The Ritz-Carlton Residences at L.A. LIVE

Gensler is a global design and architecture firm headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago, London, Dubai, Shanghai and other cities. The firm was founded by Art Gensler, Jim Follett, and Drue Gensler in 1965 originally focusing on corporate interiors. Gensler is credited for establishing the profession of corporate office design as distinct from the practice of architecture and interior decoration.^{[citation needed]}

Today, Gensler is the largest architecture firm in the United States and in the world, as well as the most profitable.^[1] It had^[when?] employed almost 3,300 people in 34 offices worldwide before the recent^[when?] economic downturn; attrition and staff reductions have lowered the number of employees to below 2,200.

The firm specializes in multiple practices including: commercial office buildings, workplace, retail, airports, hospitality, education, mixed-use & entertainment, planning and urban design, brand strategy, mission critical facilities and others.

[edit] Notable Gensler buildings

2000 Avenue of the Stars building in front of the Century Plaza Towers in Century City, California

• Toys "R" Us Flagship Store, Times Square, New York City, NY, 2001
• Government Communications Headquarters, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, 2003
• Pat Lobb Toyota First LEED Autodealership, McKinney, Texas, 2006
• 2000 Avenue of the Stars "the CAA building", Century City, Los Angeles, California, 2007
• Center on Halsted, Chicago, Illinois, 2007
• JetBlue T5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, New York, 2008^[2]
• North Terminal, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Romulus, Michigan, 2008
• 108 North State Street (Block 37), Chicago, Illinois, 2009
• The Ritz-Carlton Residences at L.A. Live, Los Angeles, California, 2010 (under construction)
• Super Power Building, Clearwater, Florida, (Under construction)
• Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, China, 2014 (under construction)

[edit] Office locations

[edit] Awards

• U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership Award, 2005
• Contract Magazine “Most Admired” among architects and interior design firms, 2004
• Contract Magazine “Most Admired” among architects and interior design firms, 2003
• Architecture Firm Award, American Institute of Architects, 2000
• Firm of the Year, AIA-California, 1995

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

Coleman, Cindy (2001). Interior Design Handbook of Professional Practice. McGraw-Hill Professional. 

McKee, Bradford (March), "Art Gensler: The Boss", Architecture (BPI Communications, Inc) 89 (5): 127, March 2005 

[edit] External links

• Gensler corporate site