| 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 is a New York-based architectural office founded in 1989 by principals Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture.
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Overview
Asymptote Architecture recently announced the opening of the Yas Hotel, a 500 room Hotel complex in Abu Dhabi. 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 1st. 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[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 166 Perry Street, 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]
Selected Projects (Current)
 World Business |
 166 Perry Street |
Selected Completed Projects
 Alessi Flagship Store |
 New York Stock |
References
- ^ "Project Portfolio: HydraPier". Architectural Record. http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/archives/0210hydrapie.asp. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ^ "Entering a Dream Landscape (But, Really, It's a Store)". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400EFDF1139F931A25755C0A9659C8B63. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ^ a b "Asymptote 3.0". Metropolis Magazine. http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/oct2006/id20061023_777301.htm. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ^ "Commendable Achievement: Interior Lighting". Architectural Lighting. http://www.archlighting.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=0&articleID=554021. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ^ "Asymptote Approaches (Carbon) Zero". The Architects Newspaper. http://www.archpaper.com/news/2007_0925.htm. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
- ^ "Asymptote to Spice Up Penang's Skyline". Architectural Record. http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/071127penang.asp. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ^ a b "Asymptote wins competition for WBCB Tower". Architectual Record. http://archirecord.blogspot.com/2007/02/asymptote-wins-competition-for-wbcb.html. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ^ "The Race for the Tallest Skyscraper". BusinessWeek. http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/may2007/gb20070501_516453.htm?chan=globalbiz_europe+index+page_innovation+%2Bamp%3B+design. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
- ^ "Asymptote Building Big in Asia". Architectural Record. http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/070226asymptote.asp. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
- ^ "A Luxury Condo by Arty Architects From the Fringe". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/arts/design/28arch.html?fta=y. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
- ^ a b "Building Momentum". Time.com. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1005616,00.html. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
- ^ "Architecture's Claim on the Future: The Blob". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05E3DF113BF930A15754C0A9669C8B63. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ^ "In Venice, the Future Takes a Twist". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/16/garden/16NOTE.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/B/Buildings%20(Structures). Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ^ "Cool Condo Design Gets Hotter". The Slatin Report. http://www.theslatinreport.com/story_prt.jsp?StoryName=0628perry.txt. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
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