IBM Flagship Office at One Madison Avenue

New York, New York

IBM’s Cutting-Edge NYC Flagship Unites Teams Under One Roof

The new workplace has become an empowering platform for IBM’s formerly distributed teams because of its client-centric amenities and team-focused collaboration and meeting spaces.

A room with a few people and a large glass wall.

IBM flagship innovation studio with digital screens and ping pong table

A woman walking by IBM flagship hall with artwork

IBM Flagship Office at One Madison Avenue lobby lights

Designed to Accommodate 2,200+ IBM Employees
10 Dispersed Teams Brought Under One Roof
Team-Based, Multimodal Work Zones, Including a Centralized Social Hub
22,000-Square-Foot Innovation Studio
25,000-Square-Foot Work-Enabled Terrace — New York’s Largest
40 Species of Live Plants, 50% Which Are Native to New York
Multipurpose Auditorium Seating Accommodates Up to 300 People

IBM Flagship Office at One Madison Avenue terrace

As organizations continue to prioritize the importance of team-based collaboration, bringing business units under one roof has become a key strategy for sparking innovation while cultivating a cutting-edge, forward-looking company culture. Simultaneously, a strategic workplace approach can create new opportunities for embedding the latest inclusivity and accessibility features to better attract and retain talent.

Undertaken as part of the strategic expansion and repositioning of the One Madison Avenue office tower, the IBM workplace creates a 270,000-square-foot office that collects all of IBM’s previously siloed business units around Manhattan and anchoring them in a future-forward, cohesive home in the heart of Silicon Alley. This hub centralizes their New York City workforce in an inclusive, hospitality-driven workplace with views of Madison Square Park where employees, clients, and partners can come together to collaborate.

The IBM NYC Flagship is an innovation engine that showcases groundbreaking ideas in a community-driven workplace celebrating IBM’s forward-looking culture. From the striking light sculpture in the ground floor lobby marking IBM’s presence in the Flatiron District to the mezzanine level bar and upper-level work-enabled terrace offering multisensory connections to the city, IBM’s NYC Flagship reestablishes the company’s footprint in the city, while boosting team collaboration, productivity, and engagement.

“

[IBM’s new NYC office] is a strategically timed co-location strategy that was really focused on creating a clear call to their purpose as an organization, a call to action as individuals, and a call to innovation with their clients.

—Amanda Carroll, Co-Managing Director, Gensler New York

IBM flagship office collaboration space with gradient wall

IBM flagship office focus space with green chairs

The Walt Disney Company NYC Headquarters

New York, New York

The new state-of-the-art Disney NYC Headquarters creates a vertically integrated creative campus anchored by a spacious Great Room perched high above the Hudson Square neighborhood.

Google at St. John’s Terminal

New York, New York

St. John’s Terminal is a sustainable 12-story workplace designed as Google’s Global Business Organization headquarters located in Hudson Square in New York.

A group of people walking on a sidewalk next to a large glass building.

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.

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California

The Silicon Valley pioneer NVIDIA sought a corporate headquarters that reflected its core belief in people as its greatest asset.

IBM

Toronto, Ontario

IBM worked with Gensler to create a highly collaborative, agile workspace in Toronto’s south core that creates an immersive visitor experience and offers employees flexibility.

Digital installation at Verizon entrance

Verizon Innovation Center Customer Experience Strategy

Boston, Massachusetts

Verizon’s Innovation Center, which spans three floors of its new Boston headquarters, is a destination that enables users and guests to be fully immersed.

Hudson River Trading

New York, New York

Building upon the prior success of its 4WTC headquarters, Hudson River Trading collaborated with Gensler to reimagine its office environment in order to accommodate the need for additional space due to growth and continue to provide an amenity-rich, hospitality-driven employee experience.

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.

Pinterest Mexico workplace interiors with spiral staircase

Pinterest Mexico City

Mexico City, Mexico

Pinterest Mexico City seamlessly integrates client vision and cultural inspiration, creating a vibrant celebration of Pinterest’s essence and Mexico’s heritage.