"Asse Architects" is a workshop of the famous Russian architect, artist, exhibition designer and theorist of architecture Eugene Asse.

Eugene Asse born 1946 in Moscow, Russia (Soviet Union).

After graduated Moscow Institute of Architecture (MARHI) in 1970 he worked as an architect in Moscow Municipal Planning Office (Mosproject-1).

He had his post-graduate course in urban design in 1978-1981 and headed the Urban Design Research Group in the State Institute of Design until 1986.

For the next ten years he practiced as free-lance architect, artist and exhibition designer.

He was curator, designer and the catalogue author of the exhibition "Moscow Avant-garde Architecture" in the Art Institute of Chicago, (1994). As an artist he represented Russia in Venice Biennale in 1995.

In 1994 he founded “Architectural Laboratory”, the independent research and design group. In 1997 he started his own design office "asse architects" in Moscow, which he runs up to now.

Since 1973 he practices as an architectural scholar and critic, writing and lecturing on urban design and theory of architecture in the country and abroad.

In 1989 he became a Professor in Moscow Institute of Architecture (MARHI) heading the Experimental Design Studio.

For the last ten years he serves as an elected Vice-President of the Union of Moscow Architects and the Member of the Board of the Union of Architects of Russia.

In 2002 Mr. Asse was appointed a Member of European Cultural Parliament.

In 2004 and 2006 he was the Commissioner of the Russian Pavilion on the Biennale of Architecture in Venice.