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Introducing Sustainable Design Early Leads to More Resilient Projects
Ten years ago, the goal was to convince clients that sustainable design was the solution to climate change. Those days...
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Chris Mundell and Maria Perez |
2018.09.20 |
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Iteration vs Disruption: Designing for a Great Customer Experience
What does innovation even mean anymore? For the past decade, at least, innovation has been a catch-all for that ‘special...
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Ryan Cavanaugh |
2018.09.06 |
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The Smart and the Beautiful: Dichotomies in Workplace Design (Part One)
DLA Piper’s Chicago office. Photo: Steve Hall © Hall+Merrick. This is the first entry in a two-part series exploring how...
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Jim Prendergast |
2018.09.05 |
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Why Branding Is Critical to a City’s Success
San Francisco’s Visitor Information Center. / Michael Townsend. There is something about the size and scale of a city...
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Jennifer Gebhardt |
2018.08.23 |
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Six Steps to Conquer Workplace Churn and Maintain Reliable Data
Graphic © Gensler If a constant shuffling of desks in your workplace seems like it’s become the new norm, you’re not...
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Ashley Betthauser |
2018.08.21 |
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Creative Collisions: Atlanta’s Ad Scene Mashup
New home of Fitzgerald & Co., Momentum Worldwide, and Weber Shandwick. Photography by Garett Rowland, Atlanta, Georgia is...
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Brenden Jackson and Joshua Barthel |
2018.08.13 |
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Red Bull Reenergizes a Warehouse Into Their Atlanta Workplace
Photography by Garrett Rowland, Southern charm and the high-octane world of Red Bull collide for an enthusiastic...
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Meena Krenek and Gail Malone |
2018.08.08 |
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How Authenticity and Locality Shaped The Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya
With a design concept developed around a regional architectural tradition, the Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya...
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Trevor To |
2018.08.02 |
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The Open Office Isn’t Dead
Gensler San Diego. Photography by Ryan Gobuty Open plan offices have their fair share of supporters and detractors. In a...
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Janet Pogue McLaurin |
2018.07.26 |
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Why Planning Is Essential to Solving California’s Housing Crisis
Cities across the country need more housing but aren’t building it. In California, this challenge has become a crisis...
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Jaymes Dunsmore |
2018.07.12 |
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Five Drivers Influencing the Future of Learning
It used to be that learning was relegated to the classroom. But now, learning happens everywhere. The future of education...
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Brian Watson, Sarah Jones, and Michael Schur |
2018.07.03 |
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Will California Lead the Way to Energy Independence?
The CSU Northridge Sustainability + Recycling Center includes a rooftop photovoltaic system, which offsets the energy...
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Anthony Brower |
2018.06.18 |
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Designing the First Triple-Certified Green Building in China
Johnson Controls, a leading provider of intelligent building technology and energy efficiency solutions, is investing in...
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Stephen Katz |
2018.06.11 |
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Behind the Whiteboard: Collaborative Spaces Set Teachers up for Classroom Success
Teachers spend countless hours creating an environment for students to thrive in. Students are not the only ones who...
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Santiago Rivera |
2018.05.10 |
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The Healing Power of Green Spaces
Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice Entrance garden. & Luxigon. Over the last decade, there has been a renewed awareness in the...
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Alicia Gomez Jimenez |
2018.05.08 |
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Designing Innovative Solutions for Chronic Homelessness
Homelessness is on the rise in the United States for the first time since 2010, with both Los Angeles and the entire...
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Audrey Handelman |
2018.04.26 |
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Hooray for Hollywood: Cities on Film
Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” (courtesy of Flickr). Author and social critic Oscar Wilde observed that “Life imitates art far...
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Joe Pobiner |
2018.04.17 |
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Centro de Convenciones de Costa Rica: A Beacon for Sustainability
On the eve of the official inauguration of the Costa Rica Convention Center in Heredia— 10 kilometers northwest of the...
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Samuel Bermúdez |
2018.04.06 |
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From Fitness to Bowling Alleys: How Commercial Office Buildings Are Differentiating Themselves Through Amenities
Historically, New York commercial buildings have not needed to offer amenities to stand out. The city served as the...
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Tom Vecchione and Erin Saven |
2018.03.28 |
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A Day in the Life of an Agile Worker
A mix of sit-stand stations and collaboration areas support agile working. /John Ryan. As companies seek to gain...
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Jane Stull |
2018.03.27 |
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Using Workplace Data to Create Connected Communities
Life in a connected world produces a constant stream of data—from purchasing our morning coffee, to sending emails...
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Johnathan Sandler and Luke Rondel |
2018.03.02 |
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But First, Let Me Take a Selfie: Designing Sharable Moments
Selfies. Photo-ops. Instagram walls. We’ve all heard of these moments and have been on the lookout for opportunities in...
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Debora Novarini and Circe Mendez |
2018.02.26 |
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Gensler Atlanta’s Office Expansion: A Co-Creating Environment for Our Clients
Gensler Atlanta’s office. Photo @ Nigel Marson Photography. When we started thinking about our expansion space for...
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Meena Krenek |
2018.01.29 |
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Is There a Future in Retail Banking? Part II
BankUnited defines itself as a Network Bank by creating a cohesive multifunctional environment that integrates meeting...
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Ryan Cavanaugh |
2018.01.25 |
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Is There a Future in Retail Banking? Part I
In this retail bank, concierge style service desks allow service professionals to have a one-on-one meeting with clients...
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Ryan Cavanaugh |
2018.01.23 |
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The Set List: Retail 2018 Trends and Predictions
Editor’s note: this blog is the first in a series discussing trends and insights into the world around us. This post...
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Lara Marrero |
2018.01.12 |
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San Francisco’s Union Square: From Instamatic to Instagram
Anthony G. Reyes As Herb Caen, San Francisco’s famous columnist once wrote, “It is hard to stay depressed in San...
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Barry Bourbon |
2017.12.11 |
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The Set List: Life, Augmented
Image: Ian Robinson Editor’s note: this blog is part of a series discussing trends and insights into the world around us...
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Jack Trotman |
2017.09.20 |
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The Set List: The Age of Empathy
Editor’s note: this blog is part of a series discussing trends and insights into the world around us. “If I had asked...
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Kseniya Sharin |
2017.08.23 |
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The Set List: In Pursuit of Imperfection
Editor’s note: this blog is part of a series discussing trends and insights into the world around us. Over the years...
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Rachel Barnes |
2017.08.01 |
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Team VHS or Beta? The Battle Over Format Standardization
Amazon Echo (Alexa) In the past, the fight for supremacy of format standardization was usually battled out between two...
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Robert Cohen |
2017.04.04 |
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Has Connectivity Changed Our Experience of Place?
The latest Gensler Design Forecast has made me think about how I experience place and whether the overlay of digital...
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John J. Parman |
2017.04.03 |
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Human Experience Is the Future of Design
Gensler’s 2017 Design Forecast We believe human experience is the future of design. People are the one constant in this...
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Diane Hoskins and Andy Cohen |
2017.02.27 |
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2016 Design Forecast LIVE: The Future of Experience
Experience—the sum of our interactions with the world around us—is increasingly the focus of design. As Gensler’s Tom Ito...
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Editorial Team |
2016.09.28 |
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2016 Design Forecast LIVE: The Future of Work
Etsy’s Brooklyn Headquarters, “Innovation is the core of work, and people drive innovation,” Gensler Co-CEO Diane Hoskins...
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Editorial Team |
2016.09.02 |
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2016 Design Forecast LIVE: The Future of Cities
The city is the main arena of future change, Andy Cohen told participants in Design Forecast LIVE event on June 25th. The...
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Editorial Team |
2016.08.17 |
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2016 Design Forecast LIVE: Co-Creating the Future
Gensler is focused on solving the key issues facing our clients today and tomorrow. And that’s why we sponsored...
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Editorial Team |
2016.07.01 |
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Suburbia 2.0: Embracing the Uburb.
Data has a way of ruthlessly illuminating reality. Take the most recent Census Bureau numbers, which shed light on...
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Brenden Jackson |
2016.05.18 |
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Instability Spurs an Industry Shift
A quick glance at humankind’s rich canon of fevered doomsday scenarios reveals tremendous insights about the time in...
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Brenden Jackson |
2016.03.30 |
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Mastering the "Language" of Digital Natives to Design Future Work Space
I recently took my 8-year-old daughter to a project tour and watched her touch a wallcovering to see if it would change...
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Natalie Engels |
2016.03.23 |
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World Affairs, Designing for Community: The Physics of Balance
liquidcrash. One of the world’s largest slums (located in Mumbai and the basis for the movie, “Slumdog Millionaire”) is...
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Bill Hooper |
2016.03.03 |
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Towards an Appropriate Local Response: Learning from our Global Clients
The Legacy West development in Plano, Texas. Before joining Gensler I worked for a number of years almost exclusively for...
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Julien Meyrat, AIA, LEED AP |
2016.02.12 |
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Communities with Heart: Celebrating Fifty Years of Design with Fifty Acts of Kindness
Mikaela Couch © Gensler Last year, Gensler surpassed $1 billion in revenue. We now employ over 5,000 people across 46...
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J.D. Busch |
2016.01.01 |
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Delivering Creativity on a Global Scale
Design innovation. Global talent and knowledge. Helping our clients achieve their goals and being their trusted advisors...
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Andy Cohen |
2015.12.16 |
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Architecture's New Realities in a Virtual World
The Virtual Reality revolution we were promised in the early 1990s is happening now. If you're old enough to remember...
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Noah Rollins and Higor Arruda |
2015.12.14 |
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Towards More Resilient Buildings
More resilient buildings are critical to ensuring the safety of our urban infrastructure. Rendering © Gensler In the...
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Matt Severance |
2015.12.01 |
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The Future of Work
Anniversary milestones are often an ideal time to reflect on where we’ve been and to position ourselves for the future...
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Janet Pogue McLaurin |
2015.11.30 |
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High Expectations
Adjustable height desks are growing more and more common. I started using one over a year ago on account of hip/hamstring...
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Amie Keener |
2015.11.20 |
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More Inclusive Design
Architects and designers have a responsibility to ensure their designs are as inclusive and accommodating as possible...
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Amy Pothier |
2015.11.19 |
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Microbrands: Think Small
Over the past 50 years, the practice of branding has undergone profound changes. From a contemporary vantage point, it’s...
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Beth Novitsky |
2015.11.18 |
Introducing Sustainable Design Early Leads to More Resilient Projects
Why Branding Is Critical to a City’s Success
Why Planning Is Essential to Solving California’s Housing Crisis
Five Drivers Influencing the Future of Learning
Will California Lead the Way to Energy Independence?
Designing the First Triple-Certified Green Building in China
The Healing Power of Green Spaces
Designing Innovative Solutions for Chronic Homelessness
Hooray for Hollywood: Cities on Film
Centro de Convenciones de Costa Rica: A Beacon for Sustainability
Iteration vs Disruption: Designing for a Great Customer Experience
How Authenticity and Locality Shaped The Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya
But First, Let Me Take a Selfie: Designing Sharable Moments
Is There a Future in Retail Banking? Part II
Is There a Future in Retail Banking? Part I
The Set List: Retail 2018 Trends and Predictions
San Francisco’s Union Square: From Instamatic to Instagram
The Set List: Life, Augmented
The Set List: The Age of Empathy
The Set List: In Pursuit of Imperfection
The Smart and the Beautiful: Dichotomies in Workplace Design (Part One)
Six Steps to Conquer Workplace Churn and Maintain Reliable Data
Creative Collisions: Atlanta’s Ad Scene Mashup
Red Bull Reenergizes a Warehouse Into Their Atlanta Workplace
The Open Office Isn’t Dead
Behind the Whiteboard: Collaborative Spaces Set Teachers up for Classroom Success
From Fitness to Bowling Alleys: How Commercial Office Buildings Are Differentiating Themselves Through Amenities
A Day in the Life of an Agile Worker
Using Workplace Data to Create Connected Communities
Gensler Atlanta’s Office Expansion: A Co-Creating Environment for Our Clients
Mastering the "Language" of Digital Natives to Design Future Work Space
Towards an Appropriate Local Response: Learning from our Global Clients
Communities with Heart: Celebrating Fifty Years of Design with Fifty Acts of Kindness
Delivering Creativity on a Global Scale
Architecture's New Realities in a Virtual World
Towards More Resilient Buildings
The Future of Work
High Expectations
More Inclusive Design
Microbrands: Think Small
Team VHS or Beta? The Battle Over Format Standardization
Has Connectivity Changed Our Experience of Place?
Human Experience Is the Future of Design
2016 Design Forecast LIVE: The Future of Experience
2016 Design Forecast LIVE: The Future of Work
2016 Design Forecast LIVE: The Future of Cities
2016 Design Forecast LIVE: Co-Creating the Future
Suburbia 2.0: Embracing the Uburb.
Instability Spurs an Industry Shift
World Affairs, Designing for Community: The Physics of Balance