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More than an office space, Universal Music Publishing Group’s new headquarters offers a unique experience each day. ⁠
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The reception desk features a transparent glass wall imbedded with LED lights that come to life with music, images and scrolling song lyrics. When the images stop, you can see through the glass to the two-story atrium beyond. ⁠
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Performance and display galleries highlight the company’s rich musical history and ever-growing roster of new artists. The new workspace offers a variety of lounges, zoom rooms, and reconfigurable conference rooms for use by a mobile workforce. Oversized industrial doors swing outward for a seamless transition onto patios. From an upper floor terrace, you can feel the breeze coming off the Pacific Ocean. ⁠
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📷️ by © Lawrence Anderson ⁠
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Our public libraries are essential community resources. Now that information is exponentially available, the public library’s mission has changed from a simple repository to a place where experts (librarians) can help winnow the flood of information and disinformation and help curate it into knowledge. And our libraries are becoming more of a place that functions as a community center, where a greater variety of learning experiences, cultural resources, creative making, and community interaction take place.

Learn more about how libraries are building community – link in bio!

📍Brooklyn Public Library | photo by Scott Frances
📍Lee Davis Library at San Jacinto College | photo by Shau Lin Hon
📍Toyohashi City Library | photo by Nacasa and Partners
📍Ridgedale Regional Center and Library | photo by Dana Wheelock

Our team was thrilled to celebrate AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles with yesterday's ribbon cutting event for the Center of Innovation at Berth 58!

AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles will ultimately be a net-positive innovation campus designed as a place where people are immersed in an urban marine environment and where elements of the buildings, landscape, and public space become teaching tools.

The overall site is conceived as an instructive, interpretive experience focused on marine ecology, where physical environments are designed to render sustainable water, energy, landscape, and material strategies visible to all. Today, with the opening of the first phase at Berth 58, marks an exciting milestone for positioning AltaSea as a leader in supporting the growth of the Blue Economy.

Learn more – link in bio!

Gensler’s latest design concept for Wayfair's first large-format store in Chicago sets a new standard in home shopping. This two-story, 150,000 sq. ft. space is more than just a store; it's an immersive experience that brings Wayfair’s playful and inviting brand to life. With a warm, bright palette and signature pops of purple, the design ensures customers feel right at home. We are thrilled to collaborate with Wayfair to create a destination that redefines the retail experience.

📷: Ryan Gobuty

The Los Angeles Conservancy has recognized Gensler's work on The Egyptian Theatre with the Conservancy Chqir's Award!

The Egyptian Theatre opened in 1922, offering a lavish experience for Hollywood audiences. Introducing the original red carpet, it was a fixture of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

Recently Gensler finished restoration work for the theater, addressing new program requirements, accessibility, and a more thoughtful integration of Egyptian cultural references. Some of these references include gold-finished papyrus that crown the main gate and customized floor pattern that mimic the lines of falcon wings.

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Marlin Equity Partners had a clear vision for their new headquarters -- a space that epitomizes modernity, fosters innovation and contains inspiration around every corner.

Harnessing the beauty of Hermosa Beach, the two-story lobby is flooded with sunlight, breathing life into the space. The second-floor lounge and boardroom are hubs for collaboration. And the amenity-rich indoor-outdoor spaces blend seamlessly, offering employees a chance to work next to lush greenery and the refreshing sea breeze.

📷 by Ryan Gobuty

Kong Studios has a new home in Los Angeles!
This vibrant workspace supports innovation and productivity with task specific zones for collective brainstorming, gaming and focused work. The futuristic lighting and color palette provide an energetic and creative atmosphere to match the Kong Studios mission to put gameplay first.

📷 by Change Kim

This office space for Resmark combines contemporary aesthetics with functionality, reflecting the company’s commitment to innovation and collaboration - all while paying homage to the company’s modest values and creating a lasting impression on clients.

A carefully curated gallery space showcases a collection of modern artworks, creating a dynamic environment with neutral tones that allow the vibrant art to take center stage. This not only echoes the company’s embrace of modernity but also provides a unique conversation starter for clients and staff alike.

Photography: Brian Hawkins
Artist: © Mel Bochner “Blah Blah Blah”
Artist: Chris Dorland
Gallery: Lyles & King

We’ve been exploring the potential for rethinking designed lifespan of the buildings we design.
How can we make better use of the embodied carbon in our built environment by extending the life of the most carbon-intensive elements of office buildings? How can we design offices that plan for future uses and adaptations, rather than just the way we work today? Instead of planning only 60 years in advance, what would it look like if we designed an office building for 600 years?

Read more! 🌟 Link in bio.

When opened in 2018, BMO Stadium (formerly Banc of California Stadium) became the first open-air stadium built in Los Angeles since 1962.
Designed primarily as the home venue for Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC), the 22,000-seat stadium — or 24,000-seat concert venue — has since become a model of adaptability, versatility, and resilience that draws a wide range of world-class events and entertainment to the heart of L.A.
Find out what key lessons other sports and entertainment venues can learn from BMO Stadium’s success. 🌟Link in bio!

Integrated resorts, sustainable travel, and attention to local culture. The hospitality industry around the world is shifting, and Gensler’s Tom Ito, Ana Ardon, and Trevor To have the insights to help guide the way.

Check out the Q&A, link in bio!

🏢 Nekajui Ritz Carlton Reserve | 📍 Guanacastle, Costa Rica

The future of work is a journey through experience.

This workspace, designed for a confidential client, includes flex spaces, shared meeting rooms, phone and huddle rooms, pantry spaces and outdoor work decks.

Comfort-driven interiors, an increased emphasis on acoustic and lighting controls, and intuitive technology support movement throughout the space.

📸 by Jason O’Rear

Education First International Boarding High School occupies an historic university campus in Pasadena. The campus aims to be a true community hub with updated classrooms, renovated housing, a new residence hall and dining commons. The updated campus also features sustainable design, including reflective roofs, ample use of daylight, drought-tolerant landscaping, and additional trees to reduce the heat-island effect.

📷: Gensler/Ryan Gobuty

Our goal is to create places and spaces where people are safe and they are seen, where their voices are heard, and their concerns prioritized. We know we must start local, serving and enriching our local community through our design.

Learn more about our community goals in our 2022 Diversity Report. Link in bio.

1. Reach LA | Los Angeles, CA | Photo: © Gensler/Ryan Gobuty
2. Access Gallery | Denver, CO | Photo: Mary Louise Wang
3. Gateway Community College Maker Space | Phoenix, AZ | Photo: © Gensler/Ryan Gobuty
4. Gallery 90220 | Los Angeles, CA | Art: | Photo: © Gensler/Ryan Gobuty

We’ve started implementing a spectrum of sustainable strategies through our project design to lower embodied and operational carbon, offset emissions with clean technologies, regenerate the environment and add value to the surrounding communities.

To learn more about each of these projects, check out the results from our Climate Action Survey 2022.

1. The Link | Denver, CO | Photo: © David Lauer, courtesy of Gensler
2. California State University, Long Beach’s Parkside North Residence Hall | Long Beach, CA | Photo: ©Gensler/Ryan Gobuty
3. Fifth & Tillery | Austin, TX | Photo: ©Matthew Neimann
4. LinkedIn Omaha | Omaha, NE | Photo: ©Gensler/Jason O’Rear

We talked to Fernando Flores about . Beyond his role as a Job Captain, Fernando is also a Community Impact Leader in our Los Angeles office. He’s committed to creating future opportunities for our youth in our community. He's led teams of mentors with Spark, an organization that creates opportunities for students in middle school. Currently he's with ACE Mentor Program of America which introduces high school students to careers in the Architecture, Construction and Engineering industry.

"Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves." - Julia Morgan

Happy Birthday to Julia Morgan, who would be 150 today! 🎂🎉

As the first licensed female architect in California, she designed over 700 buildings, including the Herald Examiner in DTLA, which was a commission by William Randolph Hearst. 

Our team recently renovated the building and it now houses Arizona State University's DTLA campus.

"Planners are integrators by nature and there is a huge opportunity for team leaders in the design and strategy professions... By gathering inputs and trust from the communities we serve we can uniquely drive the design process. With examples, here are some interesting trends that will continue to inform our planning practice," - Nate Cherry, Gensler Director of Urban Planning. Read more on Rice University's blog below.

3 trends in urban planning that will shape how we live in the endemic-COVID era It is now clear that the pandemic will not be behind us anytime soon. The pandemic variants and skepticism over the vaccine have made the potential for herd immunity (requiring a very high vaccination rate globally) difficult if not impossible to attain. This means that we are probably going to have...

Reimagining the future for all takes diverse backgrounds, experiences, and points of view. That’s why we’re pleased to share that applications are now open for the Gensler 2022 Rising Black Designers Scholarship + Design Challenge!

This program aims to break down barriers for students pursuing architectural education and awards under-represented Black students enrolled in U.S. not-for-profit architecture programs with tuition scholarships, micro-scholarships for books and materials, and opportunities for summer internships.

Learn more and apply at bit.ly/3ACJnzW! Deadline to apply is January 16, 2022

Remote work has created new needs for residential units, and rising housing costs forces compromise on what to prioritize. Among the factors impacting people’s decisions about where to live, what matters most? As we continue to dig into the data, three themes are emerging as shown in Gensler's forthcoming Residential Experience Index - read more below.

The Future of Residential Design Must Balance Affordability, Satisfaction, and Experience | Gensler Among the factors impacting people’s decisions about where to live, what matters most? Gensler’s Residential Experience Index seeks to understand residents’ perspectives and uncover the factors driving housing satisfaction.

Project Spotlight! Gensler's design for The Academy for Creative Media is a nexus for filmmaking and computational media in Hawaii. Located at University of Hawaii - West Oahu, it features media labs, classrooms, experimental content creation spaces, post-production editing suites and a 100-seat Dolby Atmos® screening theater. A café and a variety of indoor and outdoor student collaboration spaces fosters a 24-hour, student-centered, creative atmosphere. A large LED screen outdoor extends the critical culture of film screening and draws a broader campus and community audience to interact day and night.

Photos: Gensler/Ryan Gobuty

As live music events, in-person performances, and concert halls reopen, design interventions must address the concerns about health and density while providing dynamic experiences. After analyzing pre-COVID trends, Gensler Sports Practice Design Manager Kai Westermark explains the six design and programmatic modifications that guide the development of the ideal music venue: bit.ly/2XYkm4w

Gensler is ranked the #1 Top Green Design Firm of 2021!

Engineering News-Record ranked Gensler as the #1 Top Green Design Firm for the sixth year in a row! Check out the full list here: https://bit.ly/3lJ2vH0

September 13 marked a very important chapter for the Los Angeles Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department as it officially opened its doors to the community. Gensler Los Angeles is very honored to be a part of this milestone and collaborate with Executive Director Capri Maddox, staff and community groups like the L.A. Black Worker Center in designing the first workspace dedicated to civil rights in city government history.

Images: Gensler/Mercie Ghimire

"The Gensler Sports leaders on the impact of climate urgency on design imperative, how second-tier cities set a precedent, progressive stadia and urban master-planning, and intelligent flexibility driving efficiencies and inclusiveness in the built environment." Hear more from Gensler Sports' Demetra Thornton and Kristin Byrd on Kit Magazine

Demetra Thornton & Kristin Byrd | Kit Magazine Seven Aside Demetra Thornton & Kristin Byrd The Gensler Sports leaders on the impact of climate urgency on design imperative, how second-tier cities set a precedent, progressive stadia and urban master-planning, and intelligent flexibility driving efficiencies and inclusiveness in the built environm...

At Gensler, our people drive creativity, collaboration, and design innovation to create better cities and communities — come join our creative and dynamic team! Open positions are available across design disciplines, including project architects, digital experience designers, marketing professionals and more. See career opportunities here: bit.ly/2Yrdk8A

In Gensler's U.S. Workplace Survey Summer 2021, we define top-performing companies as organizations that have recently been ranked on a Most Admired, Best Places to Work, and Most Innovative Companies list, representing one-fourth of our research respondents. See how the post-COVID workplace can drive creativity and innovation, while providing a great experience.

US Workplace Survey Summer 2021 | Research & Insight | Gensler Top-performing companies are three times more likely to increase their real estate footprint post-pandemic, according to findings from Gensler’s latest U.S. Workplace Survey Summer 2021.

New renderings of our design for the Melrose Triangle project are shared on Urbanize L.A.. The up-and-coming mixed-use development in West Hollywood, California will include office, retail and restaurant spaces, as well as residential and parking.

Fresh renderings for West Hollywood's Melrose Triangle development Earlier this summer, local developer Charles Company commenced excavation at the long-delayed Melrose Triangle development at 9060 Santa Monica Boulevard. But before moving toward full construction at the revised mixed-use complex, the project must first run the gauntlet of West Hollywood's approval...

"Social media, and specifically Instagram, has 100 percent influenced the way we design... It’s as much about what you’re doing in the place than what it looks like and inspires future guest visits," shares Gensler Principal and Global Hospitality Leader Tom Ito with TripSavvy. See how digital platforms like Instagram is changing and how hotels engage with its guests through immersive experiences.

Hospitality Design Is Having an 'Instagram Moment' If you've seen bright neons, key murals, and original furniture lately in hotels and restaurants, you likely have Instagram's pervasive influence to thank.