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Operating worldwide across commercial office high-rises and large-scale transit concourses, Gensler’s work exhibits a distinct integration of heavy structural transfer moments, dramatic cantilevers, and illuminated facade joints that bridge public plazas, infrastructure lines, and skyward-dissolving building envelopes. Serves as a specific precedent when resolving complex mixed-use podiums that accommodate direct transit intersections, design glowing vertical cladding joints, or embed shaded public terraces beneath deeply overhanging tower volumes.

Aerial exterior view of Burlingame Point office campus by Gensler along a waterfront retaining wall at sunset.

Burlingame Point

An aerial site precedent showing a multi-building corporate campus integrated with a waterfront promenade and landscaped public plazas.

What we like about this project
The seamless connection between the paved plaza terrace and the raw stone waterfront breakwater.

Materials

  • glass
  • aluminum
  • stone
  • timber

Visual identifiers

  • waterfront-campus
  • glazed-curtain-wall
  • landscaped-plaza
  • sunset-lighting

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • corporate
  • glazed

Visual tags

  • corporate-campus
  • waterfront
  • exterior-facade
  • landscape-integration
  • glazed
Geometry
An orthogonal multi-building campus layout featuring stepped block volumes arranged around central landscaped hardscape plazas and a green lawn.
Facade system
Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated vertical shading fins.
Structural guess
Steel frame or concrete core-and-slab structures with curtain wall envelope.
Spatial scale
Large-scale corporate campus; mid-rise office blocks spanning multiple bays with extensive horizontal plazas.
Lighting
Golden hour sunset lighting from the side casts long horizontal highlights and glare across the glass curtain wall facades.
Atmosphere
Serene and expansive, anchored by the warm glow of the setting sun over the water.
Environmental context
Waterfront campus setting with a rip-rap stone retaining edge bordering a body of water, alongside open parking and low-scale surroundings.
Spatial experience
The site transitions from a rocky shoreline promenade up into landscaped terraces and open corporate plazas between glazed buildings.
Composition rhythm
Repeating vertical louvers or fins on the building facade create a rhythmic texture against horizontal glazing bands.
Style reading
Contemporary corporate waterfront campus
Program
Corporate office campus
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture
Materials
glass, aluminum, stone, timber
Visual identifiers
waterfront-campus, glazed-curtain-wall, landscaped-plaza, sunset-lighting
Style tags
contemporary, corporate, glazed
Visual tags
corporate-campus, waterfront, exterior-facade, landscape-integration, glazed
Geometry
An orthogonal multi-building campus layout featuring stepped block volumes arranged around central landscaped hardscape plazas and a green lawn.
Facade system
Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated vertical shading fins.
Structural guess
Steel frame or concrete core-and-slab structures with curtain wall envelope.
Spatial scale
Large-scale corporate campus; mid-rise office blocks spanning multiple bays with extensive horizontal plazas.
Lighting
Golden hour sunset lighting from the side casts long horizontal highlights and glare across the glass curtain wall facades.
Atmosphere
Serene and expansive, anchored by the warm glow of the setting sun over the water.
Environmental context
Waterfront campus setting with a rip-rap stone retaining edge bordering a body of water, alongside open parking and low-scale surroundings.
Spatial experience
The site transitions from a rocky shoreline promenade up into landscaped terraces and open corporate plazas between glazed buildings.
Composition rhythm
Repeating vertical louvers or fins on the building facade create a rhythmic texture against horizontal glazing bands.
Style reading
Contemporary corporate waterfront campus
Program
Corporate office campus
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture

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Aerial exterior view of Burlingame Point office campus by Gensler along a waterfront retaining wall at sunset.

Burlingame Point

An aerial site precedent showing a multi-building corporate campus integrated with a waterfront promenade and landscaped public plazas.

What we like about this project
The seamless connection between the paved plaza terrace and the raw stone waterfront breakwater.

Materials

  • glass
  • aluminum
  • stone
  • timber

Visual identifiers

  • waterfront-campus
  • glazed-curtain-wall
  • landscaped-plaza
  • sunset-lighting

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • corporate
  • glazed

Visual tags

  • corporate-campus
  • waterfront
  • exterior-facade
  • landscape-integration
  • glazed
Geometry
An orthogonal multi-building campus layout featuring stepped block volumes arranged around central landscaped hardscape plazas and a green lawn.
Facade system
Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated vertical shading fins.
Structural guess
Steel frame or concrete core-and-slab structures with curtain wall envelope.
Spatial scale
Large-scale corporate campus; mid-rise office blocks spanning multiple bays with extensive horizontal plazas.
Lighting
Golden hour sunset lighting from the side casts long horizontal highlights and glare across the glass curtain wall facades.
Atmosphere
Serene and expansive, anchored by the warm glow of the setting sun over the water.
Environmental context
Waterfront campus setting with a rip-rap stone retaining edge bordering a body of water, alongside open parking and low-scale surroundings.
Spatial experience
The site transitions from a rocky shoreline promenade up into landscaped terraces and open corporate plazas between glazed buildings.
Composition rhythm
Repeating vertical louvers or fins on the building facade create a rhythmic texture against horizontal glazing bands.
Style reading
Contemporary corporate waterfront campus
Program
Corporate office campus
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture
Materials
glass, aluminum, stone, timber
Visual identifiers
waterfront-campus, glazed-curtain-wall, landscaped-plaza, sunset-lighting
Style tags
contemporary, corporate, glazed
Visual tags
corporate-campus, waterfront, exterior-facade, landscape-integration, glazed
Geometry
An orthogonal multi-building campus layout featuring stepped block volumes arranged around central landscaped hardscape plazas and a green lawn.
Facade system
Unitized glass curtain wall with integrated vertical shading fins.
Structural guess
Steel frame or concrete core-and-slab structures with curtain wall envelope.
Spatial scale
Large-scale corporate campus; mid-rise office blocks spanning multiple bays with extensive horizontal plazas.
Lighting
Golden hour sunset lighting from the side casts long horizontal highlights and glare across the glass curtain wall facades.
Atmosphere
Serene and expansive, anchored by the warm glow of the setting sun over the water.
Environmental context
Waterfront campus setting with a rip-rap stone retaining edge bordering a body of water, alongside open parking and low-scale surroundings.
Spatial experience
The site transitions from a rocky shoreline promenade up into landscaped terraces and open corporate plazas between glazed buildings.
Composition rhythm
Repeating vertical louvers or fins on the building facade create a rhythmic texture against horizontal glazing bands.
Style reading
Contemporary corporate waterfront campus
Program
Corporate office campus
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture

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