Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 46 locations and more than 5,000 professionals networked across Asia, Europe, Australia, the Middle East and the Americas. Founded in 1965, the firm serves more than 3,500 active clients in virtually every industry. Gensler designers strive to make the places people live, work and play more inspiring, more resilient, and more impactful.
Arthur Gensler Jr., FAIA, FIIDA, RIBA (1935—2021) founded the firm in 1965 together with his wife Drue and their colleague James Follet. He was widely credited with elevating the practice of interior design to professional standing. He was a Fellow of both the American Institute of Architects and the International Interior Design Association and a professional member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Art graduated from Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning and was a member of its Advisory Council. A charter member of Interior Design magazine’s Hall of Fame and a recipient of IIDA’s Star Award, he also received Ernst & Young LLP’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In 2015, he wrote Art’s Principles to offer entrepreneurs the business insights he wished someone had given him when he was starting out.
Arthur Gensler was recognized as an industry icon and an astute businessman who propelled a small practice into the largest and most admired firm in the industry over the course of his 65-year career.
Diane Hoskins and Andy Cohen are Gensler Co-Chairs. Since 2005, they have been collaborative partners, overseeing the long-term strategy and day-to-day operations of the global practice known for its award-winning design innovation and research. Under their strategic guidance, Gensler has organically grown with some 6,000 people networked across 57 offices around the world, serving more than 3,500 clients in over 100 countries.
Andy and Diane are regularly sought out by top-tier publications including CNN, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, and Fortune, among others, and are frequently invited to speak at premier conferences and events, including the United Nations Climate Change Conference, UN-Habitat, Urban Land Institute annual meetings, and more. They are champions of the power of design to create a better world and enrich the human experience.
