PROJECTS
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Wilkes Bashford Flagship Store
Palo Alto, California
Wilkes Bashford is a new flagship store at the Stanford Shopping Center in Silicon Valley that seamlessly fuses luxury, warmth, and personalized service.
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.
1100 Broadway
Oakland, California
Slated for completion in 2020, 1100 Broadway marks an exciting, new turn in Oakland's thriving downtown landscape, and sets a bold, new standard for the seamless integration of old and new architecture.
2150 Webster
Oakland, California
2150 Webster Street is a ten-story commercial office building with 230,000 square feet of rentable floor area.
The Lark Inn
San Francisco, California
In partnership with Larkin Street Youth Services, AEC Cares, and local industry peers, Gensler redesigned Lark Inn, a shelter for homeless youth in S.F.
Chapter 510 – Swan’s Market
Oakland, California
Chapter 510 turned to Gensler again to design its new Writing Center located in downtown Oakland’s Swan’s Market.
ZEISS Innovation Center
Dublin, California
ZEISS partnered with Gensler to create a future-forward innovation center to relaunch the optic leader’s brand in North America while also merging multiple b...
Fivetran Headquarters
Oakland, California
Fivetran’s new Oakland headquarters is an innovative tech workplace for team-building, hybrid collaboration, and connecting with the Oakland community.
Assembly at North First
San Jose, California
With an influx of high-technology companies migrating south from Silicon Valley, the development team at North First turned to Gensler to renovate and rebuild seven existing buildings on the 27-acre former Lam Research complex to deliver a cohesive, branded, and amenity-rich campus environment modernized for today's technology companies.
Ouster
San Francisco, California
Ouster’s office at 350 Treat Street — once a former industrial warehouse — reflects the characteristics of its neighborhood, with a unique design that balances the site's industrial heritage with today’s A.I. workforce needs.
Beauty’s Bagel
Oakland, California
Beauty's Bagels has been serving wood-fired, Montreal-style bagels in Oakland since 2012.
Arup
Oakland, California
Inspired by the creative office spaces around Oakland's urban city center and Arup's core principles of creativity, flexibility, wellness and sustainability, Gensler transformed the blank slate at 1330 Broadway into an edgy, contemporary workspace with shared amenities, including a café, areas for socializing, multi-purpose conference rooms, and alternative work areas.
Ellie Mae HQ
Pleasanton, California
Ellie Mae’s headquarters is simple and direct—prioritizing functionality while creating a showcase for the client’s expansive private art collection.
Original Pattern Brewing Company
Oakland, California
Located in an industrial brick warehouse, Original Pattern Brewing Company's brewery and tasting room melds historicity with a modern flair—and is a showcase for the unique, award-winning old-world beers that they create.
Uptown Station
Oakland, California
In a thorough restoration of a 1929 Beaux Arts-style building that originally housed Capwell’s flagship department store, this new office and retail complex...
CBRE Oakland
Oakland, California
Situated on the 18th floor of 1111 Broadway in Oakland’s central, transit-rich business district, the new space does away with assigned offices and seating...
The Gastropig
Oakland, California
Tucked away in a quiet street corner, The Gastropig is a small, casual neighborhood eatery that embodies the charm and spirit of Oakland’s burgeoning Uptown...
New York Power Authority (NYPA)
White Plains, New York
As part of their Strategic Plan, NYPA turned to Gensler to design their new Integrated Security Operations Center (iSOC), Innovation Zone, and Emergency...
Trumark Companies
San Ramon, CA
Trumark’s workplace at Bishop Ranch Business Park in San Ramon reflects the values of comfort, wellness, and design excellence that also lend themselves to their residential development approach.
Confidential Biotech Client
San Francisco, California
This biotech client implemented a "New Way of Working" model to its administrative office areas, which involves assigning groups of employees to "neighborhoods"
Our City Oakland Fair, Block by Block
Oakland, CA
The small scale “Block by Block” project underlined and sublimated the transformative Oakland urban landscape of the moment, particularly within the localized city street grid painted on the ground representing Uptown and Downtown.
Bank of the West
San Francisco, CA
Bank of the West sought to improve their headquarters bank branch to enhance the customer experience and integrate brand standards.
Project Color Corps
Concord, California
Project Color Corps is a nonprofit that seeks to create positive change by painting inner city schools with colors and patterns that impart messages of...
Gensler Oakland
Oakland, California
Gensler’s Oakland office is characterized by function and flexibility—intuitive for those who work here as well as for those who are visiting. Perched on the top floor of a Class A office tower, the space affords a captivating 360-degree panoramic view of the East Bay hills, Downtown Oakland, the Bay Bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the San Francisco skyline.
Riverbed Customer Center
San Francisco, CA
The Riverbed Customer Center in downtown San Francisco stands to affect the built environment by addressing our innate and inherent desire to be connected to natural habitats.
e.l.f. Cosmetics
Oakland, California
Cosmetics and makeup company e.l.f.’s new downtown Oakland offices gracefully juxtapose the company’s polished image with the local, raw aesthetic of its...
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...
REGIONAL & OFFICE LEADERSHIP
Randy Howder
Regional Managing Principal
Randy Howder is the Managing Principal for Gensler’s Northwest region based in the firm’s San Francisco office.
Karen H. Thomas
Regional Managing Principal
An award-winning architect, community leader, and business executive, Karen H. Thomas serves on Gensler’s Board of Directors, Leadership Operations, and Management Committees, while overseeing five West Coast offices comprising our Northwest Region as Co-Managing Principal.
Manan Shah
Managing Director, Principal
Manan navigates the complex path of building world-class projects in the San Francisco Bay Area — balancing high-value design solutions, stakeholder interests, and local needs to spearhead projects that showcase inclusivity, sustainability, and forward-thinking.
LEADERSHIP
Michael Bodziner
Co-Chief Human Resources Officer, Principal
Michael Bodziner is the Co-Chief Human Resources Officer at Gensler.
Erin Cubbison
Strategy Director, Principal
Erin Cubbison is a Strategy Director in Gensler’s Oakland office with expertise in strategic consulting, user research, facilitation, and decision-making.
Brent Van Gunten
Studio Director, Technical Director, Principal
As a Technical Director, Brent Van Gunten guides teams in developing new construction and repositioning for office, life sciences, and education projects.
Rashana Zaklit
Hospitality Leader, Design Director
Rashana Zaklit is a Hospitality Interiors Design Director as well as the Hospitality Leader for Gensler's Northwest region.
NEWS & RECOGNITION
Gensler’s Jordan Goldstein and Marriott’s Kristen Conry Lead Discussion on “Designing a New Way to Think” at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech
Gensler co-CEO Jordan Goldstein and Kristen Conry, SVP of Global Design at Marriott International, shared insights on how tech is reshaping design through “phygital” experiences that empower human connection and personalization.
September 10, 2025
Interior Design Magazine Celebrates 60 Years of Gensler’s Impact on the Business of Design
The exclusive feature spotlights global projects across practices and interviews with leaders, including Q&As with co-CEOs Jordan Goldstein and Elizabeth Brink and co-chairs Andy Cohen and Diane Hoskins.
August 25, 2025
Gensler Honored Among Architizer’s 2025 List of “100 Best Architecture and Design Firms in the United States”
Architizer’s 2025 list of top firms notes Gensler’s work on projects including Amazon HQ2 Metropolitan Park, Willis Tower, 550 Madison Lobby, Fifth + Tillery, and San Francisco International Airport, Boarding Area E.
July 04, 2025
Gensler Ranked #1 on Architectural Record’s Top 300 U.S. Architecture Firms of 2025
Architectural Record recognized Gensler as the #1 firm for the sixth consecutive year on its list of the Top 300 Architecture Firms in the U.S.
June 04, 2025
Building Design Construction Covered Gensler’s 2025 Global Workplace Survey
The piece highlights the power of choice, flexibility, and purposeful workplace design.
April 23, 2025
Shop! Design Awards Recognized Wilkes Bashford Palo Alto Store With a 2025 Silver Award
The Gensler-designed retail space was awarded in the new or remodeled department store category.
April 17, 2025
San Francisco Chronicle Featured Jagalchi, a New Korean Food Complex in the Bay Area
Designed by Gensler, the 75,000-square-foot complex houses a grocery store with a “dizzying array of Korean products,” as well as a restaurant, two bars, bakery, butcher, seafood counter, and prepared foods section.
March 27, 2025
Gensler Recognized on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies 2025 List
Recognized for the second consecutive year, the global design firm earned praise for its Gensler Product Sustainability (GPS) Standards™, spotlighting groundbreaking innovation in the building sector.
March 18, 2025
Gensler Ranked #1 on Interior Design’s 2025 Top 100 Giants List
Gensler was also voted the Most Admired Firm by our peers.
March 17, 2025
Forbes Recognized Gensler on Its 2025 List of America’s Best Large Employers
The annual ranking is based on a survey of more than 217,000 U.S. employees at companies across all industry sectors employing more than 5,000 U.S. workers.
February 12, 2025
Forbes Ranked Gensler on Its List of America’s Dream Employers 2025
Forbes’ list is based on survey results of more than 10,000 college students in the U.S. and over 140,000 U.S.-based employees across all sectors.
November 26, 2024
Gensler’s Brian Stromquist and Meaghan Beever Discuss Designing for a Neurodiverse Workforce
Stromquist explains why “we baseline design for inclusivity from the beginning of every project” to create spaces of solace and safety in the office.
November 24, 2024
Boutique Design Recognized Hyatt Regency Irvine as a 44th Annual Gold Key Awards Finalist
Hyatt Regency Irvine is a finalist in the Lobby Upscale category of the 2024 Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design. Gensler is the firm behind the hotel’s new lobby design.
September 17, 2024
Business Insider Rounded Up the Coolest Tech Offices of 2024, Featuring NVIDIA’s “Futuristic Headquarters”
The article quoted Gensler Principal Hao Ko, who explained the design concept is “rooted in that idea that people do their best work when they are provided with a choice.”
August 12, 2024
How Companies Are Prepping for California’s New Climate Emissions Law
Worklife noted how “Gensler has long been at the forefront of helping design sustainable workplaces” in reference to Gensler’s Product Sustainability Standards.
February 07, 2024
INSIGHTS
Blog
A Multigenerational Workforce Demands Multigenerational Design
Employees over 65 are defying stereotypes and redefining expectations. Organizations that design with them in mind won’t just gain an edge today — they’ll shape the future of work.
Blog
Design as Storytelling: How AI Is Transforming the Way We Imagine, Create, and Connect
AI isn’t here to replace creativity. It’s here to amplify it — helping us move from inspiration to iteration with greater speed and substance.
Blog
Designing Workplaces That Work — With Your People
When employees are involved in the planning and design process, the workspaces we create are more effective, engaging, and human.
Blog
5 ‘Out of the Box’ Strategies for the Retail Real Estate Market
As big box retail closures mount, here’s a look at five unique uses to repurpose large, vacant spaces in a changing landscape.
Research
City Pulse 2025
Gensler surveyed 33,000 people across 65 cities to uncover what makes a city magnetic — how it attracts new residents and keeps them wanting to stay.
Research
Global Workplace Survey 2025
Gensler’s Global Workplace Survey 2025 reveals the importance of in-person work and insights on how workplaces can be better designed to support all forms of work for individuals and teams.
Sustainability
Resilience by Design
Our Resilience by Design Report presents solutions for transforming the built environment to achieve a net zero carbon impact across our portfolio and the design industry.
Blog
What Retail Can Learn From Chinatown: 3 Ways to Create Thriving Third Places
Looking towards San Francisco’s Chinatown as a case study, here are three key strategies to create a thriving third place.
Blog
5 Design Considerations for Authentic Specialty Market Experiences
Though the retail and dining sector has struggled with pandemic recovery and rising costs, the specialty markets subcategory is thriving.
Design Forecast
Design Forecast 2025
Explore Gensler’s Design Forecast 2025, a collection of the top global design trends that are shaping the future of the human experience and the built environment.
Insight
5 Trends Shaping Design in 2025
Here are the 5 most important and actionable themes shaping design in 2025, based on over 100 trends across 33 industries around the world.
Blog
How Immersive Food and Beverage Experiences Are Redefining Hospitality
Food and beverage spaces have unique potential as experiential destinations that authentically convene community in a way that is familiar, universal, and transformative.
Blog
A Story of Transformation: Hyatt’s Unique Blend of Community and Hospitality
Strategies for repositioning an aging hotel ground floor into a community destination.
Blog
Insights Into the Pandemic’s Impact on Student Well-Being
Our research explores how the shift out of the pandemic is impacting student relationships, motivation, and emotional well-being.
Blog
Are Educators and Campus Staff Ready for an Unassigned Workplace?
In the age of hybrid work, campuses have an opportunity to explore new approaches to workspace, specifically shared and unassigned space for staff and educators.
Blog
What’s the Recipe for Retail Success? Food
With a heightened consumer appetite for engaging social spaces, food and beverage are key ingredients for physical retail viability.
Blog
What Gensler’s Education Engagement Index Reveals About the Future of Hybrid Learning
An exploration into the future of the hybrid learning experience.
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