Hani Rashid was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1958. Received B. Arch. from Caarleton University in 1983 and M. Arch. from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1985. Academic appointment at Graduate School of Architecture and Planning, Columbia University, 1989–97.
Visiting professor of architecture at Technical University Vienna, Austria in 1996; Berlage Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1995; Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark in 1994; University of Lund, Sweden in 1993; Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambrige in 1992.
Lise Anne Couture was born in Montréal, Canada in 1959. Received B. Arch. from Caarleton University in 1983 and M. Arch. from Yale University School of Architecture in 1986. Academic appointment at Columbia University, 1994–97. Graduate School of Architecture adjunct Assistant / AAD Program. Parsons School of Design Critic / Special Part-Time Appontment in 1990–97. Visiting professor at Berlage Institute in 1995; University of Montréal School of Architecture in 1994; Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 1992.
Asymptote: Rashid + Couture Architects was founded in New York City in 1987. Awarded 30 under 30 Interiors magazine selection of the top 30 designers under the age of 30 in 1989. 40 under the age of 40 in 1995. Annual Building Prize for Univers Theater by the city of Aarhus in 1996.
Their major projects include the Library of Alexandria, Egypt competition in 1989; National Dutch Court House, Groningen, invited competition in 1991; Times Square Study, New York, commission in 1992; International Port Terminal Yokohama, competition in 1994; National Museum of Korea, Soul, Korea, competition in 1995; Aarhus Museum of Modern Art, Denmark in 1997; Writing space. Duren, Germany, multi-media installation.