Sports

How to Design Practice Facilities Centered on Athletes’ Mental Health
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How to Design Practice Facilities Centered on Athletes’ Mental Health

Today’s sports training facilities and performance centers are placing more emphasis on supporting spaces that are focused on mental health, an...

Designing an Innovation District for the City of Austin
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Designing an Innovation District for the City of Austin

Austin’s Innovation District brings together education, entertainment, leisure, and sports. This type of urban, mixed-use center brings in new...

Design Forecast 2022: Sports
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Design Forecast 2022: Sports

With experience at the forefront of the business of sports, teams and organizations need sports venue designs and renovations that can incorporate...

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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...

The Trends Redefining Sports Venues in 2022 and Beyond
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The Trends Redefining Sports Venues in 2022 and Beyond

Every fan coming to the game expects a higher level of experience. So, how can sports venue design enhance the spectator experience?

Designing Performance Centers to Promote Well-being for Athletes
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Designing Performance Centers to Promote Well-being for Athletes

The sports industry has shifted beyond pure training facilities to establish performance centers that take a more holistic approach to “total...

Q2 Stadium Celebrates Austin’s Local Roots With a Unique Stadium Design
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Q2 Stadium Celebrates Austin’s Local Roots With a Unique Stadium Design

Austin's Q2 Stadium is more than a stadium — it's a 365-day destination and community asset that capitalizes on the city’s cultural heritage, natural...

The Inclusion Utopia: Promoting a More Equitable and Inclusive Experience for Athletes
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The Inclusion Utopia: Promoting a More Equitable and Inclusive Experience for Athletes

With over 100 anti-trans bills across the United States, we sought to understand how design can create opportunities for an inclusive and safe locker...

Sports: Design Strategies for a Post-COVID World
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Sports: Design Strategies for a Post-COVID World

Gensler’s Sports leaders discuss how sports and entertainment developments spur economic and urban growth, enable capital projects, extend the fan...

Bringing Sports Back to the Venue
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Bringing Sports Back to the Venue

We’ve been working with our clients to understand the challenges, questions, and potential strategies to get players and fans back to the sports...

Is the Virtual Fan Experience Ready for the Big Game?
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Is the Virtual Fan Experience Ready for the Big Game?

Until fans are allowed back inside sports arenas, what can we do now to enhance the fan experience virtually?

The Arena at the Heart of an Evolving Community
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The Arena at the Heart of an Evolving Community

With an emphasis on hospitality, San Francisco’s Chase Center bolsters a growing neighborhood.

The Sports/Community Connection
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The Sports/Community Connection

Sports developments are benefiting more than just fans of the game by becoming hubs for local economic growth and community partnership.

The Changing Face of Sports Arenas
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The Changing Face of Sports Arenas

Today’s sports venues are a digital-savvy new mix of placemaking and socializing.

The Future of Stadium Design: Banc of California Stadium
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The Future of Stadium Design: Banc of California Stadium

Sports stadiums are embracing far more than just the game.

#Winning the Fan Engagement Game
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#Winning the Fan Engagement Game

An investigation into sports fans’ relationships with their favorite teams.

Navigating Olympic Tokyo
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Navigating Olympic Tokyo

A speculative proposal for Tokyo before, during, and after the 2020 Olympics.

More Than a Game
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More Than a Game

To get more value from their real estate, sports venues are emulating mixed use.

Measuring Experience
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Measuring Experience

Gensler researchers take on the challenge of quantifying the value of experiential design.

Designing Vibrant Communities
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Designing Vibrant Communities

Vibrant communities are the building blocks of our fast-paced, increasingly urban world. To help cities thrive, these communities must be connected...

Cactus League Kings
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Cactus League Kings

Every March, the Cactus League, a tradition in and around Phoenix since 1947, stages the annual Arizona-based Spring Training pre-season for Major...