About Gensler

Gensler

World's Best Architecture Firm

About Gensler

• Gensler is a global design and
• architecture firm, founded in San Francisco,
•  US in 1965.

History

• Art Gensler, along with his wife Drue Gensler and their associate James Follett, founded the firm in 1965.  They originally focused on corporate interiors, for newly constructed office buildings including the Alcoa Building (1967) and the Bank of America Building (1969), both in San Francisco. The firm has since diversified into numerous forms of architecture and design, including commercial office buildings, retail centers, airports, education facilities, entertainment complexes, planning and urban design, mission-critical facilities, consulting, brand design, and other areas.
• Gensler grew rapidly with offices opening around the U.S. in the 1970s and 1980s and then overseas in the 1980s and 1990s.In 1972, the firm established an office in Houston to provide interior design services for Pennzoil Company's 600,000-sq-ft corporate headquarters. In 1979, the firm opened its New York office to provide interior design and production services for Mobil Oil Corporation's corporate headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia. In 1988, the firm launched its first overseas office in London, followed by new offices in Tokyo and Hong Kong in 1993.  In 2002, Gensler opened an office in Shanghai, establishing a permanent presence in China. By the early 2000s, Gensler was the largest architecture and design company headquartered in the U.S.[

Influence and industry impact

• As the firm's global footprint has grown, Gensler has launched megaprojects such as City center (Gensler served as Executive Architect of the 67-acre, 18 million-square-foot “city within a city” in Las Vegas), SFO Airport  (beginning with the Central Terminal project in 1980 and continuing with comprehensive T2, T3, and T1 renovations), and Shangai Tower (a 128-story mixed-use tower). In 2013, the 2,073-foot Shanghai Tower became China's tallest building, and the second-tallest in the world.

Programs and initiatives

• In 1990, Gensler established Gensler University, the firm's chief platform for leadership development. Subsequently, the firm established the Diversity Scholarship, a juried program that recognizes emerging talent among African-American college students enrolled in an accredited architectural program, and the Gensler Brinkmann Scholarship Fund, which was established in 1999 as a memorial to Donald G. Brinkmann, a gifted interior designer and former partner at Gensler.  In 2007, the firm established its Gserve community impact program.  Gensler's Community Impact program encourages offices to dedicate at least 80 percent of their Community Impact resources to one or more of four themes: Housing and Homelessness, Health and Wellness, the Environment, and the Next Generation.

Recognition

Gensler was awarded the Architecture Firm Award in 2000 by the Amrican Institute 

In 2009, Gensler became the first firm inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame.

Gensler received the AIA Institute Honor Award for Architecture for the HyundaiCard Air Lounge in 2012 and the Jackson Hole Airport in 2014.

For the third year in a row, Forbes included Gensler among “America’s Best Midsize Employers” in 2018.

Gensler received the highest ranking on Interior Design magazine's “Top 100 Giants” list.

Gensler was included among Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2020.

Gensler's Projects

Pennzoil Place, Houston, USA, 1976

Gensler's Projects

Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, China, 2016

 CityCenter, Las Vegas, USA, 2009

Gensler's Projects

San Francisco International

Airport, USA, 2011

Gensler's Projects

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