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GILLES COMPAIN
KAZAKHSTAN ARCHITECTURE
After exploring American and Brazilian modernist architectures, I've decided to explore Soviet modernist architecture in Kazakhstan. I was fascinated by the architectural contrasts of the new capital Astana,
a "little Dubai" in central Asia with its contemporary and futuristic buildings and by Almaty the former capital
of Kazakhstan under the governance of the USSR with its Soviet modernist buildings.
Following this trip in 2018, I've organized a photography exhibition with the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Paris
on the theme of Kazakh architecture during Kazakhstan's independence day celebration in 2019.





















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