Silver ETFE pillow-clad pavilion on an artificial river peninsula in Daugu, South Korea, installed by Asymptote for the World Expo 2012. ... Cross section - click for larger image.

An asymptote is a line that a curve approaches but never actually reaches. Similarly, the pursuit of beauty often feels like an endless journey toward an ideal that is forever just out of reach.

Asymptote Architecture's Velo Towers, a pair of round, offset towers with a large skybridge, are the latest skyscrapers to be unveiled for Seoul's Yongsan Business District.

Skyscrapers in Seoul: New Yorkers Asymptote Architecture are the latest firm to reveal designs for the Yongsan International Business District of Seoul and have proposed two skyscrapers connected ...