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[[File:Naho-Kubota-Photography HRLA.png|thumb|300px|right|Lise Anne Couture & Hani Rashid]]
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{{Infobox Architectural Practice
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|name = Asymptote Architecture
|architects = Lise Anne Couture +{{-}}Hani Rashid
|city = New York City
|founded = 1989
|dissolved =
|significant_buildings = The Yas Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE{{-}}HydraPier Pavilion{{-}}166 Perry Street, New York, NY{{-}}World Business Center Busan
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'''Asymptote''' {{IPA-en|ˈæsɪmptoʊt|}} is a New York-based architectural office founded in 1989 by principals Hani Rashid and [[Lise Anne Couture]].


[[Hani Rashid]] and [[Lise Anne Couture]], founders and principals of '''[http://www.asymptote.net/ Asymptote Architecture]''', are leading architectural practitioners of their generation whose innovative work and academic contributions have received international acclaim.
==Overview==
Asymptote Architecture is a world-wide operating architecture practice based in [[New York]] with satellite offices in [[Dubai]] and [[Vienna]].
Asymptote Architecture completed the [[Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi Hotel]], a 500 room Hotel complex in [[Abu Dhabi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3151959|title=The right formula: Abu Dhabi's Yas Hotel|accessdate=2010-01-15|date=30 October 2009|publisher=Building}}</ref> The Yas Hotel is the world's first building designed specifically to span a Formula 1 race circuit. The opening coincided with the inaugural 2009 Formula 1 Ethiad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on November 1. Asymtptote's other recently completed projects include 166 Perry Street, a luxury residential building on Manhattan's west side in the West Village, that was completed in 2010.<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> Other projects by Asymptote include the HydraPier Pavilion in Haarlemameer the [[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> and the American flagship stores 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> and [[Alessi (company)|Alessi]]<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> in New York City. The firm's current projects include a large-scale cultural, hotel and performing arts complex in [[Penang]], [[Malaysia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archpaper.com/news/2007_0925.htm|work=The Architects Newspaper|title=Asymptote Approaches (Carbon) Zero|accessdate=5 January 2008}}</ref><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> 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, be among the tallest buildings in Asia at 560m.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/may2007/gb20070501_516453.htm?chan=globalbiz_europe+index+page_innovation+%2Bamp%3B+design|work=[[BusinessWeek]]|title=The Race for the Tallest Skyscraper|accessdate=5 January 2008}}</ref><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> Projects designed by Asymptote now under construction include the Four Rivers Pavilion in Korea, a multimedia museum [[Seoul]]. Asymptote has produced numerous experimental art installations and exhibition design work involving multi-media technologies for such venues as the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]] and the New York Stock Exchange 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> In 2000, the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]] commissioned [[Hani Rashid]] and [[Lise Anne Couture]] to design a Virtual Guggenheim Museum.<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> In 2000 Hani Rashid co-represented the United States at the Seventh Venice Architecture Biennale,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05E3DF113BF930A15754C0A9669C8B63|work=The New York Times|title=Architecture's Claim on the Future: The Blob|accessdate=7 January 2008 | first=Herbert | last=Muschamp | authorlink=Herbert Muschamp | date=23 July 2000}}</ref> and in 2004 Rashid and Couture created the exhibition design for the Ninth Venice Architecture Biennale.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/16/garden/16NOTE.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/B/Buildings%20(Structures)|work=The New York Times|title=In Venice, the Future Takes a Twist|accessdate=7 January 2008 | first=Julie V. | last=Iovine | date=16 September 2004}}</ref>
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>


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 2004, Rashid and Couture were presented with the Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and Art. Recently, Asymptote Architecture has secured 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=2010-12-22}}</ref>
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>


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]].
==Selected Completed Projects==
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>
<gallery>
File:YAS_Hotel.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/yas-hotel/ Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi]'''{{-}} [Abu Dhabi, UAE 2009]<ref name = 3.0/>
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}}</ref>
File:Alessi Flagship Store.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/interiors-and-furniture/alessi-flagship-store/ Alessi Flagship Store]'''{{-}}New York, NY 2006<ref name = 3.0/>


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>
File:Asymptote HYD P001 Richters.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/hydrapier-pavilion/ Hydrapier Pavilion]'''{{-}}Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands
File: NYSE Advanced Trading Floor.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/interiors-and-furniture/new-york-stock-exchange-advanced-trading-floor/ New York Stock{{-}}Exchange Advanced]{{-}}Trading Floor'''{{-}}New York, NY 2001<ref name=TIME/>
</gallery>
{{-}}
'''Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi'''{{-}}
Abu Dhabi, UAE · 2007{{-}}
completion date 2009{{-}}


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>.
'''166 Perry Street / Luxury Condominiums'''{{-}}
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.
New York, USA · 2006{{-}}
In 2006 the second Carlos Miele Store opened it's doors in Paris.
completion date 2009{{-}}


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.
'''Alessi Flagship Store'''{{-}}
New York USA · 2006{{-}}
Client: Alessi US Shops, New York, USA{{-}}


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>
'''Carlos Miele Flagship Store'''{{-}}
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/2866/|title=the-strata-tower-by-asymptote.html|publisher=Designboom.com}}</ref>
New York, USA · 2003{{-}}
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>


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>
'''HydraPier Pavilion'''{{-}}
Another 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]].
Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands · 2002{{-}}


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>.
'''New York Stock Exchange Advanced Trading Floor'''{{-}}
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>
New York, USA · 2001{{-}}
{{-}}


==Selected Projects (Current)==
==Selected Projects==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Asymptote Bergamo.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/the-azzano%E2%80%94san-paolo-master-plan/ The Azzano — San Paolo Master Plan]'''{{-}}Bergamo , Italy
File:Strata Tower.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/strata-tower/ Strata Tower]'''{{-}} Al Dana precinct,{{-}} Abu Dhabi, UAE
</gallery>
{{-}}
'''The Azzano - San Paolo Master Plan'''{{-}}
Bergamo, Italy · 2008{{-}}


'''World Business Center Solomon Tower'''{{-}}
Busan, South Korea · 2007{{-}}
completion date 2013{{-}}


'''Strata Tower'''{{-}}
Abu Dhabi, UAE · 2006{{-}}
completion date 2011{{-}}


'''Penang Global City Center (PGCC)'''{{-}}
Penang, Malaysia · 2006{{-}}
completion date 2012{{-}}
{{-}}{{-}}


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
==Selected Commissioned Projects==
File:Asymptote HYD P001 Richters.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/hydrapier-pavilion/ Hydrapier Pavilion]'''{{-}}Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands 2002
<gallery>
File:BUD D R014.jpg|'''[http://www.asymptote.net/buildings/190-vaci/ 190 VÁCI]'''{{-}} Budapest, Hungary
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>
</gallery>
{{-}}
{{Palmares start}}
'''The Azzano - San Paolo Master Plan'''{{-}}
Bergamo, Italy · 2008{{-}}


'''Vake Multifunctional Center'''{{-}}
Tbilisi, Georgia · 2007{{-}}
completion date 2010{{-}}


'''Yas Island Marina Hotel'''{{-}}
== Installations & Exhibitions ==
Abu Dhabi, UAE · 2007{{-}}
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>
completion date 2009{{-}}


DOCUMENTA XI in [[Kassel]], [[Germany]]; the [[Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt]] and the Ministry of Public Works in [[Madrid]], Spain.
'''WTC Performing Arts Center'''{{-}}
In 2003, Asymptote held it's first extensive solo show, a survey of it's work at the [[Netherlands Architecture Institute]] (NAI)
New York, USA · 2007{{-}}
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/asymptote.html|title=approach the future - the asymptote experience|publisher=designboom.com}}</ref>
completion date TBD{{-}}


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.
'''World Business Center Solomon Tower'''{{-}}
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.
Busan, South Korea · 2007{{-}}
completion date 2013{{-}}


==Publications==
'''Strata Tower'''{{-}}
Asymptote’s work has been the subject of 4 monographs and is widely published internationally in professional journals as well as the general press.
Abu Dhabi, UAE · 2006{{-}}
completion date 2011{{-}}


* Hani Rashid, Lise Anne Couture: ''Asymptote. Architecture at the Interval'', Rizzoli 1995, ISBN 0847818616
'''Penang Global City Center (PGCC)'''{{-}}
* Hani Rashid, Lise Anne Couture: ''Asymptote: Flux'', Phaidon Press 2002, ISBN 0714841722
Penang, Malaysia · 2006{{-}}
* Hani Rashid, Lise Anne Couture: ''Asymptote: Works and Projects'', Skira 2002, ISBN 888491261X
completion date 2012{{-}}
* Hani Rashid, Lise Anne Couture: ''Asymptote Architecture Actualizations'', Asia Art & Design Cooperation 2010, ISBN 978-7-5609-5599-5

'''Guggenheim Contemporary Art Pavilions at Saadiyat Island'''{{-}}
Abu Dhabi, UAE · 2006{{-}}
completion date TBD{{-}}

'''Master Plan'''{{-}}
Prague, Czech Republic · 2006{{-}}
completion date 2015

'''190 Váci'''
Budapest, Hungary 2006{{-}}
completion date 2009{{-}}

'''166 Perry Street / Luxury Condominiums'''{{-}}
New York, USA · 2006{{-}}
completion date 2009{{-}}

'''Monterrey City Center Master Plan'''{{-}}
Monterrey, Mexico · 2005{{-}}
completion date TBD{{-}}

'''Beukenhof Auditorium'''{{-}}
Schiedam, Netherlands · 2004{{-}}
completion date TBD{{-}}

'''Alessi Flagship Store'''{{-}}
New York USA · 2006{{-}}
Client: Alessi US Shops, New York, USA{{-}}

'''VW DataTerrain Exhibition Space'''{{-}}
Wolfsburg, Germany · 2006{{-}}

'''Venice Biennale 9th International Architecture Exhibition Design'''{{-}}
Venice, Italy · 2004{{-}}

'''Carlos Miele Flagship Store'''{{-}}
New York, USA · 2003{{-}}

'''HydraPier Pavilion'''{{-}}
Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands · 2002{{-}}

'''New York Stock Exchange Advanced Trading Floor'''{{-}}
New York, USA · 2001{{-}}

'''Univers Multimedia Theatre'''{{-}}
Aarhus, Denmark · 1997{{-}}
{{Palmares end}}
{{-}}

==Selected Competitions and Proposals==

{{-}}
{{Palmares start}}
'''Vitoria Exhibition and Music Hall'''{{-}}
Vitoria, Spain · 2008{{-}}

'''Master Plan for Yongsan IBD with Landmark Tower'''{{-}}
Seoul, South Korea · 2008{{-}}

'''Bahrain Harbor Residential Tower Complex'''{{-}}
Manama, Bahrain · 2008{{-}}

'''South Hudayriat Island International Design Competition'''{{-}}
Abu Dhabi, UAE · 2008{{-}}

'''Mystetskyj Arsenal Cultural–Art and Museum Complex'''{{-}}
Kiev, Ukraine · 2008{{-}}

'''Dynamix Balwas Group Company'''{{-}}
Mumbai, India · 2008{{-}}

'''FKI Headquarters Competition'''{{-}}
Seoul, South Korea · 2008{{-}}

'''Perm Museum'''{{-}}
Perm, Russia · 2008{{-}}

'''New Thermal Complex “San Pellegrino Terme”'''{{-}}
San Pellegrino Terme, Italy · 2008{{-}}

'''Vake Multifunctional Center (1st Prize)'''{{-}}
Tbilisi, Georgia · 2008{{-}}

'''Yas Island Marina Hotel'''{{-}}
Abu Dhabi, UAE · 2007{{-}}

'''WTC Performing Arts Center'''{{-}}
New York, USA · 2007{{-}}

'''DIFC Central Tower'''{{-}}
Dubai, UAE · 2006{{-}}

'''Hotel/Apartment Complex for HH Sheik Sultan Bin Khalifa'''{{-}}
Abu Dhabi, UAE · 2006{{-}}

'''World Business Center Busan (1st Prize)'''{{-}}
Busan, South Korea · 2006{{-}}

'''Islamic Museum and Cultural Center'''{{-}}
Kuwait City, Kuwait · 2006{{-}}

'''Shenzhen Stock Exchange'''{{-}}
Shenzhen, China · 2006{{-}}

'''Penang Turf Club Master Plan (1st Prize)'''{{-}}
Penang, Malaysia · 2005{{-}}

'''Guggenheim Guadalajara'''{{-}}
Guadalajara, Mexico · 2005{{-}}

'''Jalisco State Public Library'''{{-}}
Guadalajara, Mexico · 2005{{-}}

'''Annex to the WTO Headquarters'''{{-}}
Geneva, Switzerland · 2003{{-}}

'''Symphony Hall, Cultural and Administrative Complex'''{{-}}
Montreal, Canada · 2002{{-}}

'''Goethe University Master Plan'''{{-}}
Goethe, Germany · 2002{{-}}

'''Mercedes-Benz Museum of the Automobile'''{{-}}
Stuttgart, Germany · 2001{{-}}

'''Eyebeam Museum for Art and Technology'''{{-}}
New York, USA · 2001{{-}}

'''BMW Event and Delivery Center'''{{-}}
Munich, Germany · 2001{{-}}

'''Floriade Municipal Pavilion (1st Prize)'''{{-}}
Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands · 2001{{-}}

'''WIPO Headquarters'''{{-}}
Geneva, Switzerland · 2000{{-}}

'''Beukenhorst Master Plan'''{{-}}
Amsterdam, Netherlands · 2000{{-}}

'''Graz Music Theatre'''{{-}}
Graz, Austria · 1998{{-}}

'''Aarhus Museum of Modern Art'''{{-}}
Aarhus, Denmark · 1997{{-}}

'''National Museum of Korea'''{{-}}
Seoul, South Korea · 1995{{-}}

'''International Seaport Terminal'''{{-}}
Yokohama, Japan · 1994{{-}}

'''Tohoku Historical Museum'''{{-}}
Sendai, Japan · 1994{{-}}

'''Tours Contemporary Arts Center'''{{-}}
Tours, France · 1993{{-}}

'''Parliamentary Precinct / Spreebogen'''{{-}}
Berlin, Germany · 1992{{-}}

'''National Courthouse (1st Prize)'''{{-}}
Groningen, Netherlands · 1991{{-}}

'''IdeenwettbewerbRiem Housing'''{{-}}
Munich, Germany · 1991{{-}}

'''Moscow State Theatre (Honorable Mention)'''{{-}}
Moscow, Russia · 1990{{-}}

'''Library of Alexandria'''{{-}}
Alexandria, Egypt · 1989{{-}}
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==Selected publications==

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{{Palmares end}}


==Selected Awards==
==Awards==
*Middle East Architect Awards, Hospitality Project of the Year, The Yas Hotel (2011)
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*Travel + Leisure Design Awards, Best Large Hotel, The Yas Hotel (2010)
American Architecture Award, Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design · 2008
*Grand Prix de l'Architecture, Festival Automobile International (2010)

*IESNA Illumination Award (2010)
First Prize, Vake Multifunctional Center Competition · 2008
*Le Grand Prix de l’Architecture, FAI, Paris, The Yas Hotel (2010)

AIA New York Chapter Design Award, Interior Architecture Category · 2007
*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)
First Prize, World Business Center Busan Competition · 2007
*Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts (2004)

*AIA New York Chapter Design Award, Architecture (2002)
First Prize, Penang Turf Club Master Plan Competition · 2006

AIA New York Chapter Design Award, Interior Architecture Category · 2005

Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts · 2004

American Architecture Award, Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design · 2004

Dupont Benedictus Awards · 2003

AIA New York Chapter Design Award, Architecture Category · 2002

Prize Dedalo Minosse · 2002

First Prize, Floriade Municipal Pavilion Competition · 2001

National Design Awards Finalist, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum · 2001

Artist in Residence - CCA San Francisco · 2000

Emerging Voices: Architectural League of New York · 1999

Annual Danish Building Prize · 1996

Second Prize, Paper Art Biennale · 1995

40 Under 40, Interiors Magazine · 1994

New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship · 1992

30 Under 30, Interiors Magazine · 1989

First Prize, Los Angeles West Coast Gateway Competition · 1989
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.asymptote.net Official Website]
* [http://www.asymptote.net Official Website]
* [http://www.arcspace.com/architects/asymptote/asymptote_features.htm ARCspace]


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Lise Anne Couture & Hani Rashid

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 [1]


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.[2]

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. 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.[3]

In 2003 the firm won the AIA New York Chapter Design Award, Architecture Category for their Design of the HydraPier Pavilion in Haarlemmermeer,Netherlands.[4]

In 2003 Asymptote finished the American flagship store for Carlos Miele[5]. Three years later they built the AlessiFlagship Store[6][7]. Both projects won the AIA NY Chapter Interior Architecture Award. In 2006 the second Carlos Miele Store opened it's doors in Paris.

In November 2009 the firm completed theYas Viceroy Abu Dhabi Hotel [8] in Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates and in early 2010 166 Perry Street[9] a luxury residential building in Manhattan's West Village was completed.

Other projects include 190 Váci Commercial Towers in Budapest, Hungary, the FCD Yongsan Landmark Tower in Seoul, South Korea [10], a design for the Zurich Circle, Zurich,Switzerland [11], the Strata Tower [12] [13] 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[14] [15] and a commission to build the World Business Center Busan in Busan, South Korea.[16]. 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.[17]

2011 Asymptote Architecture won second place in the 'Kaohsiung Port Terminal 2010' competition, featuring a sculptural design for the Kaohsiung Port Terminal in Taiwan.[18] Another project from 2011 was the Beukonhof,[19] an auditorium / crematorium in the city of Schiedam, Netherlands.

In June 2012 Asymptote announced the launch of the Velo Towers, part of the Dreamhub development in the Yongsan District of Seoul, South Korea [20]. 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.[21]

Selected Projects


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 [22]

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) [23]

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
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

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)

References

  1. ^ „Asymptote – Architektur für die Zukunft“, Arte, 23. Februar 2008
  2. ^ Muschamp, Herbert (November 1, 1992). "Architecture View; Time to Reset the Clock in Times Square". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  3. ^ Luscombe, Belinda (8 September 2003). "Building Momentum". Time.com. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  4. ^ "Project Portfolio: HydraPier". Architectural Record. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
  5. ^ "Entering a Dream Landscape (But, Really, It's a Store)". The New York Times. 12 June 2003. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
  6. ^ "Asymptote 3.0". Metropolis Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Commendable Achievement: Interior Lighting". Architectural Lighting. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
  8. ^ . December 2009 http://www.archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/hotels/10_The_Yas_Hotel/. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ Pogrebin, Robin (28 June 2007). "A Luxury Condo by Arty Architects From the Fringe". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  10. ^ "Asymptote's FCD Yongsan Tower in Seoul". http://www.evolo.us. 22 May 2010. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ "the-circle-at-zurich-airport-by-asymptote-architecture". 24 May 2010.
  12. ^ "strata-tower-by-asymptote". Dezeen.com. 13 May 2008.
  13. ^ "the-strata-tower-by-asymptote.html". Designboom.com.
  14. ^ "Asymptote to Spice Up Penang's Skyline". Architectural Record. Archived from the original on 31 January 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "A Global City Center". worldarchitecturenews.com. 21 September 2007.
  16. ^ "Asymptote wins competition for WBCB Tower". Architectural Record. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
  17. ^ "Asymptote Building Big in Asia". Architectural Record. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  18. ^ "Asymptote Architecture secures second place in Kaohsiung Port Terminal Competition". WIDN News. 22 December 2010.
  19. ^ "Beukenhof Auditorium". http://www.architizer.com. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  20. ^ "velo-tower-by-asymptote". Dezeen.com. 14 June 2012. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  21. ^ "ASYMPTOTE ANNOUNCES VELO TOWERS IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA". http://www.asymptote.net. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  22. ^ Hales, Linda (Mar 11, 2006). "A Curate-Your-Own Museum Web Site". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. pp. C.02. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  23. ^ "approach the future - the asymptote experience". designboom.com.
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