Working in the financial services industry is a stressful, highly charged experience in which 15-hour workdays are the norm. When one quickly growing northern California equity firm needed to move its operations to accommodate its personnel expansion, it hired Gensler to transform two unconnected floors in a typical suburban office park building into an interconnected open-planned space that both defied the traditional Wall Street aesthetic (dark woods and indistinct partitioned interiors) and created a hospitable and luminous working environment that encourages dynamic activity, cross-collaboration, and enables private meetings with clients.
When the Seattle office of Skanska—a global company with expertise in construction and project development—decided to move its operations from its previous home of 30 years, a traditionally styled office interior with limited daylight exposure, its principals knew they wanted an energy-efficient space imbued with structural transparency radiating with natural light that would provide all employees with a healthy work environment rich in exterior views.
When the Seattle office of Skanska—a global company with expertise in construction and project development—decided to move its operations from its previous home of 30 years, a traditionally styled office interior with limited daylight exposure, its principals knew they wanted an energy-efficient space imbued with structural transparency radiating with natural light that would provide all employees with a healthy work environment rich in exterior views.
