Main entry:

Rashid, Hani, 1958-

Title & Author:

Asymptote : architecture at the interval / by Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli International Publications, 1995.

Description:

160 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-159).
Criticism -- Asymptote: installing the eventual / Frédéric Migayrou -- Speculations -- Tourists: postcards and other paraphernalia -- Meditations -- Pseudo-architecture -- On recent non-events -- Departure 2100hrs.: arrival 0900hrs -- Interview 1: context -- Interview 2: artifacts -- In defense of Icarus ... -- Stills from Timesquare -- Intervals -- Kursaal for an evacuee -- Optigraphs -- Optigraph 3: Berlin readouts -- Paris readouts -- Hyperfine splitting -- Tokyo light prop -- Projects -- Lanciano Urban Plan, Italy -- Los Angeles west coast gateway: the steel cloud -- Alexandria Library, Egypt -- Moscow state theater, Russia -- Six housing units, Brig, Switzerland -- Groningen courthouse, the Netherlands -- Parliamentary precinct, Berlin Spreebogen, Germany -- Center for contemporary culture, Tours, France -- Tohoku historical museum, Japan -- Yokohama passenger ship terminal, Japan.

Summary:

"Founded in New York in 1987, Asymptote is a highly regarded, innovative young firm whose avant-garde work includes building designs, urban planning proposals, gallery installations, and computer-generated imaging and environments. Asymptote's practice explores the meaning of architectural production in today's post-information age, when digital and telecommunications technology and an increasingly sophisticated media are radically changing our perception of space and time." "In this first volume of their work, Asymptote presents fifteen speculative and experimental works and ten architectural projects, many of which were for prestigious international invited competitions. These include the new library for Alexandria, Egypt; the Moscow State Theater; a national courthouse for Groningen, the Netherlands; the Berlin Spreebogen, a new parliamentary precinct; and a proposal for a new city center in Lanciano, Italy. Also featured is Asymptote's award-winning design for the Los Angeles West Coast Gateway, a national monument commemorating Pacific Rim immigration."--Jacket.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0847818616
9780847818617

Subject:

Asymptote (Firm)
Asymptote (Firme)
Architecture, Postmodern United States.
Architecture Competitions United States.
Architecture, Postmodern Designs and plans.
Architecture postmoderne Dessins et plans.
Architecture postmoderne États-Unis.
Architecture Concours États-Unis.
Architecture Competitions
Architecture, Postmodern
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
United States

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings

Added entries:

Couture, Lise Anne, 1959-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 116261
Call No.: NA737.A83 R3 (ID:95-B1101)
Status: Available

Location: Library main 116262
Call No.: NA737.A83 R3 (ID:95-B1101)
Status: Available