View Full Version : A Tent Grows in Kazakhstan
Matt in the Hat
11 Dec 2006, 01:10 PM
Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, will soon become one of the coolest cities in the world. Why, you ask? Because they're planning to build a 500-foot-high "tent" over the entire metropolis to keep it warm in the winter. It'll be made from a special material that absorbs sunlight to give the effect of summer year-round, allowing lucky Kazaks to play tennis and go swimming while the rest of Eastern Europe is stuck bundling up and trudging through snow.
http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/1438/Default.aspx
http://static.flickr.com/135/319742321_4eff33eed3.jpg
Alberto
11 Dec 2006, 05:04 PM
Let's not exaggerate, the base of the ten structure is 100,000 square meters in area. That's not the whole city. It's like a mall in area.
el-capitano
11 Dec 2006, 11:15 PM
Will it make the next Borat movie though???? ;)
this is the same firm that is charge of building the new Wembley.
Toon³
06 Jan 2007, 10:39 PM
this is the same firm that is charge of building the new Wembley.
Yes it's the same architecture firm and that has nothing to do with why Wembley is late. That's all Multiplex's fault.
It's the same company the designed some of the best buildings in the world including the Sage music centre and Swiss Re HQ.
Excape Goat
07 Jan 2007, 07:40 AM
Will it make the next Borat movie though???? ;)
Are women allowed to go inside the building?:)
el-capitano
07 Jan 2007, 06:28 PM
Are women allowed to go inside the building?:)
No women or jews!! :D Unless they are shape shifters and sneak in as cockroaches!!
Cabster22
06 Feb 2007, 04:56 PM
Of all places, why the capital of Kazakhstand? Somthing doesnt't seem right
krudmonk
01 May 2007, 09:27 PM
Of all places, why the capital of Kazakhstand? Somthing doesnt't seem right
Because they want it and can afford it?
ASU55RR
02 May 2007, 01:55 AM
fastest growing economy globally for last few years, and small population with two urban centers accounting for most growth. Plus Kazakh capital is something like in Brazil where they built a monumental new planned city to be capital; so expensive show offish projects are a national quirk I guess.
quentinc
03 May 2007, 10:28 PM
The quote from the website in the original post is interesting, considering Kazakhstan isn't in Eastern Europe.