Designer Profile
Bates Smart
Bates Smart
Last reviewed: Mar 4, 2026
Bates Smart Melbourne is one of the stronger options in the city for premium commercial office projects. The studio is especially relevant for clients that want disciplined planning, strong architectural thinking, and a highly resolved design language across headquarters, office towers, and major tenant environments.
Gensler
Gensler’s San Francisco studio combines the scale of a global design practice with a highly local point of view shaped by the firm’s founding city. The team is especially strong in research-driven workplace design, flexible headquarters planning, and sustainability-minded interiors that support collaboration, inclusion, and long-term resilience.
IA Interior Architects
IA Interior Architects focuses exclusively on interior architecture and workplace strategy, giving its New York studio a sharp point of view on how brand, business goals, and everyday work patterns should shape space. It is a strong option for companies that want a workplace partner with deep commercial interiors experience across corporate, legal, healthcare, retail, and education environments.
STUDIOS Architecture
STUDIOS’ Washington, DC office has built a strong reputation in workplace strategy while also handling headquarters, base building, and civic-adjacent assignments. The practice brings a thoughtful, mission-driven approach to office design, blending strong interior concepts with long-range flexibility, adaptive thinking, and a clear sense of community impact.