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DESIGN FORECAST
2024
Design Forecast 2024 explores design trends and strategies across 33 practice areas that are transforming challenges into positive change and...
TRENDS
The 8 Trends Shaping Design in 2024
Here are the most important signals and key opportunities we see in the building industry today.
INSIGHT
COP28
Gensler attended COP28 in Dubai to work together with government leaders, partners, and clients to inspire impactful sustainability solutions and...
BLOG
Ecological Urbanism Is the Future for Cities in the GCC
As more people move to urban areas, it is essential that our urban spaces be designed in a more ecological manner.
RESEARCH
City Pulse 2023: The Future of Central Business Districts
We surveyed urban residents in 53 cities across the globe to understand their experiences in central business districts from the perspectives of...
RESEARCH
Global Workplace Survey Comparison 2023
We surveyed office workers around the globe to understand how the workplace should evolve to meet their needs.
BLOG
What Gensler’s Middle East Workplace Survey Uncovers About How to Attract Talent Back to the Office
Gensler’s Middle East Workplace Survey 2023 examines three ways organizations can attract workers to return to the office.
RESEARCH
Middle East Workplace Survey 2023
Our survey of office workers across Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait reveals opportunities to make critical workplace changes to adapt...
DESIGN FORECAST
2023
Design Forecast identifies trends and design strategies that are shaping the future with strategic advice, research, and projects across Gensler’s 29...
SUSTAINABILITY
Climate Action Through Design
Our Climate Action Through Design Report presents solutions for transforming the built environment to achieve a net zero carbon impact across our...
BLOG
Are People the New Workplace Amenity?
Being with people may be the new workplace amenity — and a compelling reason to draw people back to the office for those that haven’t returned.
BLOG
Why It’s Time to Demand More From Our Workplace Experience
Here are 10 considerations for reimagining the workplace to deliver more from technology, be bold on resilience, and enhance our humanity, health...
DESIGN FORECAST
2022
Design Forecast focuses on design strategies that will define the future of the human experience. With strategic advice, research, and projects from...
BLOG
What Matters Most for Hospitality in Asia Pacific and the Middle East?
These are difficult times, but travel will resume and we recognize that great hotels not only anticipate market changes, but they are also able to...
BLOG
Why Today’s Universities Need to Be Global Institutions
How can universities mitigate a potential downturn? The answer is transnational education.
BLOG
Sharing Our Work-From-Home Experience in Asia Pacific and the Middle East
After Gensler staff members in the Asia Pacific and Middle East region began working from home, we launched a survey to assess our people’s...
BLOG
How Should Office Buildings Change in a Post-Pandemic World?
For those who design and develop office buildings around the world, the current crisis has introduced a new challenge: Once we are cleared to return...
BLOG
Creating Data-Rich Workplaces to Detect and Curb Viral Transmission
Workplaces can be optimized to collect population data — like thermal screening — so agencies and companies can make better informed decisions to...
BLOG
Redesigning Mixed-Use Environments for a Post-Pandemic World
What will mixed-use and public places look like after this pandemic?
BLOG
Cities and the Public Health: Our New Challenge in Urban Planning
Dense cities remain our best bet for providing opportunities and connections — if they’re designed to support residents’ wellness.
BLOG
Re-Entry for Retailers: Returning to the Store
Retailers can start formulating a plan for re-entry that meets consumers' new expectations of the marketplace.
BLOG
What Happens When We Return to the Workplace?
It’s not too early to start planning how we can return people to the workplace once the COVID-19 crisis ends.
BLOG
Redefining Wellness in the Face of Pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis is causing us to redefine all our work around the concept of wellness and re-examine the importance of resilience.
DIALOGUE ISSUE
Dialogue 35: TRANSFORMING
THE URBAN EXPERIENCE
THROUGH DESIGN
TRANSFORMING THE URBAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH DESIGN As cities continue to grow, designers are stepping in to create experiences that connect people to...
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
The New Shape of Retail Around the World
Across the globe, consumers’ tastes vary, but universally, they expect more from their retail environments than just a place to shop.
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
Today's Travelers Are Looking for All New Hotel Experiences
Hotels are appealing to next-gen travelers with boutique brands, coworking spaces, and multimodal lobbies.
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
Navigating the Retail Revolution
Successful brands are transforming the retail experience, despite ongoing volatility in the industry.
RESEARCH
Middle East Workplace Survey 2020
An investigation into the changing nature of the Middle East workplace.
BLOG
Doubling Down on Our Commitment to Resilience
With hundreds of millions of square feet of buildings and interior design projects in the pipeline annually, we believe our impact and role in...
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
Design Technology's Infinite Possibilities
By combining human potential with machine cognition, we can elevate our capabilities and bring our best to clients.
DIALOGUE ISSUE
Dialogue 34: How Workplace
is Shaping the
Future of Cities
HOW WORKPLACE IS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF CITIES No experience shapes people’s lives more than work. From incubating new ideas to addressing climate...
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
Climate Change Solutions for Workplace Design
Buildings contribute 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. We have an opportunity to make a big impact.
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
Data and the Intelligent Workplace
As the building blocks of smart cities, intelligent workplaces combine data and design to help people work smarter.
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
The New Shape of Building Design
By providing things like large open floor plates, indoor-outdoor transitions, open sightlines, and bridges and stairs between floors, designers can...
DIALOGUE ISSUE
Dialogue 33: DESIGNING
CITIES
FOR PEOPLE
DESIGNING CITIES FOR PEOPLE No matter how you look at cities, people are always at the center. For that reason, we believe that human experience is...
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
Sizing Up the Future of Airports
Airports big and small are welcoming travelers with terminals that reflect their locale.
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
Academic Incubators Are Seeding a New Wave of Innovation
Academic incubators are becoming engines for new economies, knowledge networks, and R&D.
DESIGN UPDATE
Designing the Cities of the Future
Modern cities can be built on time-honored principles and shaped by regional culture and local values, as demonstrated at Msheireb Downtown Doha.
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
More than a Mall, a ‘Retail City’
The Avenues adds new experiences to a regional shopping destination.
DIALOGUE ISSUE
Dialogue 32:
LIFESTYLE
AND THE FUTURE
OF CITIES
In this issue of Dialogue, we focus on the lifestyle sector and explore the role of convergence, experience, and placemaking in reshaping cities...
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
The Gensler Experience Index: Hospitality
Design is a key differentiator between a good experience and a great one.
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
The Gensler Experience Index: Retail
Design is the “X factor” that engages people and keeps them coming back.
DIALOGUE ISSUE
Dialogue 31:
WORK
ONE SIZE DOES
NOT FIT ALL
By optimizing human potential, the most sought-after workplaces will attract talent, stimulate innovation, and yield the most successful business...
DIALOGUE ARTICLE
World of Leisure: The Middle East + Europe
Many perspectives shape leisure in the region. But there’s common ground in customers’ desire for a rich mix of experiences.