Asymptote Architecture

Asymptote Architecture

Asymptote is a New York-based architectural office founded in 1989 by principals Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture.

Infobox Architectural Practice
name = Asymptote Architecture
architects = Lise Anne Couture +
Hani Rashid
city = New York City
founded = 1989
dissolved =
significant_buildings = HydraPier Pavilion 166 Perry Street, New York, NY World Business Center Busan
significant_projects =
significant_design = |

Overview

Completed projects in recent years include the HydraPier Pavilion in The Netherlands [ cite web|url=http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/archives/0210hydrapie.asp|work=Architectural Record|title="Project Portfolio: HydraPier"|accessdate=2008-01-07] and the American flagship stores for Carlos Miele [ cite web|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=2008-01-08] and Alessi cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/oct2006/id20061023_777301.htm|work=Metropolis Magazine|title="Asymptote 3.0"|accessdate=2008-01-07] [ cite web|url=http://www.archlighting.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=0&articleID=554021|work=Architectural Lighting|title="Commendable Achievement: Interior Lighting"|accessdate=2008-01-07] in New York City. The firm's current projects include a large-scale cultural, hotel and performing arts complex in Penang, Malaysia [ cite web|url=http://www.archpaper.com/news/2007_0925.htm|work=The Architects Newspaper|title="Asymptote Approaches (Carbon) Zero"|accessdate=2008-01-05] [ cite web|url=http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/071127penang.asp|work=Architectural Record|title="Asymptote to Spice Up Penang's Skyline"|accessdate=2008-01-07] and a commission to build the World Business Center Busan in Busan, South Korea. cite web|url=http://archirecord.blogspot.com/2007/02/asymptote-wins-competition-for-wbcb.html|work=Architectual Record|title="Asymptote wins competition for WBCB Tower"|accessdate=2008-01-07] 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. [ 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=2008-01-05] [cite web|url=http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/070226asymptote.asp|work=Architectural Record|title=" Asymptote Building Big in Asia"|accessdate=2008-01-05] Projects designed by Asymptote now under construction include a luxury residential building in New York City. [ cite web|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=2008-01-05] For nearly two decades Asymptote has produced 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. cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1005616,00.html|work=Time.com|title="Building Momentum"|accessdate=2008-01-05] In 2000 Hani Rashid co-represented the United States at the Seventh Venice Architecture Biennale, [ cite web|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=2008-01-07] and in 2004 Rashid and Couture created the exhibition design for the Ninth Venice Architecture Biennale. [ cite web|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=2008-01-07]

Selected Projects (Current)

Selected Completed Projects

References

External links

General
* [http://www.asymptote.net Official Website]
* [http://www.arcspace.com/architects/asymptote/asymptote_features.htm ARCspace]


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