Almaty: Architectural Guide - Couverture souple

Schlager, Edda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3869227273 ISBN 13 : 9783869227276

Editeur : DOM Publishers, 2025

Synopsis

For many centuries horse-riding peoples populated the steppes to the north of today’s Almaty and the green hills to the south, but the city itself – formerly known as ‘Alma-Ata’ – is not even 180 years old. Its initial development was closely linked to the expansion of the Russian Empire. Today Almaty is Kazakhstan’s largest metropolis, a vibrant milieu where the encounter between different cultures is also reflected in the architecture. Orthodox cathedrals and mosques, Soviet Neoclassicism and monumental mosaic art, Brutalism and brand-new skyscrapers: this book presents more than 100 buildings from the past and pre­sent. Author Edda Schlager has spent two ­decades in Almaty, covering the transformation of the city and the ­country as a journalist for inter­national media. Critical essays by and interviews with local actors contribute to her broad, ­kaleidoscopic panorama of one of the most fas­cinating Central Asian metropolises.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edda Schlager (b. 1972), Journalist and photographer. Lived in Almaty from 2005 to 2023, reporting on Central Asia for German and international newspapers, magazines, radio, and TV stations. Has a MA in geography. Author of ­Architekturführer Duschanbe, published (in German) by DOM publishers in 2017.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: DOM Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3869227273
• ISBN 13: 9783869227276
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 360
• Coordonnées du fabricant: GPSR Kontakt; info@dom-publishers.com; ; Caroline-von-Humboldt-Weg 20; Berlin; 10117; Allemagne