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Gensler win Year 2000 Architecture Firm
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Michael J.Stanton, FAIA, President of the American Institute of Architects, has announced that Gensler will receive the Year 2000 Architecture Firm Award.
December 9, 1999 Gensler wins American Institute of Architects 'Year 2000 Architecture Firm Award' Michael J.Stanton, FAIA, President of the American Institute of Architects, has announced that Gensler will receive the Year 2000 Architecture Firm Award, the AIA's highest honor to a firm that has consistently produced distinguished architecture
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 28 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Gensler is America's foremost collaborative practice," Stanton said.
"The firm exemplifies how the creative mix of disciplines, all with 'place' as their focus, adds richness and value to buildings and their settings".
Founded in 1965 in San Francisco as a three-person office, Gensler ranks today among the world's largest architecture and design firms, with 17 offices and 1,860 people.
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Corporate office design was an early focus, and Gensler is widely credited with making interior design an integral part of architectural practice.
Workplace design led quickly to office building commissions.
Last year, Gensler won a coveted Business Week Design Award for 901 Cherry, an office campus for long-time client Gap Cited for its exemplary support of this fast-moving company, the building is one of many Gensler has designed that incorporate sustainable design features.
"Gensler has led our profession in bringing sustainability into mainstream corporate practice," Stanton said, noting Gensler's pioneering work in building energy conservation, indoor air quality, and sustainable building design.
As building architects, Gensler now also specializes in airport terminals, film/television studios, theme parks and retail/entertainment centers, hotels, and urban-scale mixed-use developments.
In 1999 alone, Gensler designed building projects worth more than $1.6 billion in construction value - in cities from East Asia to Western Europe.
In 1998, Gensler became the first architecture firm to win Arthur Andersen's National Best Practices Award.
Calling the firm "the benchmark of the profession and a true learning company," Andersen cited Gensler as an enlightened employer that invests systematically in learning, training, and technology.
More than 30 percent employee-owned, Gensler has one of the lowest employee turnover rates in its industry.
"The Year 2000 is an appropriate time to honor a firm that has consistently pushed the boundaries of architecture," Stanton said.
"Gensler people are comfortable moving across the building cycle".
"They understand how its phases tie back to the client's strategy, and are prepared to lead the process".
"Knowing that our largest firm produces architects with this capacity gives me real hope for our profession as it moves into the next century".
"The design expression of Gensler's buildings reflects its clients' renewed understanding that place matters, that architecture has strategic value".
"Gensler's example points to architecture's central importance in a new and global economy".
As the Year 2000 AIA Architecture Firm Award winner, Gensler joins such distinguished company as I.M.
Pei and Partners, Cesar Pelli and Associates, and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
Gensler will be given the award on January 28, 2000 at the AIA's "Accent on Architecture" Award Ceremony in Washington, D.C.
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