The National Building Museum announced that Gensler will receive the 2025 Honor Award. The award will be presented during the Museum’s annual Gala on Wednesday, June 11, a signature event that brings together leaders from the architecture, design, real estate, and construction sectors, as well as the broader Washington, D.C. business and cultural communities.

This year’s award comes at a milestone moment for Gensler, as the firm celebrates its 60th anniversary. Founded in 1965, Gensler has grown into a global architecture and design practice with more than 6,000 professionals across offices worldwide. Over the past six decades, the firm has helped shape city skylines, reimagined the modern workplace, revitalized cultural institutions, and delivered design solutions that positively impact communities around the globe. From small-scale interiors to complex urban developments, Gensler’s work consistently balances creativity with functionality—driven by a belief in design as a powerful tool for meaningful and lasting change.

“For 60 years, Gensler has helped define how we experience the spaces where we live, work, and play,” said Aileen Fuchs, president and executive director of the National Building Museum. “Their influence can be seen across skylines and communities around the world. We are proud to honor Gensler’s leadership, creativity, and commitment to shaping places that bring people together and move cities forward.”

The Honor Award will be accepted by Elizabeth Brink and Jordan Goldstein, Gensler’s co-chief executive officers, along with Andy Cohen and Diane Hoskins, the firm’s global co-chairs. Together, they exemplify Gensler’s collaborative leadership structure and its forward-thinking approach to solving the challenges facing the built environment today and in the future.

“We’re incredibly honored to receive this recognition from the National Building Museum—a place that, like Gensler, champions the transformative power of design,” said Elizabeth Brink and Jordan Goldstein, Co-CEOs of Gensler. “As we celebrate our 60th anniversary, this award is a powerful affirmation of our belief that design has the ability to create a better world. It reflects the creativity, purpose, and deep collaboration that fuel our work every day—and the impact we strive to make in cities and communities across the globe”

Gensler’s portfolio spans sectors and continents, reimagining sports venues, academic campuses, corporate headquarters, public spaces, and more. In recent years, the firm has led cutting-edge work in design resilience, adaptive reuse, and community-centered urban planning. It continues to influence global conversations about the role of the built environment in a rapidly changing world.

The National Building Museum Honor Award, established in 1986, recognizes exceptional leaders and organizations that have made significant contributions to our built heritage. Past recipients include individuals and companies whose work has advanced innovation, design excellence, and public understanding of the impact of architecture, engineering, and construction.

Now in its 38th year, the Museum’s annual Gala has become one of Washington’s most anticipated cultural events. Attended by hundreds of leaders from the building industry, philanthropy, public policy, and the arts, the event celebrates those who shape the world we design and build.