Asad Syrkett
Deputy Editor
Asad Syrkett is Curbed's Deputy Editor and oversees news, features, and special projects programming on the network's flagship site, including the weekly home tour column, House Calls, and Curbed's biannual shopping guides. He spends his days managing senior reporting and editing staff, slinging commas, and thinking about the best ways to showcase Curbed stories on an ever-expanding number of digital platforms. Previously, he was on the editorial staff at Architectural Digest and Architectural Record magazines. He lives in Brooklyn.
Pine cabin offers refuge for architect and his family in Norway
The architect created a compact modern refuge that defers to its stunning natural surroundings, including views of a nearby lake.
Owner of NYC design gallery detained at airport, denied re-entry to U.S.
In an open letter titled The Visible Wall released by Mosqueda on Tuesday, he called the experience "dehumanizing and degrading," and detailed his 36-hours-long detainment, questioning, and return to Buenos Aires.
Photos: a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired mirror-clad house in California
Artist Doug Aitken’s "Mirage"—a low, mirror-clad house inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s residences—is in the Coachella Valley’s Desert X outdoor art show.
Gabled Seattle waterfront home luxuriates in its minimalism
Inside, the Junsei House’s open floorplan is lushly finished with weathered plywood wall panels and broad windows that wash the interiors with sunlight.
The English country house goes mod in this handsome timber home
This gorgeous timber-frame home in southeast England expands our notions of the pastoral retreat, and took just 11 months to build.
Sony's Xperia Touch makes any flat surface an interactive screen
Today, the tech giant unveiled the Xperia Touch, an Android ultra-short-throw projector that turns any flat surface into a 23-inch, high-definition touchscreen.
Smart radiator offers heat—and cold!—for the design minded
Degré, a heating and cooling device created by Belgian industrial designers Tim Defleur and Benjamin Helle at Accent, offers to warm or chill your apartment.
3D modeling software made these architectural cakes possible
Designed by Ukranian pastry chef and former architect Dinara Kasko, the cakes’ silicone molds are 3D modeled with popular design software Autodesk
Cool Parisian coworking space takes over former industrial building
Dubbed Deskopolitan, the space clocks in at 4,430 square feet, and includes a series of open work desks, meeting rooms, telephone booths, and a café. (There’s also a barber shop, because 2017.)
This modular camper offers a high-design way to adventure
The Tigermoth, a towable, off-grid camper that its manufacturers, TAXA Outdoors, say will offer intrepid adventurers all-in-one shelter for up to seven days.