Asymptote Architecture

Asymptote Architecture
Practice information
Key architects Lise Anne Couture +
Hani Rashid
Principal office New York City
Founded 1989
Work
Buildings The Yas Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE
HydraPier Pavilion
166 Perry Street, New York, NY
World Business Center Busan

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

Contents

Overview

Asymptote Architecture recently announced the opening of the Yas Marina Hotel, a 500 room Hotel complex in Abu Dhabi.[1] 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 latest project 166 Perry Street, a luxury residential building on Manhattan's west side in the West Village, is near completion opening late January 2010. Other completed projects by Asymptote in recent years include the HydraPier Pavilion in the Netherlands[2] and the American flagship stores for Carlos Miele[3] and Alessi[4][5] in New York City. The firm's current projects include a large-scale cultural, hotel and performing arts complex in Penang, Malaysia[6][7] and a commission to build the World Business Center Busan in Busan, South Korea.[8] 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.[9][10] Projects designed by Asymptote now under construction include 166 Perry Street, a luxury residential building in New York City.[11] 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.[12] In 2000, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum commissioned Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture to design a Virtual Guggenheim Museum.[13] In 2000 Hani Rashid co-represented the United States at the Seventh Venice Architecture Biennale,[14] and in 2004 Rashid and Couture created the exhibition design for the Ninth Venice Architecture Biennale.[15]

In 1992, Lise Anne Couture and Hani Rashid were asked by The New York Times to design a hypothetical building for Times Square.[16]

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.[17]

Selected Completed Projects


Yas Island Marina Hotel
Abu Dhabi, UAE · 2007
completion date 2009

166 Perry Street / Luxury Condominiums
New York, USA · 2006
completion date 2009

Alessi Flagship Store
New York USA · 2006
Client: Alessi US Shops, New York, USA

Carlos Miele Flagship Store
New York, USA · 2003

HydraPier Pavilion
Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands · 2002

New York Stock Exchange Advanced Trading Floor
New York, USA · 2001

Selected Projects (Current)


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


Selected Commissioned Projects


The Azzano - San Paolo Master Plan
Bergamo, Italy · 2008

Vake Multifunctional Center
Tbilisi, Georgia · 2007
completion date 2010

Yas Island Marina Hotel
Abu Dhabi, UAE · 2007
completion date 2009

WTC Performing Arts Center
New York, USA · 2007
completion date TBD

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

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


Selected Competitions and Proposals


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


Selected publications


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

Selected Awards


American Architecture Award, Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design · 2008

First Prize, Vake Multifunctional Center Competition · 2008

AIA New York Chapter Design Award, Interior Architecture Category · 2007

First Prize, World Business Center Busan Competition · 2007

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

References

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  7. ^ "Asymptote to Spice Up Penang's Skyline". Architectural Record. http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/071127penang.asp. Retrieved 7 January 2008. 
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