neil henk
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Neil Henk’s work is heavily focused on process and content and has been published in Interiors Magazine and the New York Times. Neil believes that ‘work generates content and content generates work’. In essence, design reveals itself through the process of working and the awareness of what surrounds a project.
His approach towards architecture was greatly influenced by his undergraduate studies in anthropology at the University of Kansas. His studies eventually brought him to Kingston upon Hull University in England where he studied Southeast Asian Studies and Social Anthropology during his residency. After graduating, Neil spent two and half years working as carpenter with the highly respected craftsmen of Thompson and Kirby in Kansas City, Missouri. The focus of this work was predominately historic restoration of turn-of-the-century homes. Through this two year internship Neil naturally migrated toward the field of architecture.
Upon being accepted to several universities for his architectural studies, Neil accepted an offer from Parsons School of Design (NYC) and began his Master of Architecture. After spending one year in New York, Neil left Parsons longing for a more open and challenging education and decided to attend the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) in Los Angeles. After completing yet another year, Neil left SCI-Arc to attend the Bartlett School of Architecture (London) to study interactive/conscious architecture with Stephen Gage’s Unit 14. After a year of studies at the Bartlett he eventually returned to SCI-Arc finishing his thesis with his advisor Perry Kulper, and was eventually published in A + U in 2004 after receiving his Mater of Architecture. During his education Neil amassed comprehensive experience in residential and commercial projects working with award winning architects, Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis Architects (NYC), Laidlaw Schultz Architects (Los Angeles), and Ed Mills and Associates (NYC). His work has been exhibited at the University of Kansas Fine Arts Gallery as a recipient of the largest first year scholarship for artists (1997) and at the ‘Bartfest’ in London 2000.
