OREANDA-NEWS. On 08 May 2009 was announced, that the members of Architecture council of Astana under the president of Kazakhstan determined 7 best projects that participate in the architectural contests on construction of Fund and Library of the first President, Theater of opera and ballet and Jami in Astana for 5 thousand visitors.

As for the Jami they chose two projects: Kazakhstan project academy KAZGOR and Malaysian architect Khidzhas bin Casturi. Library:  the work of Danish architect and the work of Kh. Casturi. Theater of opera and ballet: works of Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill, Belgium architect and American architect Robert Stern, informed the head of architecture and city planning department Sarsembek Zhunusov at press-conference on Thursday.