Asymptote: FLUX By Lise Anne Couture & Hani Rashid  October 21,
2002 / Buy from Amazon UK Buy from Amazon US    Rashid and
Couture's work is 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, and organic systems like seashells and
honeycombs; and various means of communicating and disseminating
information. Their projects are concerned as much with light,
speed, and traversing virtual boundaries as with "real-world"
geometries and building systems.  Echoing Asymptote's approach,
this book 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, all in color.  The projects follow
one another in a panoramic, filmstrip fashion and are
interspersed with descriptive text and the speculative writing
that Asymptote is known for. The book is intended t