ASYMPTOTE: ARCHITECTURE AT THE INTERVAL, by Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture, pub by RIZZOLI, 1995, stiff softcover, 160 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches.
Filled with 100's of black & white images.
FROM THE COVER: "Innovative firm. Avant-garde work including building design, urban planning proposals, gallery installations, computer-generated imaging and environments. Asymptote explores architectural production in today's post-information age, where digital and telecommuncations technology and sophisticated media are changing the perception of space and time.
This first, exciting volume of their work includes fifteen speculative and experimental works and ten architectural projects, many of which were for international invitational competitions. These include the new library for Alexandria; 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 documented is Asymptote's award-winning design for the Los Angeles West Coast Gateway, a national monument commemorating Pacific Rim Immigration. Their work has been exhibited in Paris, Berlin, London, Kyoto, Montreal, Los Angeles, Toronto, and New York."
CONDITION: This is a NEW book with light rubbing to covers and a hint of fingertip useage within. Mild edge wear at bottom edge from shelving. Overall, a great copy of this significant book.
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