October 22 in Astana,the results of the international architectural competition for the best design idea of the EXPO 2017 complex will be summarized- reports IA Zakon.kz citing the press service of the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

The press conference will be attended by Chairman of the Board of JSC “NC” Astana EXPO-2017” TalgatYermegiyaev, Chairman of the Technical Board of the competition Jeremy Rifkin, as well as representatives of the of the architectural company Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture.

As it was previously reported, on October 16 the architectural sketch of the EXPO 2017 exhibition complex has been approved at the meeting on the preparation and conduct of the international exhibition EXPO 2017 under the chairmanship of the Head of State NursultanNazarbayev.

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is one of the leading architectural companies in the world.The company has implemented a number of significant projects all over the world, such as:BurjKhalifa in Dubai (UAE), the highest building in the world - the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia).Their portfolio contains projects using renewable energy technologies and “green” construction.

According to the Chairman of the Technical Board of the competition Jeremy Rifkin, “draft of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is the most acceptable from the point of view of sustainable development, architectural and artistic appearance, and from the point of view of its further use after the exhibition EXPO-2017”.

Source:zakon.kz