Emerging designers have a tall order to fill. See the 4 outstanding recipients of the 2023 Gensler Brinkmann Scholarship ready to take on the challenge.
Renovating the lobby of 550 Madison, Philip Johnson and John Burgee’s 1984 postmodern icon the city’s youngest landmark presented numerous challenges, among them striking the right chord between reverence and reinvention. Gensler principal, design director, and Paris office managing director Philippe Paré and the Gensler New York team endeavored to restore a sense of porousness that had been eradicated over the decades and also attend to foot traffic and security needs crucial in the building’s conversion to a multi-tenant property.
A tribute to Art Gensler’s illustrious career honors his firm’s role in shaping the future of global design and the environments defining its cutting edge.