Residential
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1 St. Clair West
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Holliday Street
![CSULB Parkside North Residence Hall](https://static2.gensler.com/uploads/image/75037/project-CSULB-Parkside-North-Residence-Hall-508x508_1650397090.jpg)
CSULB Parkside North Residence Hall and Housing Administration Building
![Aspire Post Oak building in Houston skyline at night](https://static2.gensler.com/uploads/image/77245/project-aspire-post-oak-508x508_1660345889.jpg)
Aspire Post Oak
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Wind Town (Vėjo Miestelis)
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The Hub at Prairie Shores
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The Landmark
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Pearl House (160 Water Street)
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La Posada at Pusch Ridge
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The Line
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Solhouse 6035
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SCAPE Boylston
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U.S.VETS Houston Third Ward
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128 Southwest Seventh Street
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The Residences at Rivermark
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8th Grand & Hope
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Mira
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Urban Awning
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Relevant Group
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Central Park House
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ITC Colombo One Hotel & Residences
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The Apex at CityPlace
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Botánika Osa Peninsula, Curio Collection by Hilton
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Franklin Tower
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First Creek Redevelopment Plan
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Metropolis
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Aspire College Station
![The Residences at Rivermark, Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Interior view of one of the 168 converted residential units.](https://static1.gensler.com/uploads/image/90729/office-to-residential-1024x576_1710453097.jpg)
Office to Residential Services
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Rethinking Housing: Innovative Solutions to California’s Homelessness Crisis
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What We’ve Learned by Assessing More Than 1,000 Potential Office-to-Residential Conversions
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Attainable and Affordable Housing: Creating Homes for All
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Office-to-Residential Conversions: Mandates, Myths, and Possibilities
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From Pilots to Policy: Exploring Office-to-Residential Conversions in Boston
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Beyond Senior Living: Designing Communities for Inclusion
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Trends to Watch: Shaping the Future of Attainable Housing
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Thinking Outside the Wooden Box: An Alternate Construction Method for Resilient Affordable Housing
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The Bon Brings A New Model for Urban Living to Boston
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Designing Innovative Pathways to Affordable Housing in Los Angeles
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Housing Affordability and Homelessness in Los Angeles: A Conversation With Roger Sherman
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Revitalizing, Reinventing & Rethinking Downtown San Francisco: A Conversation With Mayor London Breed
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How Office-to-Residential Conversions Could Revitalize Downtown San Francisco
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Debunking Three Myths About Designing for Older Adults
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The Trends Defining What’s Next for Stranded Assets and Building Transformation
The housing crisis will demand innovative approaches to materials and techniques to make costs more attainable.
Across the globe, housing burden is on the rise, and innovation is crucial to help solve the attainable housing shortage. Standardized, modular, and prefabricated construction methods can reduce costs and increase production. Low-cost, repeatable technologies such as thin shell concrete and scalable, durable materials such as mass timber could boost housing affordability.
Multigenerational, university, and corporate housing are driving the need for more agile, flexible housing stock.
Cities with multigenerational, mixed-use communities have a competitive edge, and they must have the right mix of housing to meet diverse needs, from short-term student or corporate housing to longer-term market-rate housing to active adult communities. Flexible, reconfigurable units and agile housing management technologies can make housing stock more resilient.
Physical and mental well-being will become a critical outcome for housing design.
As lifestyles and workstyles blur, housing design should enhance residents’ mental and physical well-being. By incorporating wellness-focused principles such as access to nature, indoor air quality, and restorative spaces, homes can become platforms for well-being that can improve people’s health and increase their longevity.
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Kelly Farrell
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Robert Fuller
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Sean O’Gorman
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Factors Impacting the Profitability of Office-to-Residential Conversions
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Gensler Designed EVE Park, a Residential Complex in Canada With Integrated EV Parking Garages
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Strategies for Office-to-Residential Conversions in New York
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There’s Growing Demand for Office Conversions as Cities Seek to Address Multiple Crises and Create Housing
![The Residences at Rivermark interior](https://static2.gensler.com/uploads/image/87417/in-the-media-residences-at-rivermark-unit-1024x576_1693262454.jpg)
The Residences at Rivermark is a Transformative Office-to-Residential Conversion in Baton Rouge
![One Franklin Tower rooftop](https://static1.gensler.com/uploads/image/87071/project-one-franklin-tower-rooftop-1024x576_1691512969.jpg)
The Advantages and Challenges of Converting Vacant Offices to Housing
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The HAY Center Will Create a College-Like Campus for Foster Youth Transiting to Adulthood
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Bisnow Explores the Uptick in Houston Office Conversions and the Incentives Needed
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The New York Times Explores the Complex “25-Story Rubik’s Cube” of Turning an Office Building Into a Home
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Transforming Empty San Francisco Offices Into Housing
![MainPlace Mall nighttime aerial rendering](https://static1.gensler.com/uploads/image/81340/mainplace-mall-aerial-rendering-1024x576_1678210454.jpg)
The Rising Trend of Retail-to-Residential Conversions
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How New Residential Housing Could Revive San Francisco’s Downtown Financial District
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A Gensler Study Explores Office-to-Residential Conversions in Downtown San Francisco
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What Makes for a Successful Office-to-Residential Conversion
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How Downtown Office Conversions Can Turn a ‘Defunct Product’ Into New Urban Housing
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