2024-12-04T03:52:38-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/130410486/a-studio-of-4-500-inside-gensler-s-culture Julia Ingalls 2015-07-10T12:22:00-04:00 >2024-01-23T19:16:08-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/56/56c4uxgvi7motprw.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The sun never sets on Gensler. One can visit their website and watch in real time as the bell curve of night fails to shadow all 46 of their office locations. Founded in 1965 by M. Arthur J. Gensler Jr., the firm has grown to <a href="http://archinect.com/talentfinder" target="_blank">employ</a> over 4,500 people in 16 different countries. It&rsquo;s the kind of sprawling, vast enterprise that draws more analogies to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company" target="_blank">historic tea companies</a> than design firms. How can an architecture firm of this size maintain a unified studio culture? Or should it?</p>