https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1055-gensler en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18060 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:37:27 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18060-inside-new-york-citys-landmarked-steinway-hall-and-its-adjacent-glass-tower-bonhams-finds-a-new-home kuthg@bnpmedia.com (Grace Kuth) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17945 Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:28:41 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17945-snapshot-pittsburghs-new-airport-terminal-celebrates-western-pennsylvanias-identity goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17802 Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17802-with-270-park-avenue-foster-partners-creates-the-workplace-of-the-future-for-jpmorgan-chase http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17570 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17570-a-gensler-designed-training-facility-prepares-the-next-generation-of-chicagos-ironworkers The media giant’s new downtown headquarters takes cues from the loft buildings that surround it.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17379 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 00:19:54 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17379-soms-new-terra-cotta-clad-headquarters-for-disney-adds-a-touch-of-magic-to-manhattan http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17318 Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:54 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17318-walmart-debuts-new-home-office-campus-in-northwest-arkansas http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16830 Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:07:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16830-gensler-san-franciscos-new-full-floor-office-is-a-balancing-act-between-future-and-past http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16742 Fri, 23 Feb 2024 09:18:35 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16742-google-opens-new-headquarters-withinand-perched-abovea-historic-manhattan-freight-terminal

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16353 Wed, 28 Jun 2023 08:22:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16353-chicagos-the-mart-debuts-new-look-courtesy-of-gensler-at-neocon-2023 MartExterior-Neocon (1).jpg Neocon 2023 attendees converge at The Mart's River Park, a new outdoor space that recently opened as part of an amenities-focused overhaul of the storied Chicago building. Photo courtesy Neocon 05_THE MART Transformation_South Lobby_Courtesy Gensler-Gillian Fry and THE MART-8.webp South Lobby of The Mart following the Gensler-helmed redesign. Photo courtesy Gensler, Gillian Fry, The Mart THE MART Transformation_Conference Center and Workspace_Courtesy Gensler-Gillian Fry and THE MART.webp Conference Center and Workspace. Photo Courtesy Gensler, Gillian Fry, The Mart THE MART Transformation_Conference Center and Workspace_Courtesy Gensler-Gillian Fry and THE MART 3.webp Conference center and workspace. Photo Courtesy Gensler, Gillian Fry, The Mart The Mart Marshalls Landing.webp Marshall’s Landing. Photo courtesy Chicago Commercial Photography THE MART Transformation_River Park_Courtesy Gensler-Gillian Fry and THE MART-5.webp River Park at The Mart. Photo Courtesy Gensler, Gillian Fry, The Mart http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16249 Thu, 11 May 2023 08:26:36 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16249-albert-kahns-long-abandoned-detroit-book-depository-transformed-into-newlabs-latest-innovation-hub 1 Newlab-Civilian-Detroit-20230217-LEAD-min 2.jpg A 1936 post office-turned-public school book depository has been transformed into Newlab’s Detroit headquarters. Photo by Brian W. Ferry 2-newlab-civilian-detroit-20230215-284-slide.webp   The view from a café through the entry lobby. Photo by Brian W. Ferry 4-newlab-civilian-detroit-20230215-slide2.webp Civilian created an event space and gallery on the ground floor. Framed by Kahn’s martini glass columns, the space has custom roll-up doors for views and access to the work being done in the surrounding shops. Photo by Brian W. Ferry RECORD speaks to the former longtime president of Walt Disney Imagineering about his career with the entertainment juggernaut as he steps into a new role at Gensler.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16119 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 12:24:51 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16119-interview-with-bob-weis-global-leader-of-immersive-experience-design-at-gensler http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15963 Fri, 09 Dec 2022 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15963-design-ed-podcast-diane-hoskins-and-andy-cohen-of-gensler jim@jamesgauer.com (James Gauer) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15633 Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15633-willis-tower-transformation-by-gensler http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15335 Fri, 01 Oct 2021 00:04:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15335-lucid-motors-showroom-by-gensler Lucid-Motors-Showroom-01-B.jpg The Lucid Motors Showroom is revealed through pivot doors. Photo © Jason O’Rear Lentzl@bnpmedia.com (Linda C. Lentz) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14761 Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14761-clevelands-rocket-mortgage-fieldhouse-offers-a-fresh-take-on-the-fan-experience Rocket-Mortgage-FieldHouse-01-B.jpg The 65,000-square-foot wall hovers over the new lobby, anchored by building infrastructure. Image courtesy Cleveland Cavaliers goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14658 Tue, 02 Jun 2020 00:06:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14658-one-embarcadero-center-lobby-by-gensler One-Embarcadero-Center-Lobby-01-B.jpg A generous lobby was created by claiming real estate from the surrounding podium and enclosing it within a glass curtain wall. Photo © Joe Fletcher The latest addition to the New York institution sleekly manages its girth.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14392 Mon, 02 Dec 2019 10:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14392-museum-of-modern-art-addition-by-diller-scofidio-renfro-with-gensler A cantilevered steel canopy calls out the double-height entrance lobby that replaces the 2004 one. Photo © Iwan Baan / courtesy MoMA The Jerry Speyer and Katherine Farley Building Photo © Iwan Baan / courtesy MoMA The architects sank a new retail story below grade and installed frameless structural-glass walls along the street. Photo © Brett Beyer / courtesy DSR Galleries on the second floor are separated by a blackened-steel portal. Photo © Iwan Baan / courtesy MoMA The double-height Studio in the Speyer Farley Building showcases an interactive acoustical work by David Tudor. Photo © Danica O. Kus Two galleries, the Daylit on the left and the Project Gallery on the right, are double-height spaces Photo © Brett Beyer / courtesy DSR In the first expansion phase, DSR created a lounge on the first floor of the 1939 Goodwin Stone Building (shown); the same Grand Antique marble is used in the new sixth-floor Terrace Restaurant, where Kerstin Brätsch’s art is installed. Photo © Iwan Baan / courtesy MoMA In the first expansion phase, DSR created a lounge on the first floor of the 1939 Goodwin Stone Building; the same Grand Antique marble is used in the new sixth-floor Terrace Restaurant, where Kerstin Brätsch’s art is installed (shown). Photo © Brett Beyer / courtesy DSR DSR restored the Bauhaus stair in the Goodwin Stone building, adding Grand Antique marble to the base. Oscar Schlemmer’s painting, Bauhaus Stairway, 1932, again hangs on the landing, underscoring the connection between this stair and Gropius’s design for the Bauhaus Building in Dessau. Photo © Iwan Baan / courtesy MoMA Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro Image courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro The opening of the renovated and expanded Museum of Modern Art in New York prompts a look at the newly organized galleries of the Architecture and Design Department.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14306 Wed, 09 Oct 2019 17:01:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14306-architecture-and-design-galleries-reopen-at-moma-in-new-york Museum of Modern Art’s main entrance on 53rd Street, redesigned as part of  renovation/expansion by Diller Scofidio Renfro and Gensler. Photo © The Museum of Modern Art. Iwan Baan Rendering of section elevation of 11 West 53rd Street showing (on far left ) the 53 West 53rd Street condominium tower by Ateliers Jean Nouvel with the MoMA galleries of the Geffen Wing starting on the second floor. To the right of it are galleries in the footprint of the former Folk Art Museum with a street-level one free to the public. Above is a MoMA gallery, and in the double-height space of the fourth and fifth floor is the Studio for performing arts events.  To the right is the sliver- like “blade stair” connecting to the lobby and the sunken book store. At the far right is the DSR design canopy entrance leading into a new double-height lobby.  Drawing Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art An installation from Architecture Systems organized by chief curator of the architecture and design department Martino Stierli on the fourth floor of the Taniguchi-designed Rockefeller Building. Shown is a fragment of the original curtain wall of the UN Secretariat Building in New York placed in front of a clip from Jacques Tati’s futuristic spoof, Playtime (1967). Photo ©The Museum of Modern Art. Robert Gerhardt An installation from Building Citizens organized by architecture and design department curator Sean Anderson on the second floor of the Taniguchi-designed Rockefeller Building. Photo ©The Museum of Modern Art. John Wronn An installation from Energy, organized by architecture and design department curator Paola Antonelli on the first floor of the new wing in the footprint of the former Folk Art Museum. The space will be free to the public and accessible from the street. Photo © The Museum of Modern Art. Heidi Bohnenkamp Gensler’s product-development team can cherry-pick manufacturers it wants to collaborate with. These companies, in turn, gain insight into what architects really need to source. Record interviewed Gensler’s director of product development Brandon Larcom about the program.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14255 Thu, 05 Sep 2019 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14255-the-gensler-effect-does-the-firm-have-a-midas-touch-in-product-design Lentzl@bnpmedia.com (Linda C. Lentz) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14240 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14240-gensler-reveals-nearly-completed-panorama-project Gensler transformed the former Jehovah’s Witness complex, creating an inviting, street-side lobby in the 1980s addition of a 1920s building. Photo © Max Touhey The two 1920s buildings, designed by brothers Russell and William Cory, were painted a light gray. Photo © Max Touhey A skybridge, connecting the 4th and 5th floors of the 1920s buildings, allows for potentially expansive workspace that flows from one building to the other. Photo © Max Touhey The1920s buildings are punctuated by numerous terraces, both expansive and intimate. One of the structures features a digital clock and signage space (once famously advertising the Jehovah’s Witness publication Watchtower) that offers potential exposure for a primary tenant. Photo © Max Touhey The new lobbies are spacious and open, with backlit ceilings and areas for mingling and spontaneous meetings. Photo © Max Touhey A 12th floor terrace was previously enclosed by a greenhouse structure. Photo © Max Touhey A new, stairway activates both building and street and welcomes the public to visit shops on the second level or snap a selfie from its viewing platform. Photo © Max Touhey Views from the stair landing and platform embrace the Brooklyn Bridge and waterfront. Photo © Max Touhey See the full list of this year’s top 300 firms, ranked by their architectural revenue from the prior year, and learn about what business trends architecture and design companies are seeing.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14159 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14159-top-300-firms-of-2019-gensler-remains-first Top 300 Firms of 2019 (revenue shown in millions of dollars) Top 300 Firms of 2019 (revenue shown in millions of dollars) #1 Gensler | Gensler Office, Los Angeles Photo courtesy Gensler #2 Perkins+Will | Gardner Neuroscience Institute, Chicago Photo © Mark Herboth #13 CannonDesign | Private Office, Chicago Photo © Nic Lehoux #14 Populous | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London Photo © Hufton+Crow #19 ZGF Architects | Expensify Office, Portland, Oregon Photo © Garrett Rowland #20 Kohn Pedersen Fox | SOHO Gubei, Shanghai Photo © Al Qing A classic landmark in New York is tuned up for 21st-century needs. Watch our video tour of the building, featuring Foundation president Darren Walker.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13870 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 09:05:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13870-renovated-ford-foundation-center-for-social-justice-by-gensler 1902-Gensler-New-York-Ford-Foundation-Center-for-Social-Justice-01.jpg The renovation of the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice included the interior garden atrium, for which Jungles Studio was the landscape architect. The garden, entered from the 42nd Street side (left), will soon open to the public during the week and on Saturday. Photos © Richard Barnes The office of Foundation president Darren Walker has been relocated to a smaller space. Photo © Richard Barnes The low mahogany workstations allow expansive views out to the Tudor City apartments and inward to the garden atrium. Photo © Richard Barnes A circulation path now edges the glass-walled atrium. Photo © Richard Barnes Raymond Jungles renovated the atrium garden; the stairs, ascending from 42nd Street to 43rd Street, are supplemented by a new elevator in the southeast corner for accessibility. Photo © Richard Barnes In the garden, ficus Amstel King trees, with twisted trunks, loom above the minimalist pond. Photo © Richard Barnes Image courtesy Gensler Image courtesy Gensler Image courtesy Gensler Image courtesy Gensler Image courtesy Gensler Image courtesy Gensler After two years, Gensler has completed a sensitive, $205-million renovation of Kevin Roche and John Dinkeloo’s landmarked building in New York.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13798 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13798-the-ford-foundations-renovation-reflects-the-future-of-its-mission goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) Architects and their clients turn to the next frontier in building operations—garbage.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13734 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13734-continuing-education-zero-waste Recyclables from New York households, including plastic, metal, and glass, arrive at a facility in Brooklyn for sorting. Photo © Michael Anton, courtesy DSNY One way New York could meet its 2030 goals is by cutting the current amount of trash (above) produced by 80 percent, reducing the quantity of recyclables generated by 50 percent, and ramping up diversion of recyclables to 90 percent. Image courtesy The Center for Architecture One way New York could meet its 2030 goals (above) is by cutting the current amount of trash produced by 80 percent, reducing the quantity of recyclables generated by 50 percent, and ramping up diversion of recyclables to 90 percent. Image courtesy The Center for Architecture As part of San Francisco International Airport’s zero-waste by 2021 initiative, Gensler designed new receptacles and graphics to be used throughout the facility to help increase sorting accuracy and diversion. Image courtesy Gensler MENILMONTANT HOUSING – SECTION Paris plans to have a bulk waste facility, or espace tri, in every arrondissement by 2020. Vincente Lavergne Architecture has included one below a sports field in an 85-unit social-housing complex it has designed for the 11th arrondissement. Image courtesy Vincent Lavergne Architecture Urbanisme Paris plans to have a bulk waste facility, or espace tri, in every arrondissement by 2020. Vincente Lavergne Architecture has included one below a sports field in an 85-unit social-housing complex it has designed for the 11th arrondissement. Image courtesy Vincent Lavergne Architecture Urbanisme Perkins+Will’s Chou Hall at the University of California, Berkeley, a classroom facility for the business school, is on track to be the first academic building to earn LEED, WELL, and TRUE certifications. Photo © Blake Marvin Perkins+Will’s Chou Hall at the University of California, Berkeley, a classroom facility for the business school, is on track to be the first academic building to earn LEED, WELL, and TRUE certifications. Photo © Blake Marvin While the rankings shuffled this year for many firms on RECORD's annual list, the number one firm held fast to its position at the top for the seventh consecutive year.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13505 Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:30:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13505-top-architecture-firms-of-2018-gensler-leads-the-pack-for-seventh-consecutive-year # 2 Perkins+Will | Whitman-Walker Health, Washington, D.C. Photo © Eric Laignel # 1 Gensler | CBRE Masonic Temple, Glendale, California Photo © Ryan Gobuty / Gensler Top 300 Firms of 2018 (revenue shown in millions of dollars) Top 300 Firms of 2018 (revenue shown in millions of dollars) #6 HOK | Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta Photo courtesy AMB Group #10 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | United States Courthouse, Los Angeles Photo © Bruce Damonte #12 Perkins Eastman | Charter Oak International Academy, West Hartford Connecticut Photo © Andrew Rugge / Perkins Eastman #16 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates | 10 Hudson Yards, New York City Photo © Michael Moran At the University of Pennsylvania, a former periodicals library becomes a place for focused study.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13061 Wed, 01 Nov 2017 07:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13061-moelis-family-grand-reading-room-by-gensler The reading room’s abundant daylight is balanced by LED downlights in the walnut-slat ceiling, while LED grazers illuminate Claudy Jongstra’s three-panel, wool-and-silk acoustical mural Fields of Transformation. Photo © Brad Feinknopf Walnut reading tables have integrated LED task lights. Photo © Brad Feinknopf Jongstra’s mural panels as well as carpeting and fabric upholstery on the chairs, help keep the 20-foot-high space quiet. Photo © Brad Feinknopf Image courtesy Gensler A commercial real-estate giant with an interest in adaptive reuse relocated its Universal City office to a larger space in the L.A. metro area.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12469 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12469-cbre-masonic-temple-by-gensler 1704-Good-Design-is-Good-Business-Gensler-Glendale-California-CBRE-Masonic-Temple-01.jpg In a former Masonic temple, Gensler inserted an upper-level mezzanine for realestate company CBRE, highlighting a decorative vaulted ceiling. Photo © Ryan Gobuty / Gensler 1704-Good-Design-is-Good-Business-Gensler-Glendale-California-CBRE-Masonic-Temple-02.jpg The elegant Art Deco building was designed by Arthur Lindley and built in 1928. Photo © Ryan Gobuty / Gensler Two floors of the office are connected by a sculptural steel stair. Photo © Benny Chan / Fotoworks Image courtesy Gensler Image courtesy Gensler Image courtesy Gensler Image courtesy Gensler 1704-Good-Design-is-Good-Business-Gensler-Glendale-California-CBRE-Masonic-Temple-09.jpg Photo © Ryan Gobuty / Gensler 1704-Good-Design-is-Good-Business-Gensler-Glendale-California-CBRE-Masonic-Temple-10.jpg Photo © Ryan Gobuty / Gensler Photo © Benny Chan / Fotoworks Photo © Benny Chan / Fotoworks Photo © Benny Chan / Fotoworks Photo © Benny Chan / Fotoworks Image courtesy Gensler Image courtesy Gensler goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) Renovations of the Hall of Science in Queens, New York; the Richards Medical Research Laboratories at the University of Pennsylvania; the Greeley Memorial Laboratory at Yale; and the Manton Research Center at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12201 Wed, 01 Feb 2017 08:01:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12201-four-midcentury-landmarks-get-a-new-lease-on-life Harrison and Abramovitz’s Hall of Science in Queens, New York, was originally built for the 1964 World’s Fair. Photo © Ezra Stoller/ESTO Recently renovated by Ennead, the hall’s defining features are curvilinear eggcratelike walls infilled with panels made of concrete and shards of blue glass. The result is an interior that evokes outer space. Photo © Jeff Goldberg/ESTO The hall currently hosts an exhibition that focuses on the earth’s diverse natural habitats. Photo © Aislinn Weidele/Ennead Architects Louis Kahn’s Richards Medical Research Laboratories, built on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in 1961, consists of four interconnected towers in concrete, brick, and glass. Photo courtesy University of Pennsylvania Architectural Archives A phased renovation of Richards by EYP and Atkin Olshin Schade includes a complete revamp of all mechanical systems and replacement of Kahn’s extra-large, single-glazed windows with laminated glass within the original steel frames. Photo © Halkin Mason A phased renovation of Richards by EYP and Atkin Olshin Schade includes a complete revamp of all mechanical systems and replacement of Kahn’s extra-large, single-glazed windows with laminated glass within the original steel frames. Photo © Halkin Mason Richards Site Plan Image courtesy EYP Richards Typical Floor Plan Image courtesy EYP Distinctive Y-shaped columns support the roof of Paul Rudolph’s 1959 Greeley Memorial Laboratory at Yale University. Image courtesy the Paul Rudolph Foundation A recent renovation of Greeley by New Haven architect Christopher Williams included the creation of a space where scientists can relax and informally meet. The area is defined by cherry cabinets that stop short of the sculptural ceiling in order not to interfere with the building’s free-flowing configuration. Photo © John Giammetteo Williams removed the agglomeration of mechanical equipment that had accumulated over time inside Greeley and routed the new building services so that they are largely exposed, but arranged in a thoughtful and integrated way. Photo © John Giammetteo Annabelle Selldorf and Gensler recently revamped Pietro Belluschi’s Manton Research Center (1973) at the Clark Art Institute in the Berkshires. Photo © Jeff Goldberg/ESTO The Manton renovation included the transformation of what had been—when the building was first completed—an indoor sculpture court. It is now a reading room. Photo courtesy the Clark Institute The Manton renovation included the transformation of what had been—when the building was first completed—an indoor sculpture court. It is now a reading room. Photo © Tucker Blair As part of the Manton project, the renovation team reconstructed the former sculpture court’s skylight. It now has baffles to address glair. They also serve to cleverly conceal electric illumination as well sprinklers. Photo © Tucker Blair http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11907 Sat, 01 Oct 2016 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11907-etsy-headquarters-by-gensler A dramatic steel stair connects Etsy’s entrance lobby with a second-floor reception and lounge space. Photo © Garrett Rowland The headquarters includes numerous custom pieces by local makers, such as cast-concrete and walnut lighting pendants by IN.SEK and Lukas Lighting. Photo © Garrett Rowland Etsy hosts craft nights and workshops in its “lab”, which features tables sized for large, collaborative projects. Photo © Garrett Rowland Brooklyn designer and fabricator First Third created the office’s workstations. Photo © Garrett Rowland Every floor has a kitchen, where employees are encouraged to recycle and compost. Photo © Garrett Rowland A variety of environments, including tall tables with stools situated near the old manufacturing building’s generously sized windows, allow employees to work where and how they please. Photo © Garrett Rowland Whether taking an automobile for a spin or attending workshops at the Apple Store, test drives have helped the modern consumer understand innovation.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11709 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 07:50:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11709-genslers-new-workplace Los Angeles (2011) Moving from Santa Monica to downtown L.A., the firm adapted a former bank into an open, flexible work environment organized around a three-story atrium. Collaborative areas accommodate many work modes, while a rich mix of materials and furnishings demonstrate the power of design. Photo © Assassi New York (2014) Gensler NY recently leased an additional 25,000-square-foot floor in its current location as an incubator to test new ideas about workplace—a “hackable” space for experimentation. Desks are placed in a benching configuration, so significant collaboration and meeting space was added to provide relief. Photo © Chris Leonard Newport Beach (2013) This office supports a variety of activities—focused tasks, collaboration, learning, and socialization—through settings such as a design innovation lab, resource library, informal meeting spaces, and public gallery/café—all fused by a modern beach house vibe. Photo © Nick Merrick / Hedrich Blessing Oakland (2015) Situated atop an office tower, Gensler Oakland affords 360-degree views of downtown Oakland and the San Francisco skyline. Organized into discrete components, the office has sit-stand desks, benching tables, and drop-in stations along the perimeter, with conference and meeting rooms in the core. Glass panels in the main conference room peel open to create a gathering space for social events. Photo © Jasper Sanidad Photography Denver (2015) This ground-level former retail space was selected to strengthen the firm’s connection to the community. A stadium staircase maximizes connectivity within the two-level office, and a furnished mezzanine doubles as a collaboration zone. The new space includes a coffee bar, materials studio, private booths, and standing-height, free-address work areas for sharing among employees. Photo © Gensler / Ryan Gobuty Washington, D.C. (2013) The firm is raising its public profile with the storefront entrance
of this ground-floor studio. An increased number of conference rooms, glazed for light and transparency, fosters collaboration. Photo © Michael Moran San José, Costa Rica (2015) Gensler’s Latin American hub had modest beginnings in rented cubicles. Now this 160-person team occupies a bright and colorful workplace that revolves around a creative core, which houses a fabrication lab and resource library. Three-dimensional artwork and lively graphics reflect the staff’s communication style, collaborative culture, and hospitality. Photo © Andres Garcia Lachner Los Angeles Workplace area. Photo © Gensler / Ryan Gobuty Los Angeles Conference Room. Photo © Assassi Los Angeles Office Section. Courtesy Gensler Los Angeles Office Diagram. Courtesy Gensler Washington, D.C. Library Photo © Michael Moran 1606-Hospitality-Good-Design-is-Good-Business-Gensler-New-Workplace-13.jpg Gensler's Oakland Office. Photo © Jasper Sanidad Photography 1606-Hospitality-Good-Design-is-Good-Business-Gensler-New-Workplace-14.jpg Gensler's Oakland Office. Photo © Jasper Sanidad Photography San José, Costa Rica. Photo © Andres Garcia Lachner