Tag archive for ‘Architecture’
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Khan Shatyr
Finally made it to Khan Shatyr, which opened two weeks during the Astana Day festivities. Overall, I was disappointed that it is mainly another shopping mall. We have so many shopping malls now in Astana, and all of them are right next to each other. I really don’t see the point of having Norman Foster […]
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Yet Another Silly Building
Shortly after Turkey’s President came to Astana, the London Telegraph has announced that Turkish firm Sembol will be building an indoor city in Astana. The circumference will be 2km, apparently 2 times bigger than the Millennium Dome in London. Presumably it will be extremely expensive to live there so I don’t see me or anyone […]