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The Smart and the Beautiful: Dichotomies in Workplace Design (Part Two)
DLA Piper Chicago. Photo: Steve Hall © Hall+Merrick. Editor’s note: This is the second entry in a two-part series...
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Jim Prendergast |
2018.10.18 |
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How the Built Environment Can Help the Climate Crisis
The recent report delivered to the United Nations by the International Panel on Climate Change (I.P.C.C.) paints a dire...
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Anthony Brower |
2018.10.11 |
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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 Fitzco, Momentum Worldwide, and Weber Shandwick. Photography by Garett Rowland, Atlanta, Georgia is a place...
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Joshua Barthel and Erin Greer |
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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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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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 |
How the Built Environment Can Help the Climate Crisis
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
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 Two)
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
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