The Khan Shatyr Designer: Norman Foster
Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
Image Credits: Will Webster The Khan Shatyr, a 100,000 sq metre complex designed by Lord Foster, holds a city within a city, with shops and restaurants, cinemas, water park, botanical garden, mini-golf course, and a monorail. The aim of the tent is to provide escape to a people subjected to some of the harshest climes of Central Asia's vast steppe. Temperatures in Astana, in northern Kazakhstan, regularly dip well below -30C in winter. → bldgblog.blogspot.com Posted: 07/06/2010 digg | del.icio.us | stumble | email this

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