensler Atlanta’s new office celebrates the city and the future of our firm in a creative nest that reflects the preferences and creative ethos of our people.
Kaufman Rossin – Miami Office Interiors
Miami, Florida
Empowered by Kaufman Rossin’s mission to be a people-first business focused on numbers, the workspace plan offers a high level of flexibility.
M/I Homes Headquarters
Columbus, Ohio
M/I Homes partnered with Gensler to design a headquarters that provides a premium workplace experience and engages clients in the home-building experience.
Accenture Chicago Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
The Chicago Innovation Hub at Accenture Tower is an iconic building and transportation hub that serves as a new workplace model to redefine the future of work.
Loffler Companies
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
With Gensler, the Loffler Headquarters successfully transformed a purpose-built static retail machine into a vibrant and flexible workplace home.
DivcoWest
Cambridge, Massachusetts
DivcoWest’s hospitality-driven hybrid workplace and marketing suite in Cambridge solidifies the Boston presence of this San Francisco-based real estate firm.
22 Bayard
Paris, France
Gensler reimagined the interior design of a historical building in Paris with a juxtaposing timber extension.
Walker & Dunlop Bethesda Headquarters
Bethesda, Maryland
Walker & Dunlop partnered with Gensler on its workplace interiors and brand design to create a new home for its growing workforce.
Confidential Global Law Firm
Washington, D.C.
To redesign this global law firm’s workplace, Gensler set out to infuse the space with a hospitality ambiance and special attention to the office experience.
CoStar Irvine
Irvine, California
Gensler D.C. partnered with global real estate information and online marketplaces company, CoStar Group, to design workplace interiors for its Irvine office.
Global Law Firm Office Renovation
Tokyo, Japan
Following an office renovation, this law firm’s new workplace embodies the new work concept, encourages collaboration, and reinforces its DE&I values.
Confidential Consulting Firm
New York, New York
The U.S. headquarters for this leading consulting firm models a new approach to an immersive workplace that blurs the line between client space and workspace.
Professional Services Client
Melbourne, Australia
The client-facing floors of this space are reimagined to deliver a unique client experience, welcoming guests in a boutique, hospitality-inspired environment.
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
ADP
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
ADP sought to incorporate innovative workplace solutions to create a truly international space that reflects local perspectives at its Hyderabad campus.
CBRE Beijing Office
Beijing, China
In designing CBRE’s new headquarters in Beijing, the Gensler team sought to highlight the commercial real estate firm’s flexible office strategy while also integrating the design with Beijing’s cultural heritage.
IAT Insurance
Raleigh, North Carolina
The experience of both visitors and employees was a key factor in the design of IAT Insurance’s new headquarters in Raleigh.
INSIGHTS
Blog
Workplace as a Service: A Thought Experiment in Office Evolution
The concept of Workplace as a Service challenges traditional notions about work environments. Will this new design perspective help the office remain relevant?
Blog
10 Workplace Trends for 2025: What’s In and What’s Out?
The workplace is evolving beyond a collection of experiences and becoming a space designed to foster intentional transformations.
Blog
Designing Workplaces to Strengthen Connection and Combat Loneliness
The workplace plays a key role in fighting against the growing loneliness epidemic.
Blog
How Your Workplace Can Supercharge Performance
What workplaces can learn from the gym and the football pitch about creating environments that inspire workers to stretch, develop, and achieve.
Blog
The Shift to Extremes: Rethinking Office Design
Modern offices are increasingly designed with extremes in mind, featuring specialized spaces for both hyper-focus and hyper-collaboration.
Blog
How to Create a Multigenerational Workplace
Here are six strategies organizations can use to cultivate environments where individuals of all ages feel valued, engaged, and empowered.
Blog
How the Tech-Enabled Workplace Can Create Better Hybrid Experiences
How can we design workspaces that benefit everyone, regardless of whether they have a seat at the conference room table?
Blog
Be Bold Not Beige: The Power of Colour to Shape Everyday Experiences
From boosting productivity in the workplace to soothing the soul at home, colour can transform the places where we live, work, and play.
Blog
Designing the Future Workplace for a Growing Professional Services Firm
How a collaborative design partnership evolved this national accounting, tax, consulting, and business advisory firm’s workplace experience.
Blog
Want a High-Performing Workplace? Here’s What Matters Most.
Our research identifies what makes a high-performing workplace and what design factors matter most.
Blog
The Key to a Better Workplace? Understanding How and Where People Work Today
Our global workplace research uncovers insights into how new work patterns can help design better workplaces for the future.
Blog
Gensler’s Mexico City Office: A Model for the Future Workplace
A model of workplace transformation, Gensler’s new Mexico City office blends authentic Mexican culture with forward-thinking design principles.
Blog
How Tomorrow’s Workforce Will Shape Future Workplace Design
By taking cues from higher education and integrating insights into workplace design, we can create spaces that attract talent and empower tomorrow’s workforce to succeed.
Blog
What About Wednesdays? Planning for the Busiest Day of the Week in the New Hybrid Office.
Learn how organizations can prepare and plan for the busiest day in the hybrid workplace.
Blog
What Young Associates Want From Modern Law Firms
The legal workplace plays a critical role in retention. Now, more than ever, it must deliver an experience.
Trends in Professional Services
Younger workers seek out spaces for mentorship and other in-person interactions.
As younger, more diverse people enter the workforce, amenity-rich workplaces and spaces that promote mentorship, community, and social interaction will take on greater importance.
Law firms build virtual courtrooms to bridge the digital divide.
As virtual depositions and other hybrid meetings become more frequent, law firms create virtual courtrooms and other tech-enabled conference spaces to level the playing field between in-person and remote participants.
Wellness and sustainability move to the top of the workplace design priority list.
To attract and retain talent, organizations can display their commitments to wellness and the environment by adding fitness areas, quiet rooms, rooftop amenities, and semi-enclosed spaces.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LEADERSHIP
Craig O’Halloran
Professional Services Leader
Craig O’Halloran is the Global Professional Services Leader and leader of the North Central region’s Professional Services practice.
Timothy Bromiley
Professional Services Leader, Studio Director, Principal
Tim is a global leader in Gensler's Professional Services practice and is a leading voice in guiding the legal industry on workplace change.
Carlos Posada
Professional Services Leader, Principal
Carlos Posada is a global leader in Gensler’s Professional Services practice, who is based in London.
NEWS
In The Media
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The Atlantic
‘Workplace Power Symbols’ That Are Replacing the Corner Office As Emblems of Corporate Success
Janet Pogue McLaurin, Gensler’s Global Director of Workplace Research, discussed the rise of coffee areas, conference rooms, and other collaborative spaces in newly designed offices.
May 15, 2024
In The Media
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WorkLife
WorkLife’s 5 Things To Know Newsletter Featured Gensler’s New San Francisco Office
Gensler Principal Kelly Dubisar explained how “the power of place has an influence on people’s behavior in being able to bring people together and to think outside of your normal being.”
February 15, 2024
In The Media
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Wallpaper
Francis House, Edelman’s Gensler-Designed Office in London, Combines Flexibility, Colour, Warmth, and Rawness
Wallpaper spotlighted Edelman’s new workplace inside a reinvented 1900s warehouse that befits the 21st century. Gensler’s Carlos Posada called it “the destination that embodies all the attributes of a workplace of the future.”
February 08, 2024
In The Media
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Work Design Magazine
Gensler’s Design of Korn Ferry’s New Paris Office Integrates Public and Private Spaces
The consulting firm’s new office implements unassigned seating for the first time and creates a dynamic environment in harmony with nature and workers’ needs.
January 23, 2024
In The Media
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Bloomberg
Three Office Design Predictions for 2024, According to Gensler’s Design Forecast
Gensler Principal Natalie Engels explained why companies are focusing more on the well-being of the teams and individuals and detailed Gensler’s recent project work across industries.
December 19, 2023
In The Media
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Interior Design
Boston Consulting Group Headquarters Wins Interior Design’s 2023 Best of Year Award
Interior Design recognized Gensler’s design of Boston Consulting Group Headquarters in Washington, D.C. as a winner of the 2023 Best of Year Awards.
December 13, 2023
In The Media
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Law.com
Rethinking Law Firm Workplaces in the Age of Hybrid Work
Gensler Professional Services Leader Carlos Posada shared insights on law firms embracing hybrid working and why creating places that people want to work in is more important than ever.
November 23, 2023
In The Media
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Inc.com
What Leaders Should Consider As They Redesign Their Offices for the New Era of Work
Inc.com interviewed Workplace Research Director Janet Pogue McLaurin about considerations for the future of office design, including dividing the workplace into “neighborhoods” to support different types of work.
November 09, 2023
In The Media
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WorkLife
Here’s What Matters for Optimizing Office Spaces for Today’s Needs
Janet Pogue McLaurin explains why spaces for individual work, for creative group work, and areas to reflect and restore are key for the office of today.
November 09, 2023
In The Media
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Office Lovin’
A Look Inside Cassels’ New Toronto Office, Designed by Gensler
The legal workspace “seamlessly blends functionality, aesthetics, and advanced technology” to enhance employee well-being and improve the client experience.
September 07, 2023
In The Media
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Commercial Observer
How One Manhattan Firm’s Office Reflects Big Changes in the Legal Industry
Gensler Principal Timothy Bromiley discusses design trends that are shaping the future of law firm workplaces.
November 22, 2022
In The Media
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Bloomberg
How Companies Are Reimagining Spaces to Support More Social Interaction Among Colleagues
Gensler co-CEO Diane Hoskins explains why organizations are prioritizing amenities that support social interaction — like Wi-Fi-enabled terraces, coffee bars, and pool tables.
October 25, 2022
In The Media
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The Texas Lawbook
A Behind the Scenes Look at Akin Gump’s Houston Office Renovation by Gensler
Gensler’s Kenneth Wiesehuegeld explained how the firm is “at the forefront of designing for wellness” in its refreshed workspace.
August 18, 2022
In The Media
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WorkLife
Hybrid Offices Are Shifting Towards the “Neighborhood” Office Model
Gensler’s Kelly Dubisar explains why companies are moving towards neighborhoods of seating in the office and being able to “choose your own adventure” when it comes to furniture settings.
July 15, 2022
In The Media
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Canadian Lawyers
Gensler Toronto Design Director Matthew Kobylar Discusses The Post-Pandemic Law Firm
Cassels’ new Toronto law firm office, designed by Gensler, will maximize client and wellness space and feature a client lounge “that will make clients feel like they are in a five-star hotel.”
June 21, 2022