From Foster + Partners:

“The Khan Shatyry Entertainment Centre in Astana (Kazakhstan) will become a dramatic civic focal point for the capital of Kazakhstan. The soaring structure, at the northern end of the new city axis, rises from a 200m elliptical base to form the highest peak on the skyline of Astana.”

Khan Shatyry Entertainment Centre

See more at: Foster + Partners

From the Telegraph: “A whimsical jumble of planking, from a distance it bears a resemblance to a Japanese pagoda, but draw closer and it seems more like a mix between a Brobdignagian tree house and the lair of a wicked fairytale character.”

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We’re having our new house built in Renton. The outside of the house is complete while they’re still building the inside. The whole thing should be done in June.

The New House!

It’s been a while since my last post – sorry about that. My life has been a little frantic lately. In the last month we’ve sold the condo, I was hired full time at Microsoft and we purchased a new house!

Here are a few pictures of the condo (used in the selling materials):