May 12, 2021
Arthur “Art” Gensler Jr., B.Arch. ’58, who was celebrated as a global architect, astute entrepreneur and founder of a small practice that became one of the largest and most successful firms in the industry, died May 10 at age 85.
Throughout his 65-year career, Gensler was known for his ethos of putting people first, as well as his generosity and commitment to Cornell and the College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP).
Art Gensler
“Grounded yet optimistic, matter-of-fact yet prescient, Art Gensler always saw things not just as they were, but as they could be,” said J. Meejin Yoon, the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of AAP.
World renowned architect Art Gensler dies
By Keith Burbank
Portrait of Art Gensler (Credit: Emily Hagopian).
SAN FRANCISCO - Bay Area and world-renowned architect Art Gensler, whose firm designed the Chase Center and the Moscone Convention Center West, among other landmarks in San Francisco, died Monday, his firm announced.
He was 85. Gensler died peacefully at his home in Mill Valley. I like doing things that people use, Gensler said in a video in memory of his life and the firm Gensler, which survives him.
Moscone Convention Center West, San Francisco, Calif. (Credit: Roland Halbe). Design to me is really a big picture attitude, he said. How it s going to interact with your surroundings and with the people who are going to use it.
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Art Gensler, the founder of one of the largest architecture businesses in the world, Gensler, has passed away at 85, as reported by the company’s Instagram Account. The architect and businessman founded Gensler back in 1965, in San Francisco, and in his 65 years of career, he managed to turn his practice into one of the leading worldwide firms with 50 locations across Asia, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and the Americas.
Gensler’s founder passed away in his sleep, at his home in Mill Valley, after an 18-month battle with lung disease, as reported by the San Francisco Chronicles. “
Credited with elevating the practice of interior design to professional standing”, Art Gensler received his B.Arch in 1958 from Cornell University’s College of Architecture and moved out shortly to California in 1962. In 65, he founded his small office in the back of another firm’s office with his wife and a draftsman, turning it half a century later into the largest design firm in
First Posted: May 11, 2021 04:51 AM EDT
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Bay Area Architect Art Gensler died at the age of 85 at his home in Mill Valley. He was known for turning his San Francisco practice into the largest architecture firm in the world.
His firm, Gensler, was behind the designs of Chase Center, Moscone Convention Center West, and other landmarks in the city.
According to CBS San Francisco, in his video in memory of his life and the firm, Gensler mentioned that he likes to do things people use.
For Gensler, design a big picture attitude. He said he is particularly interested in how design is going to interact with one s surroundings and with the people who are going to use it.
World-renowned SF Bay Area architect Art Gensler dies at 85
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By Keith Burbank
MILL VALLEY (BCN)
Bay Area and world-renowned architect Art Gensler, whose firm designed the Chase Center and the Moscone Convention Center West, among other landmarks in San Francisco, died Monday, his firm announced.
He was 85. Gensler died peacefully at his home in Mill Valley. I like doing things that people use, Gensler said in a video in memory of his life and the firm Gensler, which survives him. Design to me is really a big picture attitude, he said. How it s going to interact with your surroundings and with the people who are going to use it.