2024-05-01T23:01:55-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/142438375/the-ski-slope-on-top-of-a-building-s-roof-thing-may-be-coming-to-kazakhstan Alexander Walter 2015-12-02T13:53:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8a/8ac82a99a3de5fd00cbeb63f8fa928d5?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>A new housing complex planned in Astana, Kazakhstan's capital, is set to include a 1,000ft ski slope, running from the roof to the ground. The proposed project was devised by a group of architects, led by Shokhan Mataibekov, who were inspired by Kazakhstan's exceedingly long, cold winter. [...] Enter House Slalom, a multi-purpose, 21-storey building comprised of shops on the ground floor, 421 flats on the upper floors, and an outdoor ski slope running alongside the building.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The idea looks strangely <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/104120/big-puts-a-ski-slope-on-copenhagen-s-new-waste-to-energy-plant" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">familiar</a>...</p>