With Astana Motors as a Client, Chapman Taylor as a Concept Designer, Buro Happold as a Engineering Consultant and LORD Cultural Resources as a Museum Specialist, Dome+Partners took over the Design Development and Local adaptation of the Almaty Museum of Arts project, which will be the one of the city’s major cultural focal points.The museum will exhibit the work of international contemporary artists and 20th century Central Asian art.

The 10,000m2 building contains the facilities for permanent galleries, temporary exhibitions, featured artists’ rooms, a library and visible art storage and conservation laboratories. The galleries are arranged around a central, enclosed art street which seamlessly extends out to a variety of exterior terraces, plazas and parkscapes. These spaces are for public interaction and for urban art displays.