Experience is the new measure of community — not just how well it works, but also how good it feels.
Research & Insight
A Gensler publication, Dialogue magazine is a forum to discuss new trends and issues of direct concern to our clients. Published twice a year, Dialogue offers viewpoints from both within and outside Gensler.
Dialogue 27.
Talking about...
The transformation of community life
Dialogue 27.
Talking about...
The transformation of community life
Dialogue 27
Experience is the new measure of community – not just how well it works, but also how good it feels.
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TRANSFORMING
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THROUGH DESIGN -
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How Workplace
is Shaping the
Future of Cities -
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DESIGNING
CITIES
FOR PEOPLE -
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LIFESTYLE
AND THE FUTURE
OF CITIES
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WORK
ONE SIZE DOES
NOT FIT ALL -
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The
Livability
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Issue 29
The Place of Leisure in the Flow of Life
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The Why and How of the New Workplace
A Gensler publication, Dialogue magazine is a forum to discuss new trends and issues of direct concern to our clients. Dialogue offers viewpoints from both within and outside Gensler.
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TRANSFORMING
THE URBAN EXPERIENCE
THROUGH DESIGN
TRANSFORMING
THE URBAN EXPERIENCE
THROUGH DESIGN
On the Cover: Wujiang Road Repositioning, Shanghai
As the urban population grows and cities face all new challenges, we believe they must adapt. This is especially true in the Lifestyle sector, where everything from our shops and hotels, to our sports stadiums and malls, are being viewed through a new lens. In this issue of Dialogue, we take a look at some important shifts in the urban experience.
Every industry in the Lifestyle sector is being reconsidered for a new urban reality. The retail experience is less about buying things and more about community. Even suburban malls and sports stadiums are being remade as year-round mixed-use centers. At the same time, climate change and affordable housing continue to influence the industry. Adaptive reuse strategies are getting a new life, and innovations in housing for every type of person are being put into practice. Gensler’s mission has long been to Create a Better World Through the Power of Design. That starts with a focus on people and the places and spaces they occupy every day.
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Features
- Reinventing the Mall »
- Navigating the Retail Revolution »
- Client Interview: Bryan Koop, Boston Properties »
- Adaptive Reuse Strategies for a Net-Zero Future »
- Is There Still a Difference Between Live, Work, and Play? »
- The Sports/Community Connection »
- The Arena at the Heart of an Evolving Community »
- Today’s Travelers Are Looking for All-New Hotel Experiences »
- How We’re Innovating to Create Housing for All »
Digital Exclusives
- The New Shape of Retail Around the World »
- Reimagining the Museum Experience for a Digital Era »
- How Can Japan's Train Stations Leverage Their Mixed-Use Nature? »
- Designing Intergenerational Communities »
- Singles' Day: From Service to Experience Economy »
- Designing Intelligent Retail Places »
- Legacy Building »
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How Workplace
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DESIGNING
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FOR PEOPLE -
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LIFESTYLE
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OF CITIES -
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WORK
ONE SIZE DOES
NOT FIT ALL
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The
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Issue 29
The Place of Leisure in the Flow of Life
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Issue 28
The Why and How of the New Workplace
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The transformation of community life
Gensler books provide insights into design’s ability to enrich the human experience and benefit communities. Each volume illustrates our client-centric approach to delivering innovative design solutions.
Research Catalogue, Volume 2
The second installment in Gensler’s Research Catalogue series features findings from 41 research teams across the globe, with implications for everything from the future of museums to how we build the cities of tomorrow.
Research Catalogue, Volume 1
Gensler’s first Research Catalogue, published in 2014, highlights the work of 42 research teams on topics ranging from workplace performance to the student experience.
Shanghai Tower
Shanghai Tower tells the compelling story of the making of China’s tallest building. The book captures the emotion and spirit of a super-highrise that is transformative in nature. Its chapters deal with the concepts underlying the design, the journey of construction, key components of the tower, and its impact on a world city.
Art’s Principles
Art’s Principles reveals the blueprint behind one of the most successful professional services firms, giving career-minded individuals the tools they need to excel in business.
DESIGN FORECAST® 2023
Design Strategies for the Human Experience
Executive Summary
Executive Summary
The co-CEOs of Gensler discuss how we can design for a radically changing world and lead our clients through ongoing challenges.
Design Strategies
10 Meta Trends That Will Transform the Future of Cities
As our clients embrace portfolio strategies to position for long-term success, explore 10 meta trends and design strategies that are shaping the future.
Insights and Industry Trends by Expertise
FUTURE
OF
DESIGNING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES
Today’s cities continue to go through a period of massive transformation. The dated concept of monolithic or single-use business districts is giving way to the idea that cities should be ecosystems of multigenerational, multiuse 20-minute neighborhoods.
To achieve that vision, cities must embrace new forms of mobility and invest in attainable multifamily housing. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies must also be a priority. In this way, the cities of the future can evolve into a collection of safe, affordable, and connected communities that make urban living a great experience for the most people.
FUTURE
OF
DESIGNING A NEW WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE
The workplace is changing at an unprecedented pace. Across the globe, we’ve seen a fundamental shift in how and where work happens. Amid these profound shifts, organizations, developers, and landlords want to know what they can do to optimize their real estate.
What will set them apart is the experience they design for tenants and employees. We know that workers around the world still place a great deal of value in the physical workplace for social interaction, mentorship, deep concentration, and focus work. We also know that to compete in a war for talent, companies must also support an ecosystem of workspaces — both in and out of the office — where talent can thrive.
This is an opportunity to rethink the physical workplace to offer a mix of unique and fulfilling experiences that can attract people, whether that’s through new technologies or new types of spaces.
FUTURE
OF
DESIGNING MULTIUSE SPACES & EXPERIENCES
The lifestyle sector continues to face rising inflation, global economic volatility, and challenges such as how to engage customers in an increasingly hybrid world. Demand for attainable housing remains a global issue that is impacting the future of cities. To address these issues and more, we are focused on creating amenity-rich, mixed-use destinations. Single-purpose, single-use districts are becoming a thing of the past. To create long-term value and stay relevant, lifestyle companies will need to understand this context, and design flexible, multiuse spaces and experiences with a nuanced understanding of their consumers.
By anchoring people in a multiuse community that merges cultural and consumer offerings such as sports and entertainment, housing, and retail, lifestyle brands can create purpose-built places where people feel they can belong.
FUTURE
OF
DESIGNING NEW MODELS OF CARE & RESEARCH
The health sector is evolving quickly due to critical challenges: inflation, labor shortages, supply issues, tech integration, and fierce out-of-industry competition. There’s a focus on modernizing infrastructure and using community engagement to build new hospitality-driven, tech-enabled environments that promote wellness, help workers be more productive, and improve consumer experience and access.
From healthcare and senior living to life sciences, AI is catalyzing innovation, optimizing operations, reducing costs, and personalizing experiences. Predictive analytics and digital health technologies are increasing health and wellness for more consumers and workers and helping to serve aging populations. Across the U.S., high interest rates and historic office vacancies are opening the door to building conversions that can keep organizations in senior living and sciences growing.
Gensler Design Forecast
Gensler Design Forecast builds on the legacy of our Annual Reports to provide an informative guide to the intersection between business and design in the year ahead.
TRANSFORMATION »
Trends and design strategies that are shaping the future of the human experience and the built environment.
Trends and design strategies that are shaping the future of the human experience and the built environment.
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Design Forecast 2023: Transformation - Design Strategies for the Human Experience
Design Forecast identifies the trends and design strategies that are shaping the future with strategic advice...
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Design Forecast 2022: Resilient Design Strategies for the Human Experience
This year’s Design Forecast focuses on design strategies that will define the future of the human experience. With...
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Design Forecast 2021 - Reconnect
Gensler’s Design Forecast 2021 explores design strategies for a post-COVID world, offering trends, insights, and...
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Design Forecast
Over half the world’s people now live in cities — a reality that is already introducing tough new challenges. In this...
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Design Forecast Local 2019
A series of hyper-local conversations with our clients and the communities where we practice.
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Design Forecast 2018
This issue discusses the role of design in creating the places where people live, work, and play in urban centers...
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Design Forecast Español
Esta edición plantea un diálogo sobre el rol que juega el diseño en la creación de lugares en donde las personas viven...
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《设计趋势展望》中文版
本期主题：通过设计为人们创造优质生活、工作环境和娱乐空间，并塑造更好的未来城市。
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Design Forecast 2017
Our 2017 Design Forecast considers how design will deliver tomorrow’s vibrant cities, rich personal experiences, and...
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Gensler Design Forecast 2017 - Mandarin
探索设计如何影响塑造未来的人类体验。
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Gensler Design Forecast 2017 - Español
Una exploración de cómo el diseño dará forma a la experiencia humana en el próximo año y más allá.
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Gensler Design Forecast 2016
An exploration of factors that are likely to transform everyday life in ways that reshape its design and experience.
dialogue
A Gensler publication, Dialogue magazine is a forum to discuss new trends and issues of direct concern to our clients. Published twice a year, Dialogue offers viewpoints from both within and outside Gensler.
TRANSFORMING THE URBAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH DESIGN »
As cities continue to grow, designers are stepping in to create experiences that connect people to urban life in all new ways.
As cities continue to grow, designers are stepping in to create experiences that connect people to urban life in all new ways.
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Issue 35
TRANSFORMING
THE URBAN EXPERIENCE
THROUGH DESIGN -
Issue 34
How Workplace
is Shaping the
Future of Cities -
Issue 33
DESIGNING
CITIES
FOR PEOPLE -
Issue 32
LIFESTYLE
AND THE FUTURE
OF CITIES
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Issue 31
WORK
ONE SIZE DOES
NOT FIT ALL -
Issue 30
The
Livability
Issue -
Issue 29
The Place of Leisure in the Flow of Life
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Issue 28
The Why and How of the New Workplace
Design
Update
Focused on a new or noteworthy project, the digital and large-format print versions of Design Update highlight a client’s business drivers and the innovative design, technical and managerial solutions Gensler provides.
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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...
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Design Update:
Shanghai TowerInspired by Shanghai’s tradition of parks and neighborhoods, China’s tallest mixed-use building will complete the...
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Design Update:
The Tower at PNC PlazaTo a real estate portfolio replete with green branch banks, offices and mixed-use towers, PNC Financial Services Group...
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Design Update:
The Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott at L.A. LIVEThe first downtown tower in 20 years marks L.A. LIVE as Southern California's premier setting for sports...
Books
Gensler books provide insights into design’s ability to enrich the human experience and benefit communities. Each volume illustrates our client-centric approach to delivering innovative design solutions.
Publications
A Gensler publication, Dialogue magazine is a forum to discuss new trends and issues of direct concern to our clients. Published twice a year, Dialogue offers viewpoints from both within and outside Gensler.
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Gensler Design Forecast 2016 -
Gensler Design Forecast 2016 - 中文 -
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Gensler Design Forecast 2013
Dialogue Archive
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Dialogue 35
Talking about...TRANSFORMING
THE URBAN EXPERIENCE
THROUGH DESIGN -
Dialogue 34
Talking about...How Workplace
is Shaping the
Future of Cities -
Dialogue 33
Talking about...DESIGNING
CITIES
FOR PEOPLE -
Dialogue 32
Talking about...LIFESTYLE
AND THE FUTURE
OF CITIES -
Dialogue 31
Talking about...WORK
ONE SIZE DOES
NOT FIT ALL -
Dialogue 30
Talking about...The
Livability
Issue -
Dialogue 29
Talking about...The Place of Leisure in the Flow of Life -
Dialogue 28
Talking about...The Why and How of the New Workplace -
Dialogue 27
Talking about...The transformation of community life -
Dialogue 26
Talking about...Experiencing a world of leisure, one city at a time -
Dialogue 25
Talking about...Work and the Metropolis -
Dialogue 24
Talking about...Communities in the Future Tense -
Dialogue 23
Talking about...How leisure grabs us with experience -
Dialogue 22
Talking about...The Changing Nature of Work
Design Update
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The Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott at L.A. LIVE -
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Creating CityCenter