The Architects

Since Asymptote's founding, the firm has been at the forefront of technological innovation in the field of architecture and design and garnered praise for visionary building designs and master plans. In addition to the World Business Center Tower, Asymptote is currently working on a broad range of commissions at sites in the United States, Europe and Asia including a 100,000-square-meter master plan in Bergamo, Italy; two commercial office towers in Budapest, Hungary and the Penang Global City Center (PGCC), a cultural, hotel and performing arts complex in Penang, Malaysia.

Projects designed by Asymptote now under construction include 166 Perry Street, a luxury residential building in New York City, and two projects in Abu Dhabi, UAE: the Strata Tower, an innovative, forty-story residential tower, and a luxury hotel adjacent to the new Formula 1 racetrack.

In 2004 Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture were awarded the Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts given in recognition of exceptional contributions to the progress and merging of art and architecture.