Asymptote; Flux

Author:   Asymptote ,  Lise Anne Couture ,  Hani Rashid
Publisher:   Phaidon Press Ltd
ISBN:  

9780714841724


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   22 May 2002
Format:   Hardback
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Asymptote, an award-winning New York-based architectural firm, expands the boundaries of traditional practice with work that ranges from buildings and urban design to computer-generated environments. Recognized internationally as both cutting-edge architects and virtual-reality artists, Asymptote partners Lise Anne Couture and Hani Rashid have designed and written the first book ever to document their 'real world' (as opposed to 'virtual') projects completed since 1995. This body of work includes projects as diverse as the trading floor for the New York Stock Exchange, a multimedia research park in Kyoto, a modular furniture system for Knoll, and a centre for art and technology at the Soho Guggenheim Museum, New York. Rashid and Couture's work is highly intriguing because it draws inspiration from a wide range of sources not traditionally associated with architecture - among them the design of airline interiors, sporting equipment, organic systems such as seashells and honeycombs, and various means of communicating and disseminating information. Asymptote presents a seamless trajectory of projects organized in a non-linear fashion and illustrated with installation photographs, collaged photographs, and computer-generated diagrams and environments. The projects are punctuated with descriptive text and the speculative writing for which Asymptote is known. Both partners combine architectural practice with teaching and this is strikingly evident in the accessible and thought-provoking result of Asymptote.

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Author:   Asymptote ,  Lise Anne Couture ,  Hani Rashid
Publisher:   Phaidon Press Ltd
Imprint:   Phaidon Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   1.260kg
ISBN:  

9780714841724


ISBN 10:   0714841722
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   22 May 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

"Projects: Guggenheim Virtual Museum; Virtual New York Stock Exchange; installation at Henry Urbach Gallery, New York; installation at TZ art gallery, New York; Fluxspace 1.0, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco; Fluxspace 2.0, Venice Biennale 2000; Claudia Hill installation, New York; Knoll A3 system furniture; Knoll Showroom, Chicago; Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York; New York Stock Exchange Advanced Trading Floor Operations Center; Univers Theater, Denmark; Floriade Pavillion Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands; Experimental Music Theater, Graz, Austria; Multimedia Research Park, Kyoto, Japan; Mission Armory Internet Complex, San Francisco; Technology Culture Museum, New York; Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles; Copenhagen Architexturing; Beukenhorst office development, Schiphol, The Netherlands; World Intellectual Properties Organization, Geneva; Airport Urbanism; ""B-scapes""; ""I-scapes""; ""DataScapes"""

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'Flux is a glossy overview of built projects, competitions and temporary installations, interspersed with short but dense essays written by Rashid and Couture. Republished magazine interviews give quick insights into the thinking behind Asymptote's projects and working processes and add a human touch to the book … ' (Blueprint)   'Compiled by the co-founders of New York multi-disciplinary architecture firm Asymptote, this comprehensive and accessible book documents their diverse and interesting projects.' (Creative Review)


'Flux is a glossy overview of built projects, competitions and temporary installations, interspersed with short but dense essays written by Rashid and Couture. Republished magazine interviews give quick insights into the thinking behind Asymptote's projects and working processes and add a human touch to the book ... ' (Blueprint) 'Compiled by the co-founders of New York multi-disciplinary architecture firm Asymptote, this comprehensive and accessible book documents their diverse and interesting projects.' (Creative Review)


'Flux is a glossy overview of built projects, competitions and temporary installations, interspersed with short but dense essays written by Rashid and Couture. Republished magazine interviews give quick insights into the thinking behind Asymptote's projects and working processes and add a human touch to the book a | ' (Blueprint) 'Compiled by the co-founders of New York multi-disciplinary architecture firm Asymptote, this comprehensive and accessible book documents their diverse and interesting projects.' (Creative Review)


'Flux is a glossy overview of built projects, competitions and temporary installations, interspersed with short but dense essays written by Rashid and Couture. Republished magazine interviews give quick insights into the thinking behind Asymptote's projects and working processes and add a human touch to the book i'1/2 ' (Blueprint) 'Compiled by the co-founders of New York multi-disciplinary architecture firm Asymptote, this comprehensive and accessible book documents their diverse and interesting projects.' (Creative Review)


Author Information

Lise Anne Couture received a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University in 1986. She has held academic appointments at several institutions, including the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the Stadelschule in Frankfurt, Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the University of Montreal. She is currently on the faculty board of the Department of Architecture at Parsons School of Design and of Columbia University, both in New York. Hani Rashid received his Master of Architecture degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. He has taught at a variety of schools, including the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen, the Berlage Institute in Amsterdam, the Technical University in Vienna, Lund University in Sweden, and Harvard University. He is currently Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning at Columbia University in New York.

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