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{{Short description|American architecture practice}}
'''Asymptote Architecture''' is an American architecture practice, based in Long Island City, New York.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.departures.com/lifestyle/home-design/brooklyn-home-tour-hani-rashid-lise-anne-couture-asymptote-architecture|title=Home Tour: A Waterfront Escape in Brooklyn|website=Departures|language=en|access-date=2018-12-13}}</ref> Asymptote Architecture is known for multidisciplinary architectural designs that often incorporate digital technologies.<ref name=":0" />


== History ==
[[File:Naho-Kubota-Photography HRLA.png|thumb|300px|right|Lise Anne Couture & Hani Rashid]]


Husband and wife team [[Hani Rashid]] and [[Lise Anne Couture]] co-founded Asymptote Architecture in 1989.<ref name="Belogolovsky">{{cite web | last = Belogolovsky | first = Vladimir| title = Interview with Asymptote Architecture: "We Are Spatial Engineers"| publisher = ArchDaily| date = February 19, 2016| url = http://www.archdaily.com/782384/interview-with-asymptote-architecture-we-are-spatial-engineers| access-date = December 19, 2016 }}</ref> The firm began with building designs in the United States, and subsequently expanded to international projects.
[[Hani Rashid]] and [[Lise Anne Couture]], founders and principals of Asymptote Architecture, are leading architectural practitioners of their generation whose innovative work and academic contributions have received international acclaim.
Asymptote Architecture is a world-wide operating architecture practice based in [[New York]] with satellite offices in [[Dubai]] and [[Vienna]].
Since the founding in 1989 the practice has been at the forefront of innovation in the fields of architecture and design, computer-generated virtual architecture <ref>[http://www.arte.tv/de/Diese-Woche/1937600.html „Asymptote – Architektur für die Zukunft“], [[Arte]], 23. Februar 2008 </ref>
Asymptote has earned recognition for important built projects in Europe, the UAE and USA as well as praise and awards for visionary building designs, master planning, art installations, exhibition and product design, and ground breaking digital spatial environments.


Critics have described Asymptote's architectural style as "futuristic"; the firm is known for fusing architecture with digital computer technology to create a hybrid style.<ref name="Belogolovsky" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/23/arts/art-architecture-architecture-s-claim-on-the-future-the-blob.html|title=ART/ARCHITECTURE; Architecture's Claim on the Future: The Blob|last=Muschamp|first=Herbert|date=2000-07-23|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-12-13|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Rashid and Couture believe that the spatial form of a building is what drives its architectural meaning. The firm suggests that its buildings reflect specific attributes of their surrounding environments. For example, the [[Yas Hotel Abu Dhabi]] has a fluid, curvilinear form, evoking the concept of speed, since [[Formula One]] auto races are held underneath the building.<ref name="Belogolovsky" /> 166 Perry Street, a condominium in the West Village neighborhood of New York City, has a rippling glass façade that evokes a waterfall.<ref>{{Citation | last = Pogrebin| first = Robin| title = A Luxury Condo by Arty Architects From the Fringe| newspaper = The New York Times| date = June 28, 2007| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/arts/design/28arch.html| access-date = 20 December 2016 }}</ref>
== Projects==
1989 Asymptote won international recognition for their winning entry of the Steel Cloud in the Los Angeles Westcoast Gateway Competition. In 1992, Lise Anne Couture and Hani Rashid were asked by The [[New York Times]] to design a hypothetical building for [[Times Square]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/01/arts/architecture-view-time-to-reset-the-clock-in-times-square.html?pagewanted=all|title=Architecture View; Time to Reset the Clock in Times Square |last=Muschamp|first=Herbert|authorlink=Herbert Muschamp|date=November 1, 1992|work=The New York Times|accessdate=23 January 2010}}</ref>


== Projects ==
In 1996, Asymptote built their first project overseas,the Universe Theatre in [[Aarhus]], [[Denmark]]. The project was awarded the Danish building of the year award by the [[Architects' Association of Denmark]].
One of their most famous early designs was their 1988 winning entry for the Los Angeles Westcoast Gateway Competition; an international jury of designers chose their submission, "Steel Cloud," out of more than 150, but when the monument received a poor reception from locals, it was not built due to lack of funding.<ref>{{Citation|last=Harvey|first=Steve|title=In search of a monument that says 'L.A.'|date=July 10, 2010|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jul-10-la-me-then-20100710-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=19 December 2016}}</ref> In 1992, Asymptote was invited by ''[[The New York Times]]'' to design a hypothetical building for [[Times Square]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/01/arts/architecture-view-time-to-reset-the-clock-in-times-square.html?pagewanted=all|title=Architecture View; Time to Reset the Clock in Times Square|last=Muschamp|first=Herbert|date=November 1, 1992|work=The New York Times|access-date=23 January 2010|author-link=Herbert Muschamp}}</ref>
In 1999,Asymptote designed the first large capacity virtual reality environment and also completed the Advanced Floor Operations Center on the trading floor of the [[Wall Street]] facility. The project was listed in the AIA Guide to Noteworthy Architecture in New York City.<ref name=TIME>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1005616,00.html|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time.com]]|title=Building Momentum|accessdate=5 January 2008 | date=8 September 2003 | first=Belinda | last=Luscombe}}</ref>


=== NYSE Virtual Trading Floor ===
In 2003 the firm won the AIA New York Chapter Design Award, Architecture Category for their Design of the HydraPier Pavilion in [[Haarlemmermeer]],[[Netherlands]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/archives/0210hydrapie.asp|work=Architectural Record|title=Project Portfolio: HydraPier|accessdate=7 January 2008}}</ref>
In 1997, the [[New York Stock Exchange]] (NYSE) commissioned Asymptote to design an environment to visualize the real-time numerical and statistical data related to stock trading with help from [[Securities Industry Automation Corporation]] (SIAC).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/events/38039/nyse-virtual-trading-floor|title=NYSE Virtual Trading Floor|date=2015|website=Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)|language=en|access-date=2018-12-13}}</ref> This represented the first large-capacity, virtual reality environment for the New York Stock Exchange, concurrent with the construction of the Advanced Floor Operations Center on the trading floor of the [[Wall Street]] facility. In 1999, the project was completed, and as a result a command center was designed and created with state-of-the-art screens.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.world-architects.com/en/asymptote-architecture-new-york/project/nyse-advanced-trading-floor|title=NYSE Advanced Trading Floor Asymptote Architecture|website=World-Architects|language=en|access-date=2018-12-13}}</ref> This work was a very early example of a collaboration between the multiple disciplines of architecture, [[Human–computer interaction|human-computer interaction]], [[data visualization]], and [[user experience design]].<ref name=":1" />


=== Yas Hotel ===
In 2003 Asymptote finished the American flagship store for Carlos Miele<ref>{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400EFDF1139F931A25755C0A9659C8B63|work=The New York Times|title=Entering a Dream Landscape (But, Really, It's a Store)|accessdate=8 January 2008 | date=12 June 2003}}</ref>.
{{Main|W Abu Dhabi - Yas Island}}
Three years later they built the [[Alessi (company)|Alessi]]Flagship Store<ref name = 3.0>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/oct2006/id20061023_777301.htm|work=Metropolis Magazine|title=Asymptote 3.0|accessdate=7 January 2008| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20071216100407/http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/oct2006/id20061023_777301.htm| archivedate= 16 December 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archlighting.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=0&articleID=554021|work=Architectural Lighting|title=Commendable Achievement: Interior Lighting|accessdate=7 January 2008}}</ref>. Both projects won the AIA NY Chapter Interior Architecture Award.
Yas Hotel is located in [[Abu Dhabi]], [[United Arab Emirates]] (UAE) and was completed in 2009.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.world-architects.com/en/asymptote-architecture-new-york/project/the-yas-hotel|title=The Yas Hotel Asymptote Architecture|website=World-Architects|language=en|access-date=2018-12-13}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/awards/annual-design-review/yas-hotel_o|title=ADR 2010 Play Award: Yas Hotel|last=Zeigler|first=Mimi|date=2010-11-10|website=www.architectmagazine.com|access-date=2018-12-13}}</ref> The 500-room, 900,000-square-foot hotel is surrounded by a [[Formula One]] auto race course, the [[Yas Marina Circuit]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> Upon the building’s completion, the location hosted the UAE's first [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix motor race]] in November 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7824-the-yas-hotel?v=preview|title=The Yas Hotel|website=www.architecturalrecord.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-13}}</ref> The building is organic is shape and has two 12-story towers.<ref name=":2" /> It is said to have been designed to reflect aesthetics often associated with speed and the visual movements in car racing, as well as Islamic art traditions of patterning.<ref name=":2" /> This is now named the ''W Abu Dhabi'' on Yas Island,<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-11-27|title=W Abu Dhabi - Yas Island|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/middle-east/united-arab-emirates/abu-dhabi/hotels/w-abu-dhabi-yas-island-hotel/|access-date=2020-09-15|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> and formally was the ''Yas Viceroy Hotel Abu Dhabi''.
In 2006 the second Carlos Miele Store opened it's doors in Paris.


=== Missoni Baia ===
In November 2009 the firm completed the[[Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi Hotel]] <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/hotels/10_The_Yas_Hotel/|date=December 2009}}</ref> in [[Abu Dhabi]],[[United Arab Emirates]] and in early 2010 166 Perry Street<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/arts/design/28arch.html?fta=y|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=A Luxury Condo by Arty Architects From the Fringe|accessdate=5 January 2008 | first=Robin | last=Pogrebin | authorlink=Robin Pogrebin | date=28 June 2007}}</ref> a luxury residential building in Manhattan's West Village was completed.


The Missoni Baia is a residential development being developed by the [[OKO Group]], located at 777 NE 26TH Terrace in Miami, Florida.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lxcollection.com/property/missoni-baia/details/|title=Missoni Baia|website=www.lxcollection.com/property/misson baia/|language=en|access-date=1 September 2021}}</ref>
Other projects include 190 Váci Commercial Towers in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]], the FCD Yongsan Landmark Tower in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.evolo.us/architecture/asymptotes-fcd-yongsan-tower-in-seoul|title=Asymptote’s FCD Yongsan Tower in Seoul|publisher=http://www.evolo.us|date=22 May 2010}}</ref>, a design for the Zurich Circle, [[Zurich]],[[Switzerland]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.evolo.us/architecture/|title=the-circle-at-zurich-airport-by-asymptote-architecture|date=24 May 2010}}</ref>, the Strata Tower <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/13/|title=strata-tower-by-asymptote|publisher=Dezeen.com|date=13 May 2008}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/2866/|title=the-strata-tower-by-asymptote.html|publisher=Designboom.com}}</ref>
an innovative, forty-story, luxury residential tower in Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates, a large-scale cultural, hotel and performing arts complex in [[Penang]], [[Malaysia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/071127penang.asp|work=Architectural Record|title=Asymptote to Spice Up Penang's Skyline|accessdate=7 January 2008| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080131230950/http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/071127penang.asp| archivedate= 31 January 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=1422|title=A Global City Center|publisher=worldarchitecturenews.com|date=21 September 2007}}</ref> and a commission to build the World Business Center Busan in [[Busan]], South Korea.<ref name = WBCB>{{cite web|url=http://archirecord.blogspot.com/2007/02/asymptote-wins-competition-for-wbcb.html|work=Architectural Record|title=Asymptote wins competition for WBCB Tower|accessdate=7 January 2008}}</ref>. The design for the World Business Center Busan consists of three separate, tapered towers "soaring" out of a single base and will, upon completion, will be among the tallest buildings in Asia at 560m.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/070226asymptote.asp|work=[[Architectural Record]]|title=Asymptote Building Big in Asia|accessdate=5 January 2008}}</ref>


=== Other architecture projects and works ===
2011 Asymptote Architecture won second place in the 'Kaohsiung Port Terminal 2010' competition, featuring a sculptural design for the [[Kaohsiung]] Port Terminal in [[Taiwan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldinteriordesignnetwork.com/news/asymptote_architecture_secures_second_place_in_kaohsiung_port_terminal_competition_101222/|title=Asymptote Architecture secures second place in Kaohsiung Port Terminal Competition|publisher=WIDN News |date=22 December 2010}}</ref>
Asymptote's first project built overseas was the 1997 Univers Theatre in [[Aarhus]], [[Denmark]]. The project was awarded the Danish building of the year award by the [[Architects' Association of Denmark]].
Another significant project from 2011 was the Beukonhof,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.architizer.com/en_us/projects/view/beukenhof-auditorium/38954|title=Beukenhof Auditorium|publisher=http://www.architizer.com}}</ref> an auditorium / crematorium in the city of [[Schiedam]], [[Netherlands]].


It also designed the HydraPier Pavilion in [[Haarlemmermeer]], [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/archives/0210hydrapie.asp|title=Project Portfolio: HydraPier|work=Architectural Record|access-date=7 January 2008}}</ref> Asymptote built flagship stores for several retailers, including [[Carlos Miele]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/12/garden/currents-architecture-entering-a-dream-landscape-but-really-it-s-a-store.html|title=Entering a Dream Landscape (But, Really, It's a Store)|date=12 June 2003|work=The New York Times|access-date=8 January 2008}}</ref> and [[Alessi (Italian company)|Alessi]].<ref name="3.0">{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/oct2006/id20061023_777301.htm|title=Asymptote 3.0|work=Metropolis Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216100407/http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/oct2006/id20061023_777301.htm|archive-date=16 December 2007 |url-status=dead|access-date=7 January 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archlighting.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=0&articleID=554021|title=Commendable Achievement: Interior Lighting|work=Architectural Lighting|access-date=7 January 2008}}</ref> More recently, Asymptote has constructed several skyscrapers, such as the 190 Váci Budapest Bank Commercial Towers in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]] and FCD Yongsan Landmark Tower in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.evolo.us/architecture/asymptotes-fcd-yongsan-tower-in-seoul|title=Asymptote’s FCD Yongsan Tower in Seoul|date=22 May 2010|work=evolo.us}}</ref> The company also designs buildings for cultural institutions, shipping terminals, and residential buildings.
In June 2012 Asymptote announced the launch of the Velo Towers, part of the Dreamhub development in the Yongsan District of Seoul, South Korea <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://http://www.dezeen.com/2012/06/14/velo-towers-by-asymptote-architecture/|title=velo-tower-by-asymptote|publisher=Dezeen.com|date=14 June 2012}}</ref>.
Asymptote’s project is designed as an integral part of the master plan accommodating several new projects that are situated along the newly planned Yongsan Park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asymptote.net/posts/|title=ASYMPTOTE ANNOUNCES VELO TOWERS IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA|publisher=http://www.asymptote.net}}</ref>


In the early 2000s they collaborated with the [[Knoll, Inc.|Knoll]] furniture company on the A3 office system.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Naidoo |first=Ridhika |date=2002-03-06 |title=hani rashid / asymptote interview |url=https://www.designboom.com/interviews/hani-rashid-asymptote-interview/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=designboom {{!}} architecture & design magazine |language=en}}</ref>
==Selected Projects==
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== Exhibitions ==
In the early years of its practice, Asymptote has produced experimental art installations and exhibition design work involving multimedia technologies, such as the Virtual Museum (2000) at the Solomon R. [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum|Guggenheim Museum]] in New York City,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/2000/06/guggenheim-going-virtual/|title=Guggenheim Going Virtual|date=2000-06-09|work=Wired|access-date=2018-12-13|issn=1059-1028}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/1001145951.html?dids=1001145951:1001145951&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+11%2C+2006&author=Linda+Hales&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=A+Curate-Your-Own+Museum+Web+Site&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604054702/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/1001145951.html?dids=1001145951:1001145951&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+11,+2006&author=Linda+Hales&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=A+Curate-Your-Own+Museum+Web+Site&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 4, 2011|title=A Curate-Your-Own Museum Web Site |last=Hales|first=Linda|date=Mar 11, 2006|work=The Washington Post |pages= C.02|access-date=23 January 2010|location=Washington, D.C. }}</ref> [[Documenta|DOCUMENTA]] XI in [[Kassel]], [[Germany]], the [[Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt]] and the Ministry of Public Works in [[Madrid]], Spain.


In 2003, Asymptote held its first extensive solo exhibition, a survey of its work at the [[Netherlands Architecture Institute]] (NAI).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/asymptote.html |title=approach the future - the asymptote experience |publisher=designboom.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113035611/http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/asymptote.html |archive-date=2011-11-13 }}</ref>


File: NYSE Advanced Trading Floor.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/interiors-and-furniture/new-york-stock-exchange-advanced-trading-floor/New York Stock Exchange]'''{{-}}New York, NY 2001
File:Asymptote HYD P001 Richters.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/hydrapier-pavilion/ Hydrapier Pavilion]'''{{-}}Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands 2002
File:Carlos Miele.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/interiors-and-furniture/carlos-miele-flagship-nyc/ Carlos Miele Flagship Store]'''{{-}}New York, NY 2003
File:Alessi Flagship Store.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/interiors-and-furniture/alessi-flagship-store/ Alessi Flagship Store]'''{{-}}New York, NY 2006
File:Yas hotel.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/yas-hotel/ Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi]'''{{-}}Abu Dhabi, UAE 2009
File:166 Perry front.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/166-perry-street/ 166 Perry Street]'''{{-}}New York, NY 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theslatinreport.com/story_prt.jsp?StoryName=0628perry.txt|work=The Slatin Report|title=Cool Condo Design Gets Hotter|accessdate=5 January 2008}}
File:Vaci.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/190-vaci/ 190 Váci]'''{{-}}Budapest, Hungary 2006
File:YON R020.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/fcd-yongsan-landmark-tower/ Yongsan Landmark Tower]'''{{-}}Seoul, South Korea 2008
File:Lowres ZurichCircle 002.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/zurich-circle/ Zurich Circle]'''{{-}}Zurich, Switzerland 2010
File:Strata tower.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/strata-tower/ Strata Tower]'''{{-}}Abu Dhabi, UAE 2006
File:Penang.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/penang-global-city-center/ Penang Global City Center]'''{{-}}Penang, Malaysia 2006
File:WBC.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/world-business-center-solomon-tower/ World Business Center Busan]'''{{-}}Busan, South Korea 2007
File:Kaoshiung.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/kaohsiung-marine-gateway/ Kaohsiung Marine Gateway]'''{{-}}Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2011
File:Beukenhoff.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/uncategorized/schiedam-the-netherlands/ Beukenhof Auditorium / Crematorium]'''{{-}}Schiedam, Netherlands 2011
File:ASY Velo Towers Skybridge Terrace.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/posts/ Velo Towers]'''{{-}}Seoul, South Korea 2012
</gallery>


== Installations & Exhibitions ==
For nearly two decades, Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture have also produced experimental art installations and exhibition design work involving multi-media technologies such as the Virtual Museum at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City <ref>{{cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/1001145951.html?dids=1001145951:1001145951&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+11%2C+2006&author=Linda+Hales&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=A+Curate-Your-Own+Museum+Web+Site&pqatl=google|title=A Curate-Your-Own Museum Web Site |last=Hales|first=Linda|date=Mar 11, 2006|work=The Washington Post |pages= C.02|accessdate=23 January 2010|location=Washington, D.C. }}</ref>

DOCUMENTA XI in [[Kassel]], [[Germany]]; the [[Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt]] and the Ministry of Public Works in [[Madrid]], Spain.
In 2003, Asymptote held it's first extensive solo show, a survey of it's work at the [[Netherlands Architecture Institute]] (NAI)
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/asymptote.html|title=approach the future - the asymptote experience|publisher=designboom.com}}</ref>

In 2000 Hani Rashid co-represented the United States at the Seventh [[Venice Biennale of Architecture]], and in 2004 both Rashid and Couture were chosen as the design architects for Metamorph, the Ninth Venice Architecture Biennale[13]. Asymptote has also produced design work, brand identities and product design for Alessi Italy, Volkswagen Wolfsberg Germany and Carlos Miele Brazil.
The work of Asymptote is also included in several private and public collections including The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, the [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]] (SFMOMA), the [[Centre Georges Pompidou]] in Paris, and the Frac Centre in Orléans, France.

==Publications==
Asymptote’s work has been the subject of 4 monographs and is widely published internationally in professional journals as well as the general press.

* Hani Rashid, Lise Anne Couture: ''Asymptote. Architecture at the Interval'', Rizzoli 1995, ISBN 0847818616
* Hani Rashid, Lise Anne Couture: ''Asymptote: Flux'', Phaidon Press 2002, ISBN 0714841722
* Hani Rashid, Lise Anne Couture: ''Asymptote: Works and Projects'', Skira 2002, ISBN 888491261X
* Hani Rashid, Lise Anne Couture: ''Asymptote Architecture Actualizations'', Asia Art & Design Cooperation 2010, ISBN 978-7-5609-5599-5
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{{Palmares start}}
''Redesigning the World''{{-}}
Newsweek, Cathleen McGuigan, 2009

''Strata Tower, Architectural Design''{{-}}
vol. 79, no. 2, 2009

''Architectural Iconoclasts''{{-}}
Specifier, no. 78, Alys Moody, 2008

''The Virtual Messiahs''{{-}}
Whitewall, Aric Chen, 2008

''New Directions in Contemporary Architecture''{{-}}
John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2008

''Modern Architecutre A-Z''{{-}}
Taschen, 2008

''Performing Elegance''{{-}}
Architectural Design, vol. 77, no. 1, 2007

''A Luxury Condo by Arty Architects from the Fringe''{{-}}
The New York Times, Arts Section, June 28, 2007

''Architecture Now!''{{-}}
Vol. 4, Taschen, 2006

''Rem Koolhaas + Hani Rashid''{{-}}
The Architect’s Newspaper, October 6, 2006

''Design Document Series 09: Scape_Asymptote Architecture/USA''{{-}}
DAMDI Co., Ltd, 2004

''Architecture Now 3: The Architecture of Today''{{-}}
Taschen, 2004

''On the Road to Venice: 9th Architecture Biennale''{{-}}
Architectural Record, Robert Ivy, 2004

''Thoughts on the Metamorphoses of Architecture''{{-}}
Log, Kurt Forster. Fall 2004

''Asymptote''{{-}}
A + U, July 2004

''Architectural Laboratories: Greg Lynn & Hani Rashid''{{-}}
NAi Publishers, 2002

''Flux''{{-}}
Phaidon Press, 2002

''Haarlemmermeer Pavilion by Asymptote: Hydrapier''{{-}}
BIS, 2002

''The Rashid Machine''{{-}}
Metropolis, Peter Hall, 2001

''Curves Ahead: What About Blobs''{{-}}
Details, James S. Russell, Michael Moran, 2001

''Reinventing the Museum''{{-}}
Wired, Jessie Scanlon, Carolyn Rauch, David Jang, 2000

''Guggenheim Virtual Museum''{{-}}
Domus, 2000

''Asymptote: Rashid + Couture''{{-}}
A+U, 1999

''Asymptote’s Dual Projects for the NYSE''{{-}}
Architectural Record, Sarah Amelar, 1999

''Architecture in the 1990s''{{-}}
New Forms, Philip Jodido, ed., Taschen, Cologne, 1997

''Asymptote Architecture''{{-}}
Architecture for the Future, Pierre Terrall Editions, Paris, 1996

''Asymptote: Architecture at the Interval''{{-}}
Rizzoli International Publications, 1995
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==Awards==
*Middle East Architect Awards, Hospitality Project of the Year, The Yas Hotel (2011)
*Travel + Leisure Design Awards, Best Large Hotel, The Yas Hotel (2010)
*Grand Prix de l'Architecture, Festival Automobile International (2010)
*IESNA Illumination Award (2010)
*Le Grand Prix de l’Architecture, FAI, Paris, The Yas Hotel (2010)
*American Architecture Award, Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design (2008)
*AIA NY Chapter Design Award, Interior Architecture (2007)
*AIA New York Chapter Design Award, Interior Architecture (2005)
*Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts (2004)
*AIA New York Chapter Design Award, Architecture (2002)


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* [http://www.asymptote.net Official Website]
* [http://www.asymptote.net Official Website]
* Finding aid for the [https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/archives/456079/asymptote-architecture-new-york-stock-exchange-project-records "Asymptote Architecture New York Stock Exchange project records, 1991-2009"], [[Canadian Centre for Architecture]]

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Asymptote Architecture is an American architecture practice, based in Long Island City, New York.[1] Asymptote Architecture is known for multidisciplinary architectural designs that often incorporate digital technologies.[1]

History

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Husband and wife team Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture co-founded Asymptote Architecture in 1989.[2] The firm began with building designs in the United States, and subsequently expanded to international projects.

Critics have described Asymptote's architectural style as "futuristic"; the firm is known for fusing architecture with digital computer technology to create a hybrid style.[2][3] Rashid and Couture believe that the spatial form of a building is what drives its architectural meaning. The firm suggests that its buildings reflect specific attributes of their surrounding environments. For example, the Yas Hotel Abu Dhabi has a fluid, curvilinear form, evoking the concept of speed, since Formula One auto races are held underneath the building.[2] 166 Perry Street, a condominium in the West Village neighborhood of New York City, has a rippling glass façade that evokes a waterfall.[4]

Projects

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One of their most famous early designs was their 1988 winning entry for the Los Angeles Westcoast Gateway Competition; an international jury of designers chose their submission, "Steel Cloud," out of more than 150, but when the monument received a poor reception from locals, it was not built due to lack of funding.[5] In 1992, Asymptote was invited by The New York Times to design a hypothetical building for Times Square.[6]

NYSE Virtual Trading Floor

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In 1997, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) commissioned Asymptote to design an environment to visualize the real-time numerical and statistical data related to stock trading with help from Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC).[7] This represented the first large-capacity, virtual reality environment for the New York Stock Exchange, concurrent with the construction of the Advanced Floor Operations Center on the trading floor of the Wall Street facility. In 1999, the project was completed, and as a result a command center was designed and created with state-of-the-art screens.[8] This work was a very early example of a collaboration between the multiple disciplines of architecture, human-computer interaction, data visualization, and user experience design.[8]

Yas Hotel

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Main article: W Abu Dhabi - Yas Island

Yas Hotel is located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and was completed in 2009.[9][10] The 500-room, 900,000-square-foot hotel is surrounded by a Formula One auto race course, the Yas Marina Circuit.[9][10] Upon the building’s completion, the location hosted the UAE's first Grand Prix motor race in November 2009.[11] The building is organic is shape and has two 12-story towers.[9] It is said to have been designed to reflect aesthetics often associated with speed and the visual movements in car racing, as well as Islamic art traditions of patterning.[9] This is now named the W Abu Dhabi on Yas Island,[12] and formally was the Yas Viceroy Hotel Abu Dhabi.

Missoni Baia

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The Missoni Baia is a residential development being developed by the OKO Group, located at 777 NE 26TH Terrace in Miami, Florida.[13]

Other architecture projects and works

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Asymptote's first project built overseas was the 1997 Univers Theatre in Aarhus, Denmark. The project was awarded the Danish building of the year award by the Architects' Association of Denmark.

It also designed the HydraPier Pavilion in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands.[14] Asymptote built flagship stores for several retailers, including Carlos Miele[15] and Alessi.[16][17] More recently, Asymptote has constructed several skyscrapers, such as the 190 Váci Budapest Bank Commercial Towers in Budapest, Hungary and FCD Yongsan Landmark Tower in Seoul, South Korea.[18] The company also designs buildings for cultural institutions, shipping terminals, and residential buildings.

In the early 2000s they collaborated with the Knoll furniture company on the A3 office system.[19]

Exhibitions

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In the early years of its practice, Asymptote has produced experimental art installations and exhibition design work involving multimedia technologies, such as the Virtual Museum (2000) at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City,[20][21] DOCUMENTA XI in Kassel, Germany, the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt and the Ministry of Public Works in Madrid, Spain.

In 2003, Asymptote held its first extensive solo exhibition, a survey of its work at the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI).[22]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Home Tour: A Waterfront Escape in Brooklyn". Departures. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  2. ^ a b c Belogolovsky, Vladimir (February 19, 2016). "Interview with Asymptote Architecture: "We Are Spatial Engineers"". ArchDaily. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  3. ^ Muschamp, Herbert (2000-07-23). "ART/ARCHITECTURE; Architecture's Claim on the Future: The Blob". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  4. ^ Pogrebin, Robin (June 28, 2007), "A Luxury Condo by Arty Architects From the Fringe", The New York Times, retrieved 20 December 2016
  5. ^ Harvey, Steve (July 10, 2010), "In search of a monument that says 'L.A.'", Los Angeles Times, retrieved 19 December 2016
  6. ^ Muschamp, Herbert (November 1, 1992). "Architecture View; Time to Reset the Clock in Times Square". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  7. ^ "NYSE Virtual Trading Floor". Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA). 2015. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  8. ^ a b "NYSE Advanced Trading Floor Asymptote Architecture". World-Architects. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  9. ^ a b c d "The Yas Hotel Asymptote Architecture". World-Architects. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  10. ^ a b Zeigler, Mimi (2010-11-10). "ADR 2010 Play Award: Yas Hotel". www.architectmagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  11. ^ "The Yas Hotel". www.architecturalrecord.com. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  12. ^ "W Abu Dhabi - Yas Island". The Telegraph. 2019-11-27. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  13. ^ "Missoni Baia". www.lxcollection.com/property/misson baia/. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Project Portfolio: HydraPier". Architectural Record. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
  15. ^ "Entering a Dream Landscape (But, Really, It's a Store)". The New York Times. 12 June 2003. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
  16. ^ "Asymptote 3.0". Metropolis Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
  17. ^ "Commendable Achievement: Interior Lighting". Architectural Lighting. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
  18. ^ "Asymptote's FCD Yongsan Tower in Seoul". evolo.us. 22 May 2010.
  19. ^ Naidoo, Ridhika (2002-03-06). "hani rashid / asymptote interview". designboom | architecture & design magazine. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  20. ^ "Guggenheim Going Virtual". Wired. 2000-06-09. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  21. ^ Hales, Linda (Mar 11, 2006). "A Curate-Your-Own Museum Web Site". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. pp. C.02. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  22. ^ "approach the future - the asymptote experience". designboom.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-13.
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