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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A successful headquarters project creates a work-life balance that helps employees feel like they’re leaving the workday better than when they started.
—Kelly Dubisar, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 b...
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.
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.
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
Repopulating the Workplace: Why Collaboration Space Is in Danger
Despite their value, collaboration spaces are often the first to go when companies are looking for ways to repopulate the workplace.
Blog
What Are Corporate Real Estate Executives Planning for 2025?
A look at what office space portfolio modifications and space allocation strategies CRE leaders are anticipating and planning for the year ahead.
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Why Quality in Commercial Office Space Hinges on Workplace Experience
Demand is surging for premium office environments that deliver an effective workplace and a great work experience.
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Designing a Community-Based Workplace for Valley Bank
Gensler partnered with SJP Properties and Valley Bank to envision both the base building and a community-driven workplace interior for Valley’s employees.
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When It Comes to Workplace Design, Beauty Drives Performance
Beauty plays a crucial role in driving workplace performance, going beyond mere aesthetics to shape overall functionality and impact the employee experience.
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A Field Guide to Authentic Amenities
To create authentic amenities that workers truly want, designers and companies should think outside the box.
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Designing Workplaces to Strengthen Connection and Combat Loneliness
The workplace plays a key role in fighting against the growing loneliness epidemic.
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How Your Workplace Can Supercharge Performance
What workplaces can learn from the gym and the football pitch about creating environments that inspire workers to stretch, develop, and achieve.
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The Shift to Extremes: Rethinking Office Design
Modern offices are increasingly designed with extremes in mind, featuring specialized spaces for both hyper-focus and hyper-collaboration.
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How to Create a Multigenerational Workplace
Here are six strategies organizations can use to cultivate environments where individuals of all ages feel valued, engaged, and empowered.
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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.
Trends in Build to Suit & Headquarters
High-touch experiences offer employees a greater sense of purpose.
Investment in a variety of unique workplace settings, such as spaces for co-creation, innovation, and culture-building, will give employees a sense of belonging and shared purpose, rather than just another selection of perks and amenities.
Headquarters facilitate physical and organizational transformation.
Because of how they’re designed to embody a company’s ethos and values, purpose-built headquarters can transform the way employees work, strengthen culture, and improve business outcomes.
Design for health and well-being retains and attracts talent.
Purpose-built headquarters offer an opportunity to design for what matters most to existing and new talent: beautiful design, biophilia, outdoor spaces, access to neighborhood amenities, and other features that promote health and well-being.
BUILT TO SUIT & HEADQUARTERS LEADERSHIP
Kelly Dubisar
Technology Leader, Principal
Kelly Dubisar is an award-winning Design Director and global leader of Gensler’s Technology practice.
Shelly Mrstik
Build to Suit & Headquarters Leader
Shelly Mrstik is a global leader of Gensler’s Build-to-Suit & Headquarters practice, who works to connect tenant-driven architecture with the community.
Peter Weingarten
Build to Suit & Headquarters Leader, Principal
Peter Weingarten is a global and regional leader of Gensler’s Build to Suit & Headquarters practice who is based in the firm’s San Francisco office.
NEWS
In The Media
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Work Design Magazine
FIS Global Headquarters Is “A Visionary Project That Redefines the Future of Office Buildings”
Work Design Magazine recognized FIS Global Headquarters in Jacksonville as the 2024 winner of the Next Work Environment Competition in the office design category.
September 20, 2024
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
In The Media
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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
In The Media
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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
In The Media
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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
In The Media
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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
In The Media
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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