ANANTARA DOWNTOWN / DUBAI / UAE

Digital construction tools to
improve delivery and operations
in the smart build environment

14 Sept 2022
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Design Manager | OBMI

Drew Gilbert


Drew Gilbert is a Design Manager at OBMI. Gilbert is an Architect, Urban Designer, and Futurist. From Masterplans to Refined private luxury villas, he fuses the latest technologies with design to create responsive solutions focusing on timeless design that is responsive, adaptive, and enriches the context responding to the climatic, ecological and social emergencies of our time. With a focus on developing projects that push the boundaries of design and creating sustainable and lasting solutions that are profoundly relevant to place and people. Designing for both the physical and the digital worlds, he is currently developing Metaverse spaces that create 3-Dimensional interoperable environments that merge the digital and physical world.

Gilbert was awarded the ‘Young Architect of the year HC’ in 2022, the ‘Rising Star of the Year’ award 3 times, the ‘Sustainability Champion’ award, and the Design Middle East Young Designer RU. He was selected in the Top 30 Powerlist 3 times consecutively. His project Dubai Iconic Mosque won at the 3rd International Architecture Award.

LEED Accredited, he is committed to a brighter future, advocating for sustainable design strategies and cradle-to-cradle thinking for long term impacts on the built environment, focusing on creating sustainable solutions that benefit future generations