The KPF Principal joins an international panel of leading designers to judge the 10th annual award program.
Elie joins seven prominent designers, who will select winning projects across 20 categories spanning Interior Design, Architecture, and the Emerging Designer of the Year award.
During his 20-year career, Elie has worked on a wide range of project types around the world, leading the design of Atlantis the Royal, a luxury resort and icon for the Dubai emirate.
The international jury includes Kelly Hoppen CBE, Interior & Product Designer, Author, and TV personality; Stefan Rier & Lukas Rungger, Co-Founders of noa*; Shivani Ajmera & Disha Bhavsar, Co-founders of Quirk Studio, and Annamaria Lambri, Chair of the Department of Interior Design and Associate Professor of Interior Design at the American University in Dubai.
identity – MENA’s leading monthly magazine dedicated to contemporary design, interiors, and architecture – is celebrating 10 years of design excellence. The criteria for the design awards will remain true to identity’s proud DNA and will seek to reward design excellence, originality, sustainability and aesthetics. Learn more about the awards program here.