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Robert Clemens

AIA, NCARB
Principal, Managing Director, New York

With an open, honest communication style and a passion for working with creative thinkers from all walks of life, Rob believes that broad-based collaboration helps design professionals innovate and more effectively influence the world.

His leadership is rooted in conferring a sense of empowerment. By encouraging teams to direct their own problem-solving efforts and approach projects from the client’s point of view, he fosters a culture of creativity and accountability. And he urges his teams to seek not only purpose and beauty in their practice, but also a sense of fun. “The work is better when everyone is enjoying the process,” he says.

A designer at heart, Rob has led and contributed to a variety of projects over the course of his career, from a new 500-seat performance hall in an existing WPA shell, to a personal art gallery, to the retail design concept for JFK airport’s new Terminal One.

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Say hello to Robert
I derive all of my creative energy from working with people and I really enjoy watching them succeed.
Marlboro College Sketch
Maine 2021

Getting to hike and explore the natural world with his family brings him peace and a renewed sense of preservation. He recently visited Acadia National Park with his four (mostly) beloved children.   

Rob finds the contemporary Art art world—in all of it’s weird and wonderful ways of being—as a true inspiration, and he enjoys being around those Artists artists whenever he gets the chance.

Art Fair 2018
1867 Map of Trumbull Connecticut

Several years ago Rob and his family moved into an historic “farmer’s house” that is about 180 years old. None of the floors are straight and it’s not exactly perfect, but it is so full of character that they all fell in love with it the first time they walked in. All of them are looking forward to spending a lifetime there and passing it on to the next suckers who fall for it.

Robert's Featured Work

JFK New Terminal One Retail Design Concept and Guidelines
Work
JFK New Terminal One Retail Design Concept and Guidelines
New York, New York
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