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	The pyramid of peace: Norman Foster assumes the monumental mantle of Boullée. In Kazakhstan (Feb 20, 2005)… It will be one of the modern wonders of the world. A great pyramid, set in a brand-new capital city on the central Asian steppes. A pyramid that is to be a global centre for religious understanding, a symbol of world peace. It has more space inside than London's St. Paul's Cathedral, or Istanbul's Hagia Sophia. Sounds fanciful? They start building it next month - March 2005. It will open in June 2006. It is designed by Britain's Norman Foster
	One Steppe Beyond: Norman Foster's Pyramid of Peace in Kazakhstan (Sept 4, 2006) Gabion... You hear a lot about pushing the boundaries in architecture. In Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan, this overused phrase is literally true. Walk a few hundred yards from the manicured central boulevard, sidestep the preposterously grand presidential palace, and you are quickly into a shanty town of construction workers' huts...
	Kazakh stage for religious event, the Pyramid (Sept 13, 2006) BBC News… More than 40 spiritual leaders from around the world are in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, for the Congress of World and Traditional Religions.
	Kazakh President's 'backyard' pyramid (Oct 16, 2006) the age.com.au… The 62-metre high Pyramid of Peace and Accord on the barren plain behind the palace of Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev and designed by British architect Lord Norman Foster.
	President participitates in presentation of new facilities in Astana, the Pyramid (Dec 08, 2006) Gazeta.kz… Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, participated in presentation of new facilities in Astana in the Palace of Peace and Harmony, the presidential press service reports.
	Giant tent to be built in Astana, Khan Shatry (Dec 09, 2006) BBC News… Kazakhstan has unveiled a new architectural project for its capital Astana - a giant transparent tent that will contain an indoor city.
	Foster pitches yurt in Borat’s back yard (Dec 10, 2006) Khan Shatry, TimesOnline Nursultan Nazarbayev, dictator of the former Soviet republic, has commissioned Lord Foster, architect of the new Wembley stadium, to build a leisure complex inspired by the nomadic tent of Genghis Khan.
	Palace of Peace & Accord, Kazakhstan by Foster and Partners, the Pyramid (Apr 25, 2007) bd… New architecture, like much else in Kazakhstan, bears the mark of the country’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Yet the latest landmark in its new capital is a Foster building through and through.
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