Event

We will see amazing 360 views of the east bay from our office and Gensler will point out some of their projects that we can see from their office. We will talk about the different studios that they host in the office (Interior Workplace, Retail and Core/Shell) and see how projects organize their materials, models and inspiration imagery.

Gensler has a model shop which they will show us as well as interesting design elements they have included in our office, such as the changes they are making to respond to their return to office, so you won't want to miss it!

About Our Tour Guide

Dan Kretchmer is the co-director of Oakland’s Workplace Studio alongside Rhea Butler. Over the course of his career he has had he pleasure of working on a variety of award winning projects such as the large corporate headquarters for McDonalds, Uber, Cisco, Salesforce and Slack to startups and small professional service firms. Dan graduated with a masters of architecture and a master of construction managements from Washington University in St. Louis and is a licensed architect in California and Oregon.

Wendy Murray is the Office Manager of Gensler Oakland. Before coming to Gensler she worked as Executive Assistant & Office Manager for Rhapsody, supporting four offices as well as Legal and Human Resources leadership. Over the years she’s had several supporting managerial roles, working side by side with innovators in fields such as digital music, smart cards, graphics, B2B ecommerce and various startups. Wendy studied fine arts with an emphasis in painting, photography and graphics. She was a writer for the San Francisco Bay Guardian covering live band reviews, and photographed for the CMJ festival.