Stained glass
At the apex.
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A 62 m glass pyramid in Astana's Presidential Park, also known as the Pyramid of Peace and Accord. Designed by Foster and Partners and completed in 2006, it was built as a permanent home for the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, held in Astana every three years. The pyramid sits on a 15 m base covered by grassy slopes, and inside its floors step up around a bright central atrium. At the apex, the conference chamber lies beneath a stained-glass apex in blue and yellow by the artist Brian Clarke. Lower down are a 1,500-seat opera hall and exhibition rooms, including a display of Kazakh nomadic life. Its terraces look over the Presidential Park, the Hazrat Sultan Mosque and the new city across the Yesil river. Visits are usually guided; tickets are about 1,000 tenge, with tours in various languages at 2,000-9,200 tenge, per visitor guides.
At the apex.
Full of light.
Around it.
Presidential Park, right bank of the Yesil, Astana
As a permanent home for the triennial Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions; Norman Foster designed it and it was completed in 2006.
