Under Construction: Kazakhstan’s Space-Age Capital

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Under Construction: Kazakhstan’s Space-Age Capital

Photographer Fabrice Fouillet captures modern monuments emerging from scaffolding and sand.

via NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2013/03/26/174000136/under-construction-kazakhstans-space-age-capital?ft=1&f=97635953

Photographer Fabrice Fouillet was watching a documentary about architect Norman Foster when he first caught sight of Astana — and the structure Foster designed: the Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center, basically the world’s biggest tent.