This is a translation of Adam’s post on the Russian-language blog.  
Multinational group Kempinski – born in Germany 110 years ago – manages and owns luxury hotels in many countries of the world and in the best locations of world capitals, took its first contract in Central Asia.
The complex, which includes hotel, residences, business […]

This blog relies on Norman Foster’s professional engagement in Kazakhstan. We previously reported about Foster’s contributions in making Astana a true architectural capital of the 21st century: The huge yurt-like tent structure, Khan Shatyry and the Pyramid of Peace are both rather unorthodox additions to the capital’s skyline.
Now Foster and Partners will add another landmark […]

Recently, you may have noticed a new addition to the weblogs called Artpologist.net. This blog documents the life of an art project that I’ve started working on with several artists and an anthropologist from Kazakhstan.
The project focuses on the studios and personal spaces of artists amidst the dramatic building boom influencing the daily […]

Recently I went to visit the Soros Center for Contemporary Art and witnessed the beginning of the destruction of this art community center on Tulebaev Street. They were already putting up the synonymous metal walls to hide the destruction.
The Soros Center for Contemporary Art has been housed in this humble constructivist building for almost […]

A positive and progressive step was taken towards implementing a sustainable approach to urban planning in Kazakhstan recently.
The administration of Shymkent has reached out to the community of artists and intellectuals to integrate their ideas into the process of building a new city. They organized a round table discussion involving twenty […]

A trip to the Kasteev Art Museum is perhaps one of those experiences that most people in Almaty often miss. Maybe it’s because of the fact that the building doesn’t really stand out against all the glitz and glamour of the new high-rise architecture being built around it. Or because it hasn’t changed much over […]

Known for four waterfront regeneration projects on four continents, architect Eric Kuhne was the obvious choice to design a huge new development at Lake Borovoye in northern Kazakhstan. Of course making a Borat pun out of this, The UK Independent reported on this some days ago:
But instead of forest-cloaked mountains, the Kazakh retreat will be […]