Hotel Kazakhstan, Soviet-era skyscraper hotel in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Hotel Kazakhstan is a 26-storey, 102-metre-high building with an elliptical plan, built in 1975–1977. Its facade is clad in white shell limestone, and a vertical row of bay windows ends in a golden crown-shaped attic. The structural core is monolithic reinforced concrete with transverse diaphragms.
Built between 1975 and 1977, the hotel was the tallest building in Almaty from 1977 until 2008. In 1979 it was entered in the republican register of architectural monuments. Its designers received the 1980 State Prize of the Kazakh SSR named after Chokan Valikhanov.
The lobby holds a 34-metre tapestry titled 'The Rainbow of Kazakhstan', made by B. Zaurbekova, I. Yarema, E. Nikolaeva and K. Tynybekov. In 1980 its authors received the State Prize of the Kazakh SSR named after Ch. Valikhanov. The work has hung in the entrance hall since the hotel opened.
The hotel stands on Dostyq Avenue facing the Republic Square area, with the Opera Theatre and the State Museum of Kazakhstan within walking distance. The adjoining Friendship garden leads directly to the Malaya Almatinka river embankment. The building has a 116-seat conference hall, a business centre and a summer cafe for guests.
The lobby's 34-metre tapestry "Rainbow of Kazakhstan", hung since the hotel opened, was made by B. Zaurbekova, I. Yarema, E. Nikolaeva and K. Tynybekov, and in 1980 the authors received the Chokan Valikhanov State Prize of the Kazakh SSR. The same prize went to the architects and engineers of the building.
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