Lise Anne Couture
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Lise Anne Couture

Architect (born 1959)1

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.2

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Born 1959.1

About

She is based in Brooklyn, New York.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedYale University3
  • Date not recordedCarleton University3
  • Date not recordedYale School of Architecture3

Lise Anne Couture was born in 1959 in Montreal, Canada. She attended Carleton University and received a bachelor's degree in architecture in 1983. At Carleton, she met her future husband and business partner, Hani Rashid. She received a Master's of Architecture degree in 1986 from Yale University.

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Career

Occupation: architect.5 6

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

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Personal life

  • Born1959, Montreal7
  • CitizenshipCanada8 9

Awards

  • Date not recordedFrederick Kiesler Prize10