Lise Anne Couture

Lise Anne Couture (born in 1959) is a Canadian architect and educator. She is the co-founder of Asymptote Architecture, in partnership with Hani Rashid. She is based in Brooklyn, New York.

Early life and education Lise Anne Couture was born in 1959 in Montreal, Canada. She attended Carleton University and received a bachelor's degree in architecture in 1983. She received a Master's of Architecture degree in 1986 from Yale University.

Architectural work She is co-founder of the New York-based architecture firm Asymptote Architecture, in partnership with Hani Rashid. The architecture firm was founded in 1989.

Couture's work as a principal of Asymptote includes:

2009 – 166 Perry Street a luxury residential building in Manhattan's West Village 2009 – Yas Hotel Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 2002 – HydraPier Pavilion in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands 1996 – Universe Theater in Aarhus, Denmark 1997 – Aarhus Museum of Modern Art in Aarhus, Denmark

Publications Hani Rashid, Lise Anne Couture: Asymptote. Architecture at the Interval, Rizzoli 1995, Hani Rashid, Lise Anne Couture: Asymptote: Flux, Phaidon Press 2002, Hani Rashid, Lise Anne Couture: Asymptote: Works and Projects, Skira 2002, Hani Rashid, Lise Anne Couture: Asymptote Architecture Actualizations, Asia Art & Design Cooperation 2010,