West Beach Cafe

Littlehampton, 2008

On graduating from the Architectural Association Asif Khan was commissioned to design a cafe in the English seaside town of Littlehampton by innovative clients Jane Wood and Sophie Murray who had previously commissioned Thomas Heatherwick's award winning East Beach Cafe.
We designed the building around integrating the use of the beach with its own dining spaces whilst equipping the building with enough flexibility to change its scale of operation and degree of open-ness through the seasons.

West Beach Cafe

Littlehampton, 2008

The galvanised steel facade is like a doll's house, complete with sash windows. It opens up to the beach to offer a room outside, an auditorium for concerts, or to instantly double the visible frontage of the building. During the winter and high wind the facade is closed and full height windows provide views across the english channel.

Tetra Light

Collaboration with artist Peter Liversidge, 2008

A modular light fitting designed with Peter Liversidge and is the first product from a series of on-going collaborations between Khan and Liversidge.
The light can be hung as a single pendant, sit on the floor, on a table, lean against a wall, connect to become a chandelier, multiply to fill an atrium. www.liversidgekhan.com

WBC Table

180cm x 60cm x 2.5cm 2008

The canteen version of this table was developed for the West Beach Cafe interior.
Lacquered birch plywood top and powder-coated tubular steel legs.

ExA Table

Expanded Aluminium folding Table 2008

A table developed for exteriors and in use at West Beach Cafe and East Beach Cafe, Littlehampton. Though measuring 180cm in length each table can be lifted with two fingers.
Lacquered alumimium and tubular stainless steel legs.

Shading Canopy

Recife, Brazil 2006

A low cost public space shading canopy in the blighted Favela Do Pilar settlement within the historic quarter of Recife. A collaborative work between Asif Khan, Omid Kamvari and Pavlos Sideris of the Architectural Association School, London and Andre Moraes, Cynthia Pereira and Adryana Rozendo of Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife.

Confetti Paper

Laser cut Zerkall paper, 2005

A series of laser cut stationary designed with twin purposes. Here a wedding invitation is perforated into heart-shaped confetti for throwing at a wedding

Heart Textile

90cm x 30cm Tenugui, limited edition, Japan 2005

We designed this tessellated heart pattern for a traditional multi-purpose Japanese textile called a Tenugui. The cloth is 2 stage hand dyed with natural pigments.

Swivel

Mobile for Osman Yousefzada
Mirror polished stainless steel, 2009

A mobile designed for fashion designer Osman Yousefzada as a site specific piece to complement his autumn/winter 2009 collection which was entitled Cosmic Mughal. Shown at On|Off during London Fashion Week 24.02.09.

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Profile

Asif Khan

Asif was born and raised in London, England and studied Architecture at both the Bartlett School, University College London and the Architectural Association School, London. He is excited by craftsmanship, high technology, low technology, innovation and wit in design.

Press

04.09 Abitare - NEW
06.03.09 Vogue Online
02.09 Art4D Magazine
02.09 Pasajes Diseno
02.09 Icon Magazine
12.08 Vogue
12.08 Harper's Bazaar
11.08 Mark Magazine
11.08 Wallpaper Online
10.08 World of Interiors Magazine
09.08 Grand Designs Magazine
16.08.08 Saturday Telegraph Magazine
06.06.08 Building Design
05.06.08 The Guardian newspaper
30.05.08 Design Week
27.08.07Architects Journal
10.08.07 Building Design
07.07 Art4D Magazine
Design for the Other 90%, Cynthia E. Smith
Dezeen.com Public Space Shading Canopy
Morpho-Ecologies, M.Hensel& A.Menges
10.06 Mark Magazine Autumn/Winter
08.06 Domus Magazine
07.08.06 Icon Magazine
15.07.04 Architects Journal

Awards

2009 D&AD Awards, West Beach Cafe
2008 RIBA ICE McAslan Bursary
2007 Building Design Magazine Class of 2007 2007 RIBA ICE McAslan Bursary
2007 British Council grant
2007 AADIP, Architectural Association School
2006 Full Scholarship, Arch. Association Sch.
2004 RIBA / UCL Donaldson Medal
2004 UCL Faculty Prize
2004 BSc First Class Honours, Bartlett School

About / Contact

Launched 2008

We are a design office based in London working across architecure, products, interiors and furniture, particularly projects which combine these in new and unexpected ways.
Current projects include a church spire in East London, a cafe pavillion in a London park, and zero carbon plastic school furniture with Julia King and John McAslan Partnership for the Clinton Foundation Primary School Programme in Malawi.

Contact: studio@asif-khan.com
+44(0)7986-935-128
Asif Khan Ltd.
1-5 Vyner Street,
London E2 9DG

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