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5 Ways to Rethink the Future of Residential Development and Design
Gensler’s Residential Experience Index unpacks the fundamental question: what makes a great living experience? Here are five key findings from our...
RESEARCH
Residential Experience Index 2022
Our report uncovers findings from global residents to better understand the most important drivers of positive living experiences and highlights a...
BLOG
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...
BLOG
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...
BLOG
Reimagining Mass Housing Developments in Sub-Saharan Africa Through a Circular Cities Lens
Challenges to deliver adequate housing in a sustainable manner touch every corner of the globe, but nowhere is the situation more urgent than in...
BLOG
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...
INSIGHT
Design Forecast 2022: Residential
As people are willing to forgo some building amenities, residential design will focus on affordability, quality, and space to improve the in-unit...
DESIGN FORECAST
2022
Design Forecast focuses on design strategies that will define the future of the human experience. With strategic advice, research, and projects from...
BLOG
Trends Shaping the Future of Mixed Use and Retail Centers
Mixed use spaces are in demand because mixed use provides flexibility, diversity, and a range of experiences. So, what’s next for mixed-use...
BLOG
Cities Are Rebounding, But Their Relationship With Residents Is Changing
For the first time since we began surveying global city residents in May 2020 — during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic — living...
RESEARCH
Residential Experience Briefing Fall 2021
We surveyed residents across nine global markets to understand their experiences and the implications for the future of residential development.
BLOG
The Future of Residential Design Must Balance Affordability, Satisfaction, and Experience
Among the factors impacting people’s decisions about where to live, what matters most? Gensler’s Residential Experience Index seeks to understand...
BLOG
Hospitality’s Growing Influence on Mid- to High-End Residential Design
Today’s consumers are looking for complementary services that can ease the burden of daily chores and enhance their overall living experience. Here...
BLOG
Rethinking Longevity in an Age-Inclusive World
Here are five strategies for reimagining longevity in an age-inclusive world.
BLOG
Work From Home Needs a Home for Work
How can residential design evolve to support the growing at-home workforce? Gensler's Residential Experience Index offers some insights.
BLOG
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...
BLOG
From Indifference to Serendipity: Experiments in the Art of Living Together
The pandemic presents an opportunity to rethink housing; architecture can and should play a critical role as an agent that tilts the outcome of each...
BLOG
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.
BLOG
How Companies Can Support Work-From-Home Best Practices in the Long Term
As businesses eye a strategic and safe return to the office, here are the operational mechanisms they should consider in order to support partial...
BLOG
Will the Work From Home Trend Impact Residential Design?
As working from home gains acceptance and more roles are fulfilled in remote settings, the fundamental principles of workplace design will still...
BLOG
Redesigning Mixed-Use Environments for a Post-Pandemic World
What will mixed-use and public places look like after this pandemic?
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
How We're Innovating to Create Housing for All
To respond to the global need for more housing — and more affordable housing — we’re exploring ideas that include co-living spaces, senior living...
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
Is There Still a Difference Between Live, Work, and Play?
As our lives blend together, our spaces need to become more hybrid as well.
BLOG
The Inertia of Home
For tenants, moving is expensive, unsettling, and time-consuming. For owners, high turnover is costly because of repairs and maintenance between...
RESEARCH
Designing Intergenerational Communities
Building upon our BoomTown framework to understand the essential elements for multigenerational communities.
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
Building a Bridge for L.A.'s Homeless Population
An emergency housing program provides critical interim housing for Los Angeles’ homeless.
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
Focus On: Affordable Housing
As cities grow, there’s an urgent need to provide residents with housing they can afford.
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
Placemaking and the art of Mixed Use
As more people turn to technology for their daily transactions, designers of mixed-use developments are focusing on placemaking to deliver meaningful...
RESEARCH
Designing Innovative Solutions for Homelessness
Creating a plan to develop and implement Permanent Supportive Housing for the homeless quickly and inexpensively.
RESEARCH
Building Boomtown
Are today’s communities prepared for our rapidly growing, healthy, and savvy aging population?
RESEARCH
Design Parameters for Urban Office-to-Residential Conversion
Building a framework for residential conversion for underperforming office buildings.
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
In the Mix
Work was a silo, but now we stack, embed, and overlay it with the rest of life to create great synergies and adjacencies. Welcome the newly...
RESEARCH
Design for Active Aging
Can design better support today’s active aging population? Today's aging population is anything but traditionally senior.
DESIGN UPDATE
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...
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