• more about #kazakhstan
    KryptonZero: It's a giant Ter'angreal. Someone tell the Amyrlin Seat at once! more »
    ManchuCandidate: Niiiice! This is a more appealing use of the words Mobius Strip and Kazkhstan than what I'm used to. Definitely easier on the eyes. more »
    The Curse of Millhaven: How did Möbius get credit for the strip anyway? Did he solve the mystery of "what happens when you carelessly buckle your belt wrong" or something? C... more »
    denisegp: Where are the books? No one is holding a book. Are they hidden in the traditional yurts within the mobius yurt? Maybe that guy outside is looking fo... more »
    reddingofish: This building needs to be built so they can film Sci-fi shows inside it. more »
    Lamar Henderson: On the one hand, it's very beautiful. On the other hand, like a lot of contemporary architecture, I think it misses the point. more »
    adamczar: I can't help but feel that in 2009, we should have gotten to "the future" already. Instead this looks like stuff from the 70s. Where's the flying ca... more »
    Grey_Area: The Soyuz rocket design has been around since '67. Still the most used and reliable way of getting Up There. more »
    limber: It's gorgeous, but does it land again? Or does all of that punkery break up and whizz around in orbit, forever threatening our satellites and space p... more »
    phoenix: Baikonur is really a fabulous place for space launches - it's still so old school but so high tech at the same time; it's kind of a gleaming steampunk... more »
    BeowulfRex: It's got that "I built this out in my barn out of a '58 Plymouth" look to it. more »
    GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Welcome to Cosmodrome! One rocket in, One rocket out! Hopefully. more »
    Zack Stentz: There's a weird, functional beauty to these pictures that it's difficult to put one's finger on-- Sovietpunk? more »
  • #architecture

    Möbius Strip Library Adds a Twist to Kazakh Architecture

    BIG Architects recently unveiled their unusual design for a new library to be built in Astana, Kazakhstan: a twisting infinite loop designed to maximize natural lighting for the library and shading for the interior corridor. More »
  • #beyondcosmodrome

    Kazakhstan's Cosmodrome Prepares for the Conquest of Space

    It's amazing how sleek and old-school the Soyuz rocket looks, preparing to blast off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. Especially surrounded by Soviet-looking guards. More Cosmodrome porn is below. More »
  • #architecture

    Niiice: Borat's Homeland Gets A Space Pyramid

  • #spaceexploration

    The Future Of Space Exploration?

    Black smoke belches out of a grinding old engine as it hauls Russia's latest Soyuz space capsule across a Kazakh wasteland, while armed guards keep watch. This mixture of high and low technology is probably the future of space exploration, as resources get scarcer and more small governments and independent operators get into the space game. More images of Soyuz in the wasteland, and its launch to the International Space Station, below. More »
  • #architecture

    Kazakhstan's Highest Peak is a Pyramid-Shaped Alien Ship

    Astana, Kazakhstan, has a new entertainment center that looks like a transparent pyramid-shaped alien ship. Designed by British architecture firm Foster and Partners, the structure arises from a 220 yard elliptical base and provides an indoor park, shopping venues, shelter from extreme weather conditions, and—perhaps most importantly—a dramatic image change from Borat's horse-drawn car and prostitute sister. Foster and Partners