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Architect · Educator · Visionary
Architecture for Humanity
and the World It Inhabits
Creating exquisitely designed wilderness destinations where unspoiled nature heals and transforms, advancing architectural discourse through IAUS, and consulting on projects that elevate the human experience.
How Can I Help
Four Ways In
Whether you're exploring an investment in transformative hospitality, seeking world-class architectural guidance, looking for a compelling story, or engaging with the future of architectural discourse — there is a place for you here.
Investor
Explore the future of luxury travel. Beyond Zero DDC is creating exquisitely designed wilderness resorts where guests regenerate and heal in the power of unspoiled nature.
Learn about the vision → □Architecture Client
Four decades of design excellence — from Barclays' headquarters to the Rodin Museum in Seoul. A humanistic approach rooted in the belief that architecture must serve the body, the mind, and the spirit.
Start a conversation → ○Media & Press
Available for interviews, podcast appearances, and commentary on experiential architecture, AI in design, the future of luxury travel, and what it means to design for the whole human being.
View media appearances → △IAUS Annual
Each year, a distinguished multi-disciplinary guest curator answers the question: "What is architecture and the city?" Submit your work. Join the discourse.
Learn about the annual →Beyond Zero DDC
The Guest Comes First.
Nature Does the Rest.
Beyond Zero creates exquisitely designed luxury wilderness resorts in the world's most unspoiled landscapes — intimate, safe settings where guests regenerate and heal alone, with friends, or with fellow travelers from around the globe.
Designed for the Whole Human Being
Every detail serves the guest — architecture that stills the mind, spaces that restore the body, and experiences that nourish the spirit. This is not a stay. It is a transformation.
The Power of Unspoiled Nature
From untouched coastlines to ancient forests, each location is chosen for its ability to awaken something primal — a connection to the natural world that modern life has all but erased.
Intimate & Safe
Small by design. Every resort is scaled to feel personal — where staff know your name, the landscape feels like your own, and privacy is absolute.
Exquisite Design, Tailored Experience
World-class architecture meets curated wellness, private guides, extraordinary culinary journeys, and programming shaped around each guest's desires. No two visits are alike.
A Global Community
Travel alone for solitude. Bring friends for shared discovery. Or connect with fellow travelers from around the world — artists, thinkers, explorers — drawn together by a love of nature and beauty.
Investment Opportunity
A new asset class in experiential luxury hospitality — designed for investors who see the future of travel in places where extraordinary design meets the transformative power of nature.
Architecture should do something to you. It should still your mind, open your senses, and remind you what it feels like to be fully alive in a place.
Kevin Kennon
Kennon Design Consultancy AIA
Design That Endures
Four decades of practice at the highest level of the profession. A portfolio that spans cultural institutions, corporate headquarters, luxury retail, and visionary urban development.
A Humanistic Approach
Every project begins with people — how they move, what they feel, how space shapes their experience. Kevin's work is rooted in the belief that architecture must serve the body, the mind, and the spirit. This philosophy has guided work for some of the most discerning clients in the world.
From the precision of a museum gallery to the presence of a corporate tower, each project carries a clarity of vision that only comes from decades of thoughtful practice.
- Barclays North American HQ New York
- Rodin Museum Seoul
- Nature-City Tower Tianjin, China
- Bloomingdale's Stores Multiple Locations
- Macy's Herald Square New York
- Beyond Zero Wilderness Resorts Worldwide
The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies
What Is Architecture
and the City?
Originally founded by Peter Eisenman and now led by Kevin Kennon, IAUS is launching a bold new chapter: an annual publication and event built around a single, enduring question — What is architecture and the city?
Each year, a distinguished multi-disciplinary guest curator is invited to interpret and answer this question. The curator assembles a panel, and IAUS opens submissions from architects, urbanists, writers, artists, and thinkers worldwide. The panel reviews and selects works for inclusion in the annual publication.
The result is a living, evolving document — a yearly snapshot of the most vital ideas shaping the built environment, curated through fresh eyes and diverse disciplines. The annual culminates in a public event bringing together the curator, panelists, and selected contributors.
IAUS continues its legacy of advancing architectural discourse — now opening that conversation to a global community of voices.
In the Media
Conversations & Commentary
Kevin is a sought-after voice on experiential architecture, AI in design, the future of luxury travel, and designing spaces that transform the people who inhabit them.
Care More Be Better
Designing for Humanity: Regenerative Architecture in the Age of AI
On architecture that heals, the intersection of AI and design, and why guest-first thinking is the future of hospitality.
Architecture Business Club
Why Architects Should Build Project-Based Teams
The distributed practice model, harnessing new technologies, and staying competitive as a modern architectural firm.
TALKdesign Podcast
Redefining Wellness, Community, and Sustainable Design
How wellness and community are shaping the future of architectural practice and what designing for the whole human being truly demands.
EntreArchitect
The Value of Architecture: Vision, Collaboration, and the Future
Four decades of thought leadership at the intersection of design excellence and the human experience.
Your World of Creativity
Kevin Kennon — Architect and CEO of Beyond Zero DDC
On the creative vision behind luxury wilderness resorts and the future of guest-first experiential travel.
Economics Explored
Smarter Density: A Blueprint for Better Cities
How thoughtful urban density can reshape cities for better living, human connection, and community.
Latest Thinking
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Stay connected with Kevin's latest thinking on experiential architecture, wilderness hospitality, and the future of design.
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Start a Conversation
Every meaningful project begins with a conversation.
Whether you're exploring an investment opportunity with Beyond Zero DDC, seeking architectural consulting, interested in a media collaboration, or looking to contribute to the IAUS Annual — I'd welcome hearing from you.
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