Geoff Gosling

Co-Founder, DIRTT

Despite being the co-founder of a construction company, Geoff Gosling didn’t get his start in the world of architectural design. A product designer by trade, working in the world of command-and-control rooms, he saw the need for a better way to build interior spaces. A way that offered easy adaptation without undue disruption. This led to the creation of DIRTT in 2004. In 2010, Gosling’s revolutionary approach to construction earned him an innovation award from the Ernest C. Manning Awards foundation. In the two decades since DIRTT started, more than 100 million square feet of space have been built out with the system he designed, impacting the lives of more than 2 million people. He tried to retire in 2019, but it didn’t stick. He returned to DIRTT in 2022 because his passion for what could be achieved was greater than his need to sit on his tractor.