Tabanlioglu Architects: business centre, Almaty, Kazakhstan.Sister city of Istanbul, Almaty is the largest metropolis in Kazakhstan and the country's commercial centre. Burgeoning energy reserves coupled with economic reform and foreign investment are propelling pro·pel tr.v. pro·pelled, pro·pel·ling, pro·pels To cause to move forward or onward. See Synonyms at push. [Middle English propellen, from Latin Kazakhstan into the business big time, and the former Soviet republic is enthusiastically shrugging off its much satirised peasant roots. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Emblematic em·blem·at·ic or em·blem·at·i·cal adj. Of, relating to, or serving as an emblem; symbolic. [French emblématique, from Medieval Latin embl of these aspirations aspirations npl → aspiraciones fpl (= ambition); ambición f aspirations npl (= hopes, ambition) → aspirations fpl is a new business centre in Almaty by Turkish practice Tabanlioglu Architects. At 18 storeys high, the block will be a conspicuous presence in the city's upwardly mobile skyline, but its mass is tempered by geometric erosion, so that the structure resembles stacks of teeteringly poised boxes or a fantasy in Lego. This physical erosion also assists with organisational breakdown, so individual companies or groups of workers can identify with particular units. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A bank headquarters will occupy the lowest three levels, with lettable office space above. The ground floor is conceived as an extension of the street with a landscaped courtyard and cooling pools. A mutable mu·ta·ble adj. 1. a. Capable of or subject to change or alteration. b. Prone to frequent change; inconstant: mutable weather patterns. 2. skin of metal panels, laminated glass Noun 1. laminated glass - glass made with plates of plastic or resin or other material between two sheets of glass to prevent shattering safety glass, shatterproof glass glass - a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure and louvres animates the facade while random vertical gardens add bursts of greenery. Up top, a roof terrace for all the building's users offers power views of distant mountains, while also infusing the world of work with a welcome social dimension. C. S. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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