Dual Australian-British national killed in Kenya named as Ross Langdon

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The dual Australian-British national killed in the attack on a shopping centre in Kenya has been identified as architect Ross Langdon.

Langdon was a founding director of the prize-winning architecture firm Regional Associates, which has offices in London and Melbourne.

He grew up in Tasmania and worked on projects around the world, including in Uganda and Rwanda.

In 2010 Langdon received the University of Sydney's young alumni award in recognition of his pursuit of excellence in the field of architecture on projects across Australia, Europe and Africa.

Tributes were posted on Twitter on Monday for Langdon and his wife, Elif Yavuz.

"Horrible news that Ross Langdon and his wife were killed in the Nairobi attacks," the Sydney architect Marcus Trimble wrote on the social network.

The Sydney designer Liane Rossler said the couple were "very special souls". "Such tragic news about beautiful Ross Langdon & his pregnant partner Elif Yavuz in Nairobi," she wrote.

The Tasmanian sculptor Peter Adams wrote on his blog that Langdon was "an architect doing wondrous things", including pro bono work for a hospital in Kenya.

"Both had dedicated their lives to working for a peaceful world. Both had so much to offer," he wrote. "Besides a personal loss for myself, this is a major global loss."

The couple were among 68 people confirmed dead in the attack on the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi.

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