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Kensington Design House is a Charleston-based interior design and architecture studio shaped by how people actually live and experience home.
Founded by designer Elizabeth Landry and architect Rich Landry, the studio brings together architecture, interiors, psychology, construction experience, and an evidence-informed understanding of how the home supports daily life.
Elizabeth and Rich are available for founder interviews, project features, podcasts, and conversations about residential design, wellbeing, life transitions, and the evolving role of home.
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Kensington Design House Is Officially Open
The day has finally come.
Kensington Design House is officially open in Charleston.
Founded by husband-and-wife team Rich and Elizabeth Landry, the studio brings architecture and interiors together through a shared interest in how homes shape comfort, connection, daily routines, and wellbeing over time.
Kensington Design House grew from years of designing and renovating homes together, but also from a deeply personal understanding of what it means to need a home to provide calm, retreat, and support during demanding seasons of life.
The studio works with clients considering renovations, kitchens and baths, whole-home design, spatial changes, and homes that need to evolve with a new stage of life.
Introducing the Home Environment Study
Alongside its architecture and interiors work, Kensington Design House is introducing the Home Environment Study.
The Home Environment Study is an architect-led review of the physical and sensory conditions shaping how a home feels and functions before design solutions are proposed.
The study considers natural light, airflow, sound, thermal comfort, materials, movement, rest, visual complexity, privacy, daily routines, connection to nature, and the ability of a home to adapt as life changes.
It was created to help homeowners identify the strengths already supporting daily life, understand where friction may be occurring, and establish a more informed foundation for future design decisions.
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Featured Coverage
Charleston Home + Design
Kensington Design House was featured by Charleston Home + Design as the studio prepared for its Charleston launch and introduced its human-centered approach to architecture and interiors.
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Read the Charleston Home + Design Feature
Available for Interviews and Commentary
Elizabeth and Rich are available for interviews, podcasts, contributed commentary, and expert perspective on topics including:
How the home environment influences comfort, stress, and daily life
The relationship between architecture, interiors, and wellbeing
Designing for menopause, empty nesting, and changing stages of life
Small-footprint living and making existing homes work harder
Light, airflow, sound, movement, and sensory comfort
Designing for longevity and aging in place
Biophilic design and connection to nature
Why beauty matters, but not in isolation from how a home feels and functions.
The role of restraint, proportion, and natural materials in residential design
Working as an architect-and-designer partnership
Events & Appearances
Upcoming
October 7, 2026 · 1 Million Cups Charleston
Featured Presentation
Kensington Design House founder Elizabeth Landry will present the studio's approach to designing homes around how people experience and live within them.
Recent
September 9, 2026 · Charleston Home + Design Magazine
Audio Interview with Editor Josh Walker
A conversation exploring the feeling of entering a room and the psychological foundations of architecture and interior design. Recorded September 9, 2026. Publication forthcoming.
September 6, 2026 · Whealth Social at Palma Day Club
Home Environment Check-In Activation
Kensington Design House invited guests to consider how light, sound, materials, privacy and daily routines influence how they feel at home.
August 18, 2026 · Chucktown Startups — 5x5 LIVE
Pitch Presentation
Kensington Design House introduced the studio and the Home Environment Study to a live audience of Charleston entrepreneurs and community members.
About Kensington Design House
Kensington Design House is a Charleston-based architecture and interiors studio founded by Elizabeth and Rich Landry.
The studio approaches architecture and interiors as one coordinated process. Its work considers how layout, light, airflow, sound, movement, materials, nature, privacy, and changing life stages influence the experience of home.
Each project is viewed through five complementary lenses: structure, feeling, decision, longevity, and curation.
The result is a design process grounded in comfort, clarity, function, beauty, and how people actually live.
Meet the Founders
Elizabeth Landry
Co-Founder and Designer
Elizabeth Landry brings a background in psychology, strategy, design, human behavior, and Science in Design® certification to Kensington Design House.
Her work focuses on how people experience their surroundings and how the home can better support comfort, identity, connection, decision making, and changing stages of life.
At Kensington Design House, Elizabeth leads interior direction, client insight, curation, and the studio's exploration of how places shape daily life.
Rich Landry
Co-Founder and Architect
Rich Landry is a licensed architect with more than three decades of experience across residential and commercial architecture, construction, and construction management.
At Kensington Design House, he leads architectural strategy and studies the conditions that shape how a home works, including structure, layout, circulation, proportion, natural light, airflow, materials, constructability, and long-term performance.
Together, Elizabeth and Rich bring the emotional and architectural experience of home into one coordinated design process.
Selected Projects
Daniel Island Residence
Charleston, South Carolina · In Progress
A study in smaller-footprint living, filtered light, natural materials, storage, and the relationship between beauty and daily function.
The residence explores how thoughtful architectural and interior decisions can create greater comfort, connection, and ease without expanding the existing footprint.
Behind the Design: Daniel Island
Exploring how a small sitting and dining area can feel more intentional, comfortable and connected.
Woodview Residence
James Island, South Carolina
A residential transformation centered on architecture, proportion, circulation, and a more connected way of living.
Changes to the ceiling structure, openings, kitchen, and flow between rooms helped create a home that feels lighter, more generous, and better aligned with everyday family life.
Photography: Golden Photos CHS
Media Assets
High-resolution founder portraits, logo files, biographies, selected project imagery, approved studio descriptions, and photography credits are available upon request.
Media Contact
Elizabeth Landry
Co-Founder
Kensington Design House
Charleston, South Carolina