Hani Rashid, with Lise Anne Couture, is the co-founder of Asymptote Architecture, the highly acclaimed New York City based practice. Through its award winning design for buildings, interiors, installations and masterplans, Asymptote has gained an international reputation for design excellence. Current and recent projects include a commission for the new Hermitage Museum of Contemporary Art, residential towers in the cities of Moscow and Miami, the Yas Viceroy Marina Hotel in Abu Dhabi, UAE, an ING Bank Headquarters in Ghent, Belgium, and the ARC, a multi-media exhibition building in Daegu, South Korea.
Hani Rashid also has an ongoing distinguished academic career that includes visiting professorships at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture in Copenhagen, SCI-Arc, the Berlage Institute in Amsterdam, and the ETH in Zurich.
He and his partner Lise Anne Couture were awarded the prestigious Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts in recognition of exceptional contributions to the merging of art and architecture. Asymptote was named by TIME magazine as Leaders in Innovation for the 21st Century. He held the Kenzo Tange Chair for Architecture at Harvard’s GSD as well as a multi-year appointment at Princeton. For over ten years, he was an Associate Professor of Architecture at Columbia’s GSAPP where he co-developed the school’s Advanced Digital Design Program. He is currently the Director of a Graduate Design Studio at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.
Hani Rashid co-represented the United States at the 7th Venice Architecture Biennale. He and his partner Lise Anne Couture were awarded the prestigious Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts in recognition of exceptional contributions to the merging of art and architecture. Asymptote was named by TIME magazine as Leaders in Innovation for the 21st Century.
