Rives Taylor

Rives Taylor has more than 40 years’ experience in institutional and commercial architecture with 35 years spent focusing on strategic planning, programming, and sustainable design, scaled from facility operations to campus and city planning. A Texas-practicing architect/educator, Rives has lead Gensler’s Firmwide Design Resilience Task Force and now leads the Gensler Research Institute Resilience Center. He casts a wide net in elevating both the why and how of sustainable design, including students, faculty, professionals, public officials, and the public. He is on the Board of the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute He is part of the editorial team that produces the annual “Climate Action Through Design” (https://www.gensler.com/sustainability/climate-action-through-design-20…) In 2015 Rives led Gensler’s delegation to the Paris Climate Conference/Agreement and led the editorial team for the “Impact by Design” ( https://www.gensler.com/research-insight/sustainability ) publications annually (recent publication: https://www.gensler.com/research-insight/sustainability/2018 ). He is also part of the leadership team rolling out the Gensler Cities Climate Challenge (GC3: The Gensler Cities Climate Challenge (GC3) | Gensler) and the Gensler Product Sustainability Standards (GPS: Gensler Product Sustainability Standards | Gensler).
In over 30 years as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston and visiting professor at Rice University, Rives has influenced more than 6,500 students in his technical and high-performance design studios and seminars.