Steven Payner

Design Resilience Leader, Studio Director, Principal at Gensler

Speaker

Steven Paynter is the Regional Growth Director for Gensler Canada, as well as the Global Leader of Building Transformation and Adaptive Reuse. Steven led Gensler’s original research team, which developed a conversion algorithm for the rapid assessment of existing office building stock and ESG assessment.

Widely regarded as an industry leader, Steven focuses on unlocking the value of Class B & C buildings by converting them to residential, shaping the future of cities, the design of post-pandemic office buildings and led high-rise mass timber projects with Google and Sidewalk Labs for five years. Steven also featured on Forbes’ 2023 The Future of Work list, which highlights the top 50 leaders rethinking the world of work.