FACILITIES

The Hagop Kevorkian Building

The Hagop Kevorkian Building was opened in 1973 through the generous support of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund. The building was designed by the noted New York architects Philip Johnson and Richard Foster.

The library and lobby incorporate decorative elements from the residence of the Quwwatli family of Damascus. The Quwwatli house was built in 1797 and remained in the family's possession (serving at one time as the British Consulate in Syria) until it was demolished in the 1920s. Fifty years later, stones, tiles and woodwork from the house were reassembled in the new Kevorkian Center, with the aid of photographs of their original setting, by the restoration expert Ichizo Yamamoto.

The Kevorkian Center houses the Richard Ettinghausen Library on the first floor, the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies on the second floor, Department faculty on the third floor; and the Center offices on the fourth floor. The Stephen Chan Auditorium is located in the basement of the building.

The Richard Ettinghausen Library

The Richard Ettinghausen Library was named in honor of the late art historian who co-founded the Kevorkian Center in 1966 with Middle East historian R. Bayly Winder.

The library is a non-circulating Middle East Reference Collection. It functions as a study center for students of the Middle East at NYU.

Link to Richard Ettinghausen Library Hours