Kazakhstan: Building the world's largest tent

By Thomas Lane2010-07-16T00:00:00

You should see the size of their caravan …

In the capital of Kazakhstan, Buro Happold, Foster + Partners and developer Sembol have built the world’s largest tent. And their heroic attempts to heave that 90m mast upright are enough to make fair-weather campers weep

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