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    For Gensler's Scott Star, the Specifier's Viewpoint is Gold

    … and Design Books Worth Adding to Your Reading ListMETROPOLIS rounds up the best new books on architecture, urbanism, design, and sustainability. ProfilesRheaply Brings Ingenuity to Recycling Building MaterialsDrawing on breakthrough research, tools, and sourcing systems, these seven groups are championing building-material reuse.

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    Gensler, Google on The Workplace Campus, Today and Tomorrow

    … Barbara Bouza, FAIA, IIDA, LEED AP, EDAC, managing director, health and wellness practice area leader, life-sciences practice area leader, principal; Michael White, AIA, IIDA, managing director, principal; Riot Games: Joseph Donaldson, director of facilities; Google, Los Angeles: Thomas Williams, vice president, engineering, and site lead.  Moderator: Susan S. Szenasy,  publisher and editor in …

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    Gensler's Carlos Martínez On the Importance of Designing Workplace "Beta Spaces"

    … colors and fabrics and form go together. There’s a lot of discipline in that and a lot of intelligence behind that. We’re starting to bring in the emotional side of things in a way that is more fact-based, research-based. Now we’ve invested a lot in this idea of the …

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    At Columbia College Chicago, Gensler Turns the Atrium Building Inside Out

    … and touch it, the train whooshes by. “We wanted to have a little fun with moments like that,” says Scott Hurst, senior associate and design director of Gensler Chicago. Like the whole building, it’s a bold move—but Gensler seems to have just gotten away with having their fun. You may also enjoy “Behnisch …

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    NOMA-Nominated: Banc of California Stadium by Gensler Los Angeles

    … have people on the team who really understand what's important to the city, because this affects our community. Those ultimately become the best projects. —Barbara Bouza, Gensler, as told to Metropolis. Project Team: Client: Los Angeles Football Club Developer: Legends Project Development Architect: Gensler (Ron Turner, Jonathan Emmett, Eric Randolph, Demetra Thornton, and team …

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    In Atlanta, Gensler Designs One Workplace for Three Different Companies

    … on, it has recently made a comeback thanks to smart refurbishment of existing buildings. “We’re in a dynamic, modern industry that is never done evolving,” says Woehrmann. “Being in a historic neighborhood that is transforming to meet the needs of the future is very fitting.” You may also enjoy “For the Atlanta-Based …

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    Gensler Creates a Showcase of Sustainable Design Near Shanghai

    … POSH, Decca Lighting: Zumtobel, Philips, Targetti, Moooi, Vibia EXTERIOR Cladding/facade systems: Netfortune/Far East Windows: Netfortune/Far East, SYP (glass) Doors: Netfortune/Far East Furniture: Mondecasa BUILDING SYSTEMS HVAC: Johnson Controls Fire and security: Johnson Controls Controls and energy management: Johnson Controls You may also enjoy "How Gensler Updated the Inimitable Ford Foundation Headquarters."

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    How Gensler Updated the Inimitable Ford Foundation Headquarters

    … 20th-century city,” she wrote in the New York Times, “space and humanism are luxuries that we can no longer afford. Therefore architecture is something that we can no longer afford.” But for now, here at least, and with this budget, architecture remains possible. You may also enjoy "Against Pluralism, Again: Two Books Rethink …

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    What's Inside Gensler's Secret Sauce?

    … Gensler four years later as the firm began expanding into China. His talents and knowledge of the culture have proven mutually beneficial. Now a director for the firm’s Asia region, Xia helped the firm score the Shanghai Tower contract and led the team’s work on it. Of course, with growth come challenges …

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    Teaching It: Ralph Walker and the team from Gensler and the St. Philip’s Academy @ ICFF 2007

    … curriculum and the facility came from our research into how the brain works, particularly when it comes to emotional safety, appropriate challenges, and self-constructed meaning. Research suggested that a one-size model didn’t fit all. It was important for us to have spaces where we could have collaboration, individual instruction, teams working …