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As architects, designers, planners and consultants, Gensler partners with clients on some 3,000 projects every year. These projects can be as small as a wine label or as large as a new urban district.
With more than 4,000 professionals networked across 46 locations, they serve their clients as trusted advisors, combining localized expertise with global perspective wherever new opportunities arise.
Their work reflects an enduring commitment to sustainability, and the belief that design is one of the most powerful strategic tools for securing a lasting competitive advantage.
Fields of Expertise
Architecture; Cost Consulting; Interior Design
Buildings
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RANK
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Name
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Status
Completed Architecturally Topped Out Structurally Topped Out Under Construction On Hold Proposed Vision Never Completed Demolished Competition Entry Canceled Proposed Renovation Under Renovation Renovated Under Demolition |
Height
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| 1 | Shanghai Tower | 632 m / 2,073 ft | |
| 2 | International Land-Sea Center | 458.2 m / 1,503 ft | |
| 3 | Willis Tower | 442.1 m / 1,451 ft | |
| 4 | Bank of America Tower | 365.8 m / 1,200 ft |
Ctbuh Leaders
Reechal Mevada
CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee, 2021 – Present
CTBUH New York City Chapter, 2021 – Present
Videos
22 January 2021
Highlights - CTBUH China New Year Talk: Future City
Organized around the theme of the "future city," CTBUH held new year talk and Chinese book release in One Museum Place, Shanghai. The CTBUH China...
Research
05 July 2023
We All Love to Get High: Optimizing Observation Deck Design
Height is aspirational, and having the best view from that height has become a driver in contemporary tall building design. Likewise, observation decks are a...
Global News
26 September 2023
New Antenna Installed Atop Willis Tower
ABC7 Chicago successfully installed a brand new antenna on the Willis Tower on a Sunday morning. The process was captured by Chopper 7. A helicopter...
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Name
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Completion
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Height
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Floors
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Function
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| 1 | Suzhou Zhongnan Center | Suzhou | - |
729 m / 2,392 ft |
137 | Hotel / Residential / Office |
| 2 | Shanghai Tower | Shanghai | 2015 |
632 m / 2,073 ft |
128 | Hotel / Office |
| 3 | International Land-Sea Center | Chongqing | 2024 |
458 m / 1,503 ft |
98 | Hotel / Office |
| 4 | Willis Tower | Chicago | 1974 |
442 m / 1,451 ft |
108 | Office |
| 5 | Bank of America Tower | New York City | 2009 |
366 m / 1,200 ft |
55 | Office |
| 6 | Xiamen Cross Strait Financial Centre | Xiamen | 2025 |
344 m / 1,128 ft |
68 | Office |
Statistics
Average Building Age*
25 Years
Most Common Function*
Office (69%)
Most Common Material*
Composite (43%)
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database
Based on 78 buildings over 150 m height
with a function
Based on 68 buildings over 150 m height
with a material
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Designated Experts
Ctbuh Leaders At Gensler
CTBUH Expert Chinese Translation Committee, 2016 – Present
Joe Fan
Principal / Technical Director, Gensler
CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee, 2021 – Present
Reechal Mevada
NYC Job Captain, Gensler
Videos
22 January 2021
Highlights - CTBUH China New Year Talk: Future City
Organized around the theme of the "future city," CTBUH held new year talk and Chinese book release in One Museum Place, Shanghai. The CTBUH China...
30 October 2017
Rethinking CTBUH's Height Criteria in the Context of Tall Timber
Recent developments in the design and construction of progressively taller buildings using engineered timber as a structural material raise important questions about the language that...
21 August 2017
Flyover of The Finance Centre in Taguig City, Philippines
An aerial view of The Finance Centre in Taguig City, Philippines, while the building was topped out in 2017.
16 March 2017
Building Tall Skyscraper Lecture Series: How High Can We Go?
Thursday, March 16, 2017. Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the first lecture of the series Building Tall...
03 November 2016
A Vernacular Megatall: Shanghai Tower
As the tallest building in China upon completion, Shanghai Tower has had an immediate and profound impact on the country’s perceptions of how a skyscraper...
03 November 2016
2016 Awards - Session 3 Q&A
Alexander Durst, Chief Development Officer, The Durst Organization; Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Partner, Bjarke Ingels Group; Jianping Gu, General Manager, Shanghai Tower C&D; Grant Uhlir, Managing Director,...
03 November 2016
Interview: Shanghai Tower
Jianping Gu, General Manager, Shanghai Tower C&D, & Grant Uhlir, Managing Director, Gensler, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, the 2016 CTBUH...
18 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Andrew Nicholson
Andrew Nicholson of CBRE is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Andrew discusses the building management of the Shanghai Tower.
17 October 2016
CTBUH Video Interview – Claude Bojer Godefroy
Claude Bojer Godefroy of Henning Larsen Architects is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2016 CTBUH China Conference. Claude discusses the design process for interior...
17 October 2016
Mega Size Mixed-Use Projects: Redefining Vertical Urbanism
Monday October 17, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Dennis Poon of Thornton Tomasetti, presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 4c: Structural & Geotechnic Engineering. As the...
Research
05 July 2023
We All Love to Get High: Optimizing Observation Deck Design
Terri Meyer Boake
Height is aspirational, and having the best view from that height has become a driver in contemporary tall building design. Likewise, observation decks are a...
05 July 2023
Building Re-Use as Re-Envision: New Life for an Outdated Edifice
The renovation of 633 Folsom Street in San Francisco demonstrates the great potential in creatively re-imagining mid-century office buildings. In lieu of assuming eventual demolition...
16 May 2023
The Economics of Record-Breaking Height
Jason Barr & Peter A. Weismantle
This paper reviews the development history of record-breaking skyscrapers to better understand their economics. Given how tall they are, the supposed reason for their construction...
22 August 2022
Structural Design of Iconic Tower, Egypt: Culmination of a Concrete Optimization Process
Tarek Hassan, Yehia El-Ezaby & Charles Malek, rector Dar Al Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners)
This paper presents an overview of a process of optimizing concrete mixture for tall buildings, culminating in the design of the Iconic Tower, the key...
17 September 2021
Sustainable Tall Building Design Exemplars
Will Miranda & Daniel Safarik, CTBUH
Some 97 cities worldwide, including most of the world’s megacities with a population of 10 million or more, have signed onto the C40 Cities Climate...
25 June 2020
Curtain Wall Façades on the New Generation of Supertall Buildings Present and Future Directions
Sae Hwang Oh, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Beginning in the late 19th century, construction of skyscrapers spread throughout Chicago, New York City, and then the world as demand of space in buildings...
20 March 2020
Interactive Study on The Tallest 20 in 2020: Then and Now
CTBUH Research
This research paper undertakes a review of the 2012 report by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, “Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the...
28 October 2019
World’s Biggest (Tall) Buildings
Carol Willis, The Skyscraper Museum
In both professional circles and in the public eye, the subject of the World’s Tallest Building (WTB) has held the spotlight for more than a...
28 October 2019
Bringing an Icon into the Future: Willis Tower
Stephen Katz, Gensler
Few buildings are as iconic as Willis Tower. Generations of Chicagoans have a collective memory of this building playing a role in their entire lives....
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Global News
26 September 2023
New Antenna Installed Atop Willis Tower
ABC7 Chicago successfully installed a brand new antenna on the Willis Tower on a Sunday morning. The process was captured by Chopper 7. A helicopter...
22 June 2022
Laboratory Company Opening Office in Chicago's Tallest Building
Abbott Laboratories is opening a big new office at Willis Tower that could bring as many as 450 jobs downtown, a move meant to provide...
20 June 2022
Chongqing Skyscraper Tops Out at 458.2 Meters
The International Land-Sea Center, a 458.2-meter-tall skyscraper had its roof sealed on Saturday, 18 June 2022. The total length of the building’s butt welds is over...
23 April 2021
Skydeck at Chicago's Tallest Building Reopens Featuring a New Interactive Museum
EQ Office announced the exciting reopening of Skydeck Chicago at Willis Tower to the public on 23 April, 2021 after completing an extensive redevelopment. The...
12 January 2021
New Art Installation Revealed at Chicago's Tallest Tower
EQ Office revealed Atmospheric wave wall, a new cultural landmark and the first public art installation in Chicago by globally acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson. Prominently...
13 October 2020
Iconic Chicago Tower Bets on the Future of Co-Working
Reports of the demise of co-working during the pandemic are greatly exaggerated, if you ask the owner of Willis Tower. In a bet on the...
25 September 2020
New Partnership Brings Renewable Energy to Chicago Landmark Tower
Dynegy today announced that it has entered into a multi-year partnership with Chicago's iconic Willis Tower to provide 100% renewable electricity to the Tower. "Sustainability...
CTBUH Initiatives Involving Gensler
CTBUH President Returns to China, Speaking in Four Cities and Sitting on International Design Competition Jury
14 June 2023
In early June 2023, CTBUH President Dr. Antony Wood and CTBUH Asia Regional Director Dr. Peng Du traveled to China and spoke at events in four cities: Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Wuxi, and Shanghai. At each event, the CTBUH mission and upcoming CTBUH conferences in Asia were introduced, and Wood gave a presentation on "10 Principles for a New High Rise Architecture."
SEA Chapter presents: The Future City - Reaching for the Skies
09 December 2021
This webinar will cover a wide range of topics relevant to the challenges of tall building construction - from planning and design to finding the right place and finishing the job.
The CTBUH Chicago Chapter Presents: Design at its Finest: In the Neighborhoods First
25 August 2020
The CTBUH Chicago Chapter presents a virtual town panel discussion, where panelists will discuss inclusivity in design in the AEC industry.
Post-Pandemic High-Rise Operation & Development
16 June 2020
This virtual event focuses on the future of post-pandemic high-rise office building operation and development.
CTBUH Chicago FLC Office Tour Series: Gensler
23 January 2020
Join the CTBUH Chicago Future Leaders Committee for a tour of Gensler's downtown Chicago office space! The afternoon event will feature a short presentation on Gensler's current work.
CTBUH Chicago Tours Willis Tower Renovations
28 August 2019
CTBUH Chicago led an illuminating tour of the wholesale renovation of the base of Willis Tower, the largest such construction project to take place since the building’s completion
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