Straight out of a Sci-Fi movie

Khan Shatyry (Royal Marquee) is a giant transparent tent currently under construction in Astana, capital city of Kazakhstan. The architectural project was unveiled by the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on 9 December 2006.

Underneath the tent, an area larger than 10 football stadiums, will be an urban-scale internal park, shopping and entertainment venue with squares and cobbled streets, a boating river, shopping centre, minigolf and indoor beach resort. It is being made from ETFE suspended on a network of cables strung from a central spire. The transparent material allows sunlight through which, in conjunction with air heating and cooling systems maintain an internal temperature between 15-30°C in the main space and 19-24°C in the retail units, while outside the temperature varies between -35 to +35°C across the year.
They are also building the ASTANA INDOOR CITY - BATYGAI.
Indoor City will be an indoor core of the development that will accommodate the retail, entertainment and the cultural facilities with references to town centers of different cities like Venice, Prague, Marrakech and Istanbul. The Urban Center will feature shopping centers, educational facilities, social facilities such as cinemas, theatres, library, museum and opera halls, health facilities, religious facilities, service facilities, including bank offices and post office, restaurants, cafes, bars, open spaces, gardens, rivers and car parking. There are going to be residential dwellings, hotel and office development and car parking associated with these uses in the surrounding areas. The residential development will include residence towers and villa type housing complete with parking, sports facilities and fitness and SPA. There is also going to be a five star hotel and
office towers in the surrounding areas will have direct access to the indoor urban center with weather controlled tunnels.