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Rob Kennon Architects

“It’s all about people.” Rob Kennon is resolute when we meet, rapidly diverting the focus of our conversation away from the brief and from architecture itself and firmly onto the people who commission, build and inhabit the homes he designs. In twenty years of interviews I have never heard this idea expressed quite so emphatically, although many architects nod in its general direction, often half-heartedly, as if they merely sense that they should.

Rob, however, is speaking from a different place. He freely admits that he finds the people involved in his projects – the clients, yes, but also the

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