Gensler had been at the same Los Angeles address for two decades. And the office resembled, to put it kindly, a generic law firm—a tired one at that. With the lease ending, the firm opted to move from Santa Monica to downtown, where a 1972 former bank building not only offered a much- needed 45,000 square feet but also a plaza in back featuring a distinctive fountain-sculpture by Herbert Bayer.
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