SOM Looks to the Mountains to Define a City That Doesn't Exist Yet
A City Conjured From Steppe and Glass Before Alatau existed, someone had to imagine its skyline. SOM got the call. Kazakhstan is building a new city from scratch across 88,000 hectares outside Almaty, and at its center will stand two towers that haven’t been built yet for people who haven’t moved there yet, anchoring a district designed to become an international hub for a region most of the…











