How Kazakhstan Became The Starchitects` Fantasy Playground
(ArtsJournal Theatre)

`No other modern-day leader has used the myth-making power of architecture to construct a sense of national identity like Nazarbayev,` says Frank Albo, author of a new book on the Kazakh capital, Astana: Architecture, Myth and Destiny. `What you see here is a blend of postmodernism, Central Asian art, Islamic decor, Russian baroque, neoclassicism, orientalism, all […]