Gensler Is the 2025 Recipient of the National Building Museum Honor Award

— Global Architecture and Design Firm to Be Celebrated at June 11 Gala for Six Decades of Transformative Contributions to the Built Environment — 

WASHINGTON, D.C.–June 10, 2025—The National Building Museum is proud to announce 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.  

SPONSORS 

The Gala is sponsored in part by: 

Acoufelt, Aroma360, Haddy, HITT Contracting, Seneca Group, AARP, Amrize, Armstrong World Industries, Arup, Autodesk, Bonstra | Haresign ARCHITECTS, Clark Construction Group, LLC, DAVIS Construction, DLR Group, Dow Inc., DPR Construction Network, EYA, Grunley Construction Company, Inc., HALCON, Harvey | Harvey – Cleary, International Masonry Institute & International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers, Jensen Hughes, Lutron, Marriott International, Marvel Architects, Monumental Sports & Entertainment, MRP Realty, ODA, OLIN, Perkins+Will, rand* construction, RAMSA (Robert A.M. Stern Architects), Rooted Communities, Russell Reynolds, SOM, STUDIOS Architecture, Turner Construction Company, WSP, ZGF, The American Institute of Architects, ES/Tecnoglass, Greystar, Chilewich & Heller, Hensel Phelps, HKS, KPF, Lerner Enterprises, Lockton Companies, MillerKnoll, Muraflex, NFP, an Aon Company, Occasions, Officeworks & StudioTK & Teknion, Savills, SmithGroup, SteelFab, Inc., TLC Engineering Solutions, Affiliated Engineers (AEI), Brookfield Properties, The Bernstein Companies and BXP, CBRE, Clune Construction, Michael Feigin and Pamela Hahn, GHT, Haworth, Kimley-Horn, Kohler Co., LSM, The Poole and Kent Corporation, Pro-Air, Inc., Room & Board, Rosendin, Syska Hennessy, Thornton Tomasetti, Tishman Speyer, W.E. Bowers, Walter P Moore, 600 Fifth, Bowman Consulting, Brickworks, Capital Square, CBG Building Company, Charles Pankow Foundation, Coakley & Williams Construction (CWC), D|Watts Construction, Delon Hampton & Associates Chartered, Division 9 Associates, Inc., ECS, EHT Traceries, EvensonBest, Excel Dryer, goulston & storrs, Harmon, Inc, J.E. Richards, JBG SMITH, Skyline Construction, TYLin, Vanderweil Engineers, Venable LLP, J.T. Magen & Company, Tuohy Furniture, Newcomb & Boyd, and Stylex 

4 Wall Entertainment, Design Foundry, EMT Productions, and Well Dunn are event partners. 

Architectural Record, Engineering News Record, and Washingtonian are media sponsors. 

IMAGES: Images for the Honor Award Gala are available HERE.  

MEDIA CONTACT: Karen Baratz, karen@baratzpr.com, 240.497.1811 

ABOUT THE NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM 
The National Building Museum inspires curiosity about the world we design and build. We believe that understanding the impact of architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, construction, planning, and design is important for everyone. Through exhibitions, educational programs, and special events, we welcome visitors of all ages to experience stories about the built world and its power to shape our lives, our communities, and our futures. Public inquiries: 202.272.2448, info@nbm.org, or visit www.nbm.org. Connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and X.  

ABOUT GENSLER 

At Gensler, the value of our work stems from its positive impact on the human experience. We are a dynamic and collaborative design firm uniting creativity, research, and innovation to solve complex problems for our clients. Our work challenges conventional ideas about architecture and the built environment. We aren’t just designing buildings — we are reimagining cities and places that make a difference in people’s lives. Founded in 1965, Gensler has built a team of 6,000 professionals who partner with clients in over 100 countries each year. Everything we do is guided by our mission: to create a better world through the power of design. 

ABOUT THE HONOR AWARD 
Bestowed each year at the Museum’s Gala, the Honor Award recognizes individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to our built heritage. Recipients are leaders who have defined our culture, developed our communities, and crafted our built environment. Individually, they have advanced our building arts and sciences. Collectively their legacy is profound. Past recipients include: 

• Marriott International 

• Kohler Co. 

• Arup 

• Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 

• JBG SMITH and Washington Housing Initiative 

• Madison Marquette and Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington 

• Brookfield Properties and the National Endowment for the Arts 

• CoStar Group, DAVIS Construction, and Casey Trees 

• The Rockefeller Foundation, STUDIOS Architecture, and Capital Bikeshare 

• Laura Bush and the National Trust for Historic Preservation 

• Turner Construction Company 

• Urban Land Institute 

• Perkins + Will U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon New Orleans Habitat Musicians Village Majora Carter 

• S. Green Building Council City of Chicago United Technologies Corporation 

• The Associated General Contractors of America 

• Related 

• Clark Construction Group, LLC 

• Forest City Enterprises 

• General Services Administration 

• Major League Baseball and The National Football League 

• DuPont 

• Michael D. Eisner and The Walt Disney Company 

• Gerald D. Hines 

• Harold W. McGraw, Jr., Harold McGraw III and The McGraw-Hill Companies 

• Stephen and Riley Bechtel and The Bechtel Group 

• Community Builders of Washington, D.C.: Morris Cafritz, Charles E. Smith, Charles A. Horsky, and Oliver T. Carr, Jr. 

• Cindy and Jay Pritzker 

• Lady Bird Johnson 

• James A. Johnson and Fannie Mae 

• Carter Brown 

• The Civic Leadership of Greater Pittsburgh 

• The Rockefeller Family 

• IBM Corporation 

• Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan 

• James W. Rouse 

• Irwin Miller