Articles by Asad Syrkett

Kitchen and Bath Review: Sky Yacht

Our annual review of kitchen and bath design includes a Manhattan apartment finished in local materials, a challenging kitchen renovation in Montreal’s Habitat 67, and a land-worthy kitchen and master bath for a private yacht.
Asad Syrkett
October 16, 2011
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Creating a functional, attractive living space is hard enough on terra firma.


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World Monuments Fund Releases Its 2012 Watch List

Asad Syrkett
October 5, 2011
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Photo courtesy of the World Monuments Fund 510 Fifth Avenue, New York, United States. The former home of the Manufacturers Hanover Trust, at 510 Fifth Avenue, has made the World Monuments Fund (WMF) 2012 Watch List, along with 66 other sites from 41 nations across the globe. On October 5th, WMF released its biennial list of archaeological, architectural, and cultural sites threatened by development, climate change, and natural decay. The 56-year-old Manufacturers Hanover Trust building, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s Gordon Bunshaft in 1954, has long been embroiled in a battle between New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission and
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Snapshot: Empty Sky

Asad Syrkett
September 16, 2011
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When the National September 11 Memorial opens at Ground Zero on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, it will be joined by another commemorative effort, across the Hudson River, in Jersey City, New Jersey.


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HMC Architects Brings Green Sensibility to Medical Project in China

Asad Syrkett
August 1, 2011
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Image courtesy HMC Architects Medical Complex, Shunde District, China. Click on the slideshow button to see more images. Related Links: Building Types Study: Health Care U.S.-based HMC Architects in collaboration with the Shunde Architectural Design Institute (SDADI) has designed a 223,000-square-meter medical complex for a 13.4-hectare site in the Shunde district, outside the city of Foshan, China. HMC project architect Raymond Pan describes the complex as a “tertiary medical center,” one that will offer in- and out-patient facilities, dormitories for resident physicians and staff, and training facilities for new doctors and technicians. The nine-building complex will also be home to
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In NYC, A Grand Opening for High Line Phase II

Asad Syrkett
June 7, 2011
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Photo © Iwan Baan Click on the slide show button to view images from today's press preview. Related Links: High Line by Field Operations and DS+R The highly anticipated second section of the High Line, designed by James Corner Field Operations with Diller Scofidio + Renfro, opened today for a press preview and ceremonial ribbon cutting. In attendance were New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, members of New York City Council, the co-founders of Friends of the High Line, and supporters and benefactors, including Diane von Furstenburg and Barry Diller. The second phase, which stretches from 22nd Street to
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On the Boards: Orlando Performing Arts Center by Barton Myers

Asad Syrkett
July 6, 2010
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Ambitious plans for a new concert hall are well under way in Orlando, Florida. In conjunction with HKS Architects and local firm Baker Barrios Architects, Los Angeles-based Barton Myers Associates (BMA) has been selected to design the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (DPAC), for which groundbreaking is scheduled for this fall. Image courtesy Barton Myers Associates Click on the slide show icon to see additional photos. Related Links: Tempe Center for the Arts Fashioning an Aural Architecture 9350 Civic Center Drive BMA is well known for its bold performing arts centers, like Arizona’s Tempe Center for the Arts,
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