Cliffe-Roberts and team transformed Cargo Crossrail Place from a secure, sealed box into a welcoming hub that serves not just the people working upstairs but also the entire district. Gensler designed Cargo Crossrail Place for flexibility so that the building can keep up with the changing neighborhood for another 30 years.
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.
The telecom titan’s global headquarters, sited in a cluster of downtown buildings, took a civic-minded turn when Gensler Dallas reimagined its central plaza as the AT&T Discovery District: a 24/7 media-activated amenity space with dining and retail destinations plus a publicly accessible park for use by staffers and locals alike.
The second outpost of the Cadillac House, a branded experience environment that merges social space with car displays, is completed by Gensler New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Shanghai.
There’s nothing clinical or impersonal about the Bill Richards Center for Healing, 2,500 square feet of serene, light-filled space tucked into the Aquilino Cancer Center. Gensler Washington, D.C. created a tranquil space for the center's staff and patients.