World Architecture News

[Krisidious]

does anyone else read this? I don't find it all that useful, but very interesting...

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/

[John Sayers]

I've never seen it before Kris. But from the front page it says:

Astana celebrates!
Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, celebrates its birthday this summer and a wide range of ambitious building projects are in full swing. 1,700 cranes are currently in operation on 650 separate sites in a city which less than a decade ago, had a population of only 280,000, and today boasts - 600,000. Building work in Astana is on an unprecedented scale; to date, investment totals an incredible KZT 1 trillion 500 billion – dwarfing current projects in Dubai, and the construction of Brasilia and Canberra.

Canberra!! 8O

That 1.5 trillion Kazakhstan dollars equals US$12,342,631 according to this currency converter.

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/asia/kazakhstan/currency.htm

cheeers
john

[ilay7k]

I am from Kazakstan(south Kazakstan, Shymkent).
I proud that this news are posted worldarchitecturenews.com
(But not actions of our president or his departament)

[bellwells]

"That 1.5 trillion Kazakhstan dollars equals US$12,342,631 according to this currency converter."

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/asia/kazakhstan/currency.htm

This site says 1 USD = 125 KD. So 1,500,000,000,000 KD = $12,000,000,000, which is a sizable amount. It's a hell of lot more than I'll make in the next 10 years!

[Krisidious]

that's 12 Billion right? wow... I say let's move?

[bellwells]

Yea, 12 Billion. That's a chuck, huh?

[Krisidious]

and I bet the code department is a slight easier too