Build to Suit & Headquarters
We collaborate with founders and leaders to create purpose-built headquarters that maximize growth and sustain success. By weaving together strategy, architecture, interior design, and brand we deliver bespoke solutions with shared purpose that accelerate innovation.
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There’s no greater investment return potential than in the foundations of your company, which are the people and the places where they come together to do great things.
—Shelly Mrstik, Build to Suit & Headquarters leader
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NVIDIA
Santa Clara, California
The Silicon Valley pioneer NVIDIA sought a corporate headquarters that reflected its core belief in people as its greatest asset.
E. & J. Gallo Winery Dry Creek Building
Modesto, California
The E. & J. Gallo Winery Dry Creek Building is designed to help drive collaboration and innovation, ultimately helping to move Gallo’s business forward.
Adobe Founders Tower
San Jose, California
Adobe’s Founders Tower embodies the company’s commitment to creativity, sustainability and inclusivity, and takes an innovative approach to the future of work.
YOFC Headquarters
Wuhan, China
The YOFC Headquarters in Wuhan, China is a high-tech beacon and manifestation of the company’s success as the world’s biggest optical fiber manufacturer.
Johnson Controls Headquarters, Asia Pacific
Shanghai, China
Johnson Controls' Asia Headquarters creates flexible work neighborhoods surrounding an atrium that encourages collaboration and a commitment to sustainability.
Marriott International Global Headquarters
Bethesda, Maryland
Marriott’s new headquarters is a physical manifestation of a world-class hospitality company that knows its people are the driving force behind its innovation.
Alta Garage
Mountain View, California
Located near Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, the concept for Alta Garage aims to give it a second life by providing a unique opportunity for conversion.
EPIC
Los Angeles, California
Featuring unparalleled access to indoor-outdoor work and social spaces, EPIC defines a future-focused standard for high-rise creative office buildings.
Highsun Headquarters
Fuzhou, China
Highsun Group’s new headquarters is positioned as a city landmark that conveys the group’s heritage, culture, and philosophy of putting people first.
Avary Time Center
Shenzhen, China
The Avary Time Center reflects a modern interpretation of traditional culture that reevaluates the impact that buildings have on dwellers and communities.
1229 W Concord Place
Chicago, Illinois
As part of Sterling Bay’s effort in Chicago, 1229 W Concord plays a crucial role in the critical first phase of establishing the heart of Lincoln Yards.
ZEISS Innovation Center
Dublin, California
ZEISS partnered with Gensler to create a future-forward innovation center to relaunch the optic leader’s brand in North America while also merging multiple...
American Physical Therapy Association Headquarters
Alexandria, Virginia
The new headquarters of the American Physical Therapy Association empowers employee collaboration and promotes mobility, accessibility, and sustainability.
Under Armour Global Headquarters
Baltimore, Maryland
Under Armour’s new global headquarters building in Baltimore’s Port Covington reaffirms the company’s long-term resilience commitment in a building, constructed almost entirely of mass timber.
T-Mobile Headquarters Campus
Bellevue, Washington
T-Mobile’s renovated campus headquarters encompasses over 1,000,000 square feet of workspace designed to promote innovative strategy and collaboration.
Wurth Electronics Midcom Headquarters
Watertown, South Dakota
Wurth Electronics Midcom has decided to invest in its people and the community through a new, sustainably designed, employee-forward headquarters in Watertown.
Bandwidth Global Headquarters
Raleigh, North Carolina
Bandwidth, a technology company founded in Raleigh, North Carolina, based its headquarters inside a 550,000-square-foot office building with an intriguing form.
FIS Headquarters
Jacksonville, Florida
The new FIS Headquarters in Jacksonville, FL will serve as both a beacon and an economic driver for the surrounding community.
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Headquarters
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Mercedes-Benz partnered with Gensler to create a ground-up building to support its financial services team’s growth and further cultivate its company culture.
Mercedes-Benz USA Headquarters
Sandy Springs, Georgia
Designed from the inside out, the Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) headquarters in Sandy Springs, Georgia is built on the idea of creating an open office environment to better enable communication, collaboration, and innovation.
888 Douglas Adaptive Reuse
El Segundo, California
Hackman Capital Partners worked with Gensler’s design team to convert a manufacturing facility into one-of-a-kind, creative offices in the heart of El Segundo.
Café Britt Headquarters
Heredia, Costa Rica
Café Britt tapped Gensler to design a highly sustainable headquarters that mirror its company values and embodies its environmental responsibility ethos.
Viettel Group Headquarters
Hanoi, Vietnam
Viettel Group’s LEED Silver-Certified headquarters marks a new standard with an elegant design that seamlessly integrates both workplace and landscape spaces.
Walmart Home Office
Bentonville, Arkansas
Walmart’s new 350-acre home office will be fully integrated into the community, and inclusive of the natural beauty of Northwest Arkansas.
The Star
Frisco, Texas
The Star is a multi-use development that includes the new Dallas Cowboys’ headquarters and The Ford Center, an events center and sports training facility.
Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC)
Houston, Texas
Gensler designed the Houston Advanced Research Center to embody its sustainability mission and serve as a prototype for affordable, high-performing buildings.
Illumina Array, Granta Park
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Illumina’s new European HQ at Granta Park puts people and ecosystems at the helm of its innovative landscape plan.
INSIGHTS
Blog
The Definitive Value of Build to Suit: Building Purpose From the Ground Up
These purpose-built office buildings or headquarters can be developed to suit a company’s specific needs and reflect its unique brand and culture.
Blog
How the Tech-Enabled Workplace Can Create Better Hybrid Experiences
How can we design workspaces that benefit everyone, regardless of whether they have a seat at the conference room table?
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Be Bold Not Beige: The Power of Colour to Shape Everyday Experiences
From boosting productivity in the workplace to soothing the soul at home, colour can transform the places where we live, work, and play.
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Want a High-Performing Workplace? Here’s What Matters Most.
Our research identifies what makes a high-performing workplace and what design factors matter most.
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The Key to a Better Workplace? Understanding How and Where People Work Today
Our global workplace research uncovers insights into how new work patterns can help design better workplaces for the future.
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A Well-Designed Workplace Is a Competitive Advantage
A healthy, sustainable workplace acts as a magnet for talent — and sets a property apart in today’s competitive market.
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2024: The Year of the Intentional Workplace
Here are three strategies for leveraging your brand to tame workplace uncertainty.
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How Tomorrow’s Workforce Will Shape Future Workplace Design
By taking cues from higher education and integrating insights into workplace design, we can create spaces that attract talent and empower tomorrow’s workforce to succeed.
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What About Wednesdays? Planning for the Busiest Day of the Week in the New Hybrid Office.
Learn how organizations can prepare and plan for the busiest day in the hybrid workplace.
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Why More Corporate Offices Are Moving to Suburban Downtowns
As more businesses relocate their headquarters to suburban downtowns, the benefits are transformative for companies, employees, and communities.
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Gensler’s New San Francisco Office: A Prototype for the Future of Work
Gensler’s new San Francisco office is a living lab for sustainability and innovation, designed to support new ways of working.
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10 Workplace Trends for 2024: What’s In and What’s Out?
To evolve with changing demands and earn people’s commutes, the workplace will undergo key shifts. Here are 10 emerging workplace trends to watch in 2024.
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Open or Private? It’s Time for a New Workplace Model.
The debate of open versus private workspace has resurfaced. But today we work differently, it’s time for a new workplace model.
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Unlocking the Value of ESG
Buildings that can show environmental responsibility and positive impacts in our community will have a competitive advantage among tenants and investors.
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Leading With Values Is Key to Engaging Next-Gen Workers
As Gen Z enters the workforce, companies that lead with values, using space as a vehicle to amplify connections, will have a competitive edge.
BUILD TO SUIT & HEADQUARTERS DESIGN TRENDS TO WATCH
Purpose-built headquarters will attract and inspire people to achieve their full potential.
Purpose-built headquarters will become the most desired places that attract and retain top talent. They fully embrace a company’s brand, values, and culture by designing a compelling and enhanced experience that fully engages and delights employees, customers, and the community in their pursuit of a common bond and shared objectives.
Sustainability measures and long-term resilience planning become priorities.
Companies will continue to prioritize sustainability and decarbonization, creating opportunities to design high-performing headquarters where bespoke solutions allow for elegant responses with greater innovation, efficiency, and impact. These highly tuned workplaces, buildings, and campuses will outperform generic/speculative real estate and demonstrate a dedication to resilience across the company, to shareholders, and the market.
Pilot projects will showcase a headquarters as an agile testing ground for the future of work.
Companies with headquarters have an opportunity to reevaluate their space needs and experiment with new hybrid work arrangements with pilot projects in their existing spaces. Testing new concepts, adjusting floor plans and program elements, and conceiving new space types in a headquarters will help define workplaces for offices further afield and cultivate agility to meet future needs.
BUILT TO SUIT & HEADQUARTERS LEADERSHIP
Kelly Dubisar
Build to Suit & Headquarters Leader, Principal
An award-winning Design Director and global leader of Gensler’s Build to Suit & Headquarters practice, Kelly uses her creative energy to provide tailored design solutions for some...
Shelly Mrstik
Build to Suit & Headquarters Leader
Shelly is a global leader of Gensler’s Build to Suit and Headquarters practice, who is focused on shaping the urban condition and connecting tenant-driven architecture with the...
Peter Weingarten
Build to Suit & Headquarters Leader, Principal
Peter is a global leader of Gensler’s Build to Suit & Headquarters practice and a Regional Build to Suit & Headquarters Leader for the firm’s Northwest region in San Francisco...
NEWS
In The Media
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The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal Took a Video Tour of NVIDIA’s Campus With Gensler Principal Hao Ko
The two focal buildings, connected by an outdoor park, feature triangle motifs, biophilic elements, and active spaces designed to foster collaboration and maximize efficiency.
March 01, 2024
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Business Insider
Inside NVIDIA’s Voyager Headquarters, a ‘Futuristic Office’ Designed by Gensler
Business Insider explored how NVIDIA’s headquarters was designed to enhance productivity, connect people with nature, and reflect the company’s “no barriers and no boundaries” philosophy.
November 19, 2023
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Urban Land Institute
Urban Land Institute Tours 888 Douglas, an Adaptive Reuse Project in El Segundo, Calif.
Gensler reimagined a former aerospace research and manufacturing facility as a creative office campus.
August 18, 2023
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Propmodo
Adobe’s Founders Tower “Offers a Preview of the Future of Creative Office Space”
Gensler’s Natalie Engels detailed the building’s focus on sustainability, well-being, and amenities, including a public digital experience center.
August 18, 2023
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Wallpaper
Chicago Science Lab Features Biophilic Design Principles and Hospitality-Inspired Amenities
1229 West Concord Place, designed by Gensler with Sterling Bay Design Studio, is a “luxurious” science lab “like no other” in Chicago’s Lincoln Yards.
August 15, 2023
In The Media
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USGBC National Capital Region
Two Gensler-Designed Projects Are USGBC NCR’s 2023 Community Leadership Project Award Finalists
USGBC National Capital Region announced its 2023 Community Leaderships Awards finalists, including Marriott International Global Headquarters and The Yards Parcel G.
July 14, 2023
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Daily Commercial News
Under Armour’s Global Headquarters is Being Constructed of Cross-Laminated Timber
Gensler’s unique design of Under Armour’s global headquarters, stands out for its form — a sports stadium-like space — and for its sustainable mass timber structure.
June 14, 2023
In The Media
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Southeast Asia Building
Viettel Group Headquarters Wins the Golden Award at Vietnam’s National Architecture Awards 2023
This top honor recognizes architects who develop modern architecture that combines advanced technologies with local cultural identities, creating spaces that are functional, beautiful, and sustainable.
May 03, 2023
In The Media
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The Washington Post
Exploring the Past and Future of the Office
The Washington Post curated a visual timeline of how workplaces have evolved over the past 100 years, featuring workplaces designed by Gensler for LinkedIn Omaha and NVIDIA.
April 13, 2023
In The Media
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Business Insider
Business Insider Features New Gensler-Designed Workplaces in a Roundup of the Coolest Offices in North America
T-Mobile’s Bellevue headquarters offers outdoor spaces and amenities while Pinterest’s Toronto office evokes the experience of glamping and includes a speakeasy-style meeting room.
March 27, 2023
In The Media
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The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal Explores Tackling the Challenge of Noise Reduction in the Hybrid Workplace
Gensler’s Kelly Dubisar and Todd Heiser detail how companies are focused on enabling heads-down, uninterrupted work while avoiding creating workspaces that are too quiet.
February 16, 2023
In The Media
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Global Design News
TK Elevator Brings a National Innovation and Talent Hub to Atlanta
Gensler’s design of the TKE North America Regional Business Support Center is a research and inspection hub for a diverse range of user groups and features a 420-foot tall elevator test tower.
December 29, 2022
In The Media
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The American Architecture Awards
TKE Regional Business Support Center Wins 2022 American Architecture Award
Designed by Gensler, TK Elevator features the tallest elevator test tower in the U.S. and creates a hub for innovation and talent in Atlanta.
December 10, 2022
In The Media
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Fast Company
Bringing The Vision of Marriott International’s New Headquarters to Life
Gensler’s Jordan Goldstein explained how amenities, “if done right and woven throughout the workplace, can make the workplace a destination rather than an obligation.”
December 07, 2022
In The Media
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The Wall Street Journal
Marriott’s New Headquarters, Designed by Gensler, “Is a Bet on the Physical Office”
The Wall Street Journal toured Marriott’s new headquarters with Gensler’s Jordan Goldstein, to see how its design, rich with amenities and built for flexibility, can draw workers back.
October 04, 2022
In The Media
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WorkLife
Hybrid Offices Are Shifting Towards the “Neighborhood” Office Model
Gensler’s Kelly Dubisar explains why companies are moving towards neighborhoods of seating in the office and being able to “choose your own adventure” when it comes to furniture settings.
July 15, 2022