Energy
We work with energy sector clients to develop design strategies that evolve work processes, support technical tasks, and reinforce culture — in turn empowering them to attract top talent and tackle challenging problems.
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We’re using more energy than we’ve ever used on the planet, and we’re still not making enough of it.
—Vince Flickinger, Energy leader
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Enel Headquarters
Bogotá, Colombia
At Enel Headquarters, Gensler sought to reinvent the brand identity and rethink the future workplace for an energy company that was previously very traditional.
Chevron Perth
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Chevron Perth embarked on a quest to unite its workforce and communities through a building design centered around health, wellness, and indigenous heritage.
Newmont
Denver, Colorado
Newmont's Denver headquarters is designed to foster the flow of ideas, connect teams, and support global business goals.
Confidential Energy Client
Charlotte, North Carolina
This confidential energy client is uniquely positioned as both a legacy company and industry disruptor due to its innovative approaches to energy products and services.
Confidential Plastics Manufacturing Facility
Gregory, Texas
With a focus on the human experience, this confidential client developed a 28-acre plastics manufacturing facility with an efficient and effective design led by Gensler.
Confidential Energy Client
Houston, Texas
This confidential campus captures the company's commitment to pioneering the cutting edge of the energy sector.
Chevron Technology Ventures Suite at the Ion
Houston, Texas
Chevron’s new “third place” office, designed by Gensler, is a model for a new way of working within the energy corporation’s strategy for the workplace of the future.
NYPA EV Charging Stations
White Plains, New York
When the New York Power Authority launched their state-wide electric vehicle charging program, EVolve-NY, they partnered with Gensler to create a unique and memorable brand identity that would be easily recognizable to drivers and stand out in the growing EV market. The rapidly growing EVolve NY program locates charging points at 50 mile intervals across the state, making EVs easy to own and dramatically reducing the carbon footprint of the state's transportation sector.
BP Westlake Campus
Houston, Texas
Consistently ranked as one of Houston’s top 10 places to work, BP’s Westlake Campus serves a workforce of nearly 9,000 and consistently pushes the envelope...
bpx energy
Denver, Colorado
Gensler created a sleek, hospitality-focused workplace that is anchored by an iconic stairway to enable a fully connected workspace for employees across floors.
BHP, 1500 Post Oak
Houston, Texas
BHP embarked on a campus consolidation to align with global standards and to create a more collaborative, open-neighborhood plan that offers choice.
TechnipFMC at John T. Gremp Campus
Houston, Texas
Gensler worked with this oil field services client to analyze real estate options and bring together the workplace with manufacturing on one campus.
ExxonMobil Corporation
Spring, Texas
This new home for 10,000 employees of ExxonMobil’s upstream, downstream, and chemicals companies is a highly innovative campus designed to provide the tools...
Southwestern Energy Company
Spring, Texas
This fast-growing energy company’s new headquarters consolidates 1,000+ employees from five locations into an iconic building within a master-planned campus.
BP Mexico City, Corporate Office
Mexico City, Mexico
Gensler teamed with local firm Peschard Arquitectos to design the interiors of BP’s corporate offices in Mexico City. After operating in Mexico for the past...
Apache Canada, Ltd.
Calgary, Canada
The new regional headquarters for Apache Canada is the culmination of a complex consolidation, relocation, and re-branding effort, primarily aimed at...
American Multinational Energy Corporation
San Ramon, California
In consolidating workers from two buildings to one, this energy firm gained a dynamic work environment that encourages the exchange of ideas, creates a...
Devon Energy Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
This new world-class headquarters consolidates 3,000 employees from five locations into a single, flexible and highly effective workplace. Gensler...
Qatargas Americas Liaison Office
Houston, Texas
Qatargas, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas company, wanted for its Americas Liaison office a modern, international and distinct feel. Gensler’s...
Merit Energy
Dallas, Texas
Simple elegance defines Merit Energy’s new workplace. Recognized among the “Top 100 Places to Work” by The Dallas Morning News two consecutive years, the...
Halliburton
Houston, Texas
The heart of Halliburton’s headquarters campus, the Life Center enables the company to gather employees from around the world in a venue that offers...
Electric Power and Gas Company
Charlotte, North Carolina
With 60 percent of this energy company’s workforce set to retire within five to seven years, the company transformed its workplace into a tool for...
Denbury Resources, Inc.
Plano, Texas
When this independent oil and gas company outgrew its headquarters on a constrained site, Gensler responded with a new three-story expansion that increased...
BHP Billiton
Houston, Texas
For its new six-story headquarters, Australian-based BHP Billiton wanted a workplace that would inspire and nurture its people. Gensler’s charge was to...
Hunt Oil Company
Dallas, Texas
The history and brand of this exploration and production company are clearly reflected in its Dallas headquarters, which consolidated all of the company’s...
El Paso Corporation
Houston, Texas
For this complex in-place renovation, Gensler repositioned a 40-year-old classic downtown highrise, significantly improving El Paso’s workplace in terms of...
INSIGHTS
Blog
A Field Guide to Authentic Amenities
To create authentic amenities that workers truly want, designers and companies should think outside the box.
Blog
Workplace as a Service: A Thought Experiment in Office Evolution
The concept of Workplace as a Service challenges traditional notions about work environments. Will this new design perspective help the office remain relevant?
Blog
Designing Workplaces to Strengthen Connection and Combat Loneliness
The workplace plays a key role in fighting against the growing loneliness epidemic.
Blog
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.
Blog
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.
Blog
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.
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?
Blog
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.
Blog
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.
Blog
2024: The Year of the Intentional Workplace
Here are three strategies for leveraging your brand to tame workplace uncertainty.
Blog
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.
Blog
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.
Blog
How the Future of Work Is Influencing Workplace Design
While workplace design changes incrementally, the past few years radically transformed our expectations of an office and how we can design for what’s possible.
Blog
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.
Trends in Energy
Microgrids and localized energy solutions help address grid resilience.
The energy industry in the U.S. can balance reliance on local electric grids with alternative energy delivery solutions like solar panels, large-scale batteries, and wind turbines.
Startups experiment with new workplace technologies and hybrid workspaces.
Smaller energy companies are leading the shift to hybrid work and pushing new types of technology integrations to improve the employee experience in the workplace.
Energy firms invest in sustainable design to stay ahead of carbon regulations.
The energy sector can stay ahead of regulatory carbon reduction trends and compete for new talent at the same time by expanding its focus on inclusive design, wellness, and sustainable features in the workplace.
ENERGY LEADERSHIP
Catherine Black
Energy Leader, Design Director
As a global leader of Gensler’s Energy practice, Catherine Black delivers projects, ranging from corporate workplaces and campuses to healthcare and government.
Vince Flickinger
Energy Leader, Design Director, Principal
Vince is a global leader in Gensler’s Energy practice who brings over 20 years of experience in a broad range of project types and roles. His involvement in all phases of projec...
Jacqueline Salterio
Design Resilience Leader, Design Manager
Extreme attention to detail makes Jacqueline adept in designing projects that meet the most stringent design guidelines and programmatic needs. In her role as Design Resilience ...
NEWS
In The Media
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The Atlantic
‘Workplace Power Symbols’ That Are Replacing the Corner Office As Emblems of Corporate Success
Janet Pogue McLaurin, Gensler’s Global Director of Workplace Research, discussed the rise of coffee areas, conference rooms, and other collaborative spaces in newly designed offices.
May 15, 2024
In The Media
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Office Snapshots
Office Snapshots Spotlighted Gensler’s Design of the Chevron Australia Headquarters
The Chevron headquarters in Perth connects to its natural surroundings, promotes well-being, integrates sustainability, and showcases a blend of art and local culture.
November 27, 2023
In The Media
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Office Insight
Chevron Australia Headquarters Wins the IIDA 2023 Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards
The International Interior Design Association recognized the Gensler-designed Chevron headquarters as the Corporate Space Large winner in its Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards.
November 22, 2023
In The Media
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Inc.com
What Leaders Should Consider As They Redesign Their Offices for the New Era of Work
Inc.com interviewed Workplace Research Director Janet Pogue McLaurin about considerations for the future of office design, including dividing the workplace into “neighborhoods” to support different types of work.
November 09, 2023
In The Media
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WGNO
Shell Is Opening a New Gensler-Designed Office in the Emerging River District of New Orleans
The Class A office building will be LEED certified with sustainable design features such as a rooftop energy collection system, water efficient fixtures, and rainwater collection.
September 14, 2023
In The Media
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CoStar
The Reason Workers Want To Come to the Office
CoStar highlighted findings from Gensler’s 2023 Global Workplace Survey Comparison and explained how clients are requesting more private workspaces in redesigned offices.
August 10, 2023
In The Media
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ThisWeekinFM
ThisWeekinFM Highlights 10 Trends That Will Change the Built Environment From Gensler’s Design Forecast 2023
From the office as destination to mobility to decarbonization and more, here are 10 trends and design strategies that are changing the built environment.
February 16, 2023
In The Media
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Fast Company
Gensler’s U.S. Workplace Survey Finds That the Top Reason Workers Want To Return to the Office Is To Get Work Done
Gensler Workplace Research Leader Janet Pogue McLaurin noted that “we have to create spaces that help people, particularly, for that deep focus work.”
December 09, 2022