Asymptote Architecture

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

Asymptote Architecture
Practice Information
Name Asymptote Architecture
Key architects Lise Anne Couture +
Hani Rashid
Principal office in New York City
Founded 1989
Work
Significant Buildings HydraPier Pavilion
166 Perry Street, New York, NY
World Business Center Busan

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[edit] Overview

Completed projects in recent years include the HydraPier Pavilion in The Netherlands[1] and the American flagship stores for Carlos Miele[2] and Alessi[3][4] in New York City. The firm's current projects include a large-scale cultural, hotel and performing arts complex in Penang, Malaysia[5][6] and a commission to build the World Business Center Busan in Busan, South Korea.[7] 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.[8][9] Projects designed by Asymptote now under construction include a luxury residential building in New York City.[10] 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.[11] In 2000 Hani Rashid co-represented the United States at the Seventh Venice Architecture Biennale,[12] and in 2004 Rashid and Couture created the exhibition design for the Ninth Venice Architecture Biennale.[13]

[edit] Selected Projects (Current)

World Business
Center Busan
Busan, South Korea 2007[7]

166 Perry Street
New York, NY 2006[14]


[edit] Selected Completed Projects

Alessi Flagship Store
New York, NY 2006[3]

HydraPier Pavilion
The Netherlands 2002[15]

New York Stock
Exchange Advanced
Trading Floor
New York, NY 2001[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Project Portfolio: HydraPier". Architectural Record. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
  2. ^ "Entering a Dream Landscape (But, Really, It's a Store)". The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
  3. ^ a b "Asymptote 3.0". Metropolis Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
  4. ^ "Commendable Achievement: Interior Lighting". Architectural Lighting. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
  5. ^ "Asymptote Approaches (Carbon) Zero". The Architects Newspaper. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
  6. ^ "Asymptote to Spice Up Penang's Skyline". Architectural Record. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
  7. ^ a b "Asymptote wins competition for WBCB Tower". Architectual Record. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
  8. ^ "The Race for the Tallest Skyscraper". BusinessWeek. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
  9. ^ " Asymptote Building Big in Asia". Architectural Record. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
  10. ^ "A Luxury Condo by Arty Architects From the Fringe". The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
  11. ^ a b "Building Momentum". Time.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
  12. ^ "Architecture's Claim on the Future: The Blob". The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
  13. ^ "In Venice, the Future Takes a Twist". The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
  14. ^ "Cool Condo Design Gets Hotter". The Slatin Report. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
  15. ^ "non-standard architectures". designboom. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.

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