Support construction, Khan Shatyr shopping, entertainment complex, designed by architect Norman Foster; opened in 2010, Nur-Sultan, Astana, Kazakhstan

---

Khan Shatyr is a transparent tent located in Nur-Sultan, the capital city of Kazakhstan. Designed in a neofuturist style, the architectural project was unveiled by then-President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on December 9, 2006. Under the tent, an area larger than 10 football stadiums, is an urban-scale park, shopping and entertainment venue with squares and cobbled streets, a boating river, shopping centre, minigolf and indoor beach resort. The fabric roof is constructed from ETFE-cushions provided by Vector Foiltec, suspended on a network of cables strung from a central spire.

---

Size: 3648px × 5472px
Location: Nur-Sultan, Astana, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
Photo credit: © ruelleruelle / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: architectural, architecture, asia, astana, capital, ceiling, central, cities, city, department, fabric, foster, interior, kasakhstan, kasakstan, kazachstan, kazahstan, kazakh, kazakhstan, kazakstan, khan, khan-shatyr, landmark, mega, multi-storeyed, neofuturist, norman, nursultan, roof, shatyr, shop, spire, store, stored, stores, supermarket, supported, supporting, tent, vertical