Gensler was founded by Arthur and Drue Gensler and their associate James Follett in 1965. It has headquarters in San Francisco, California but has offices in 48 cities around the world.

Gensler offers services such as architecture, urban strategies and design, brand design, interior design, and also consulting.

As one of the best interior design firms in the world, the number of employees that work for the Gensler architecture firms is over 6000. The team has worked on 10000 projects in over 2500 cities in the world.

Among the projects that have put Gensler on the map are the Incheon International Airport in South Korea, Abu Dhabi Financial Centre in the UAE, Facebook Headquarters, Shangai Tower in Shanghai China, and also San Francisco International Airport Terminals 2 and 3.