Esentai Tower
Esentai Tower is a high rise mixed-use hotel and office building in the Almaty, Kazakhstan. Developed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, it was officially the tallest building in Kazakhstan until 2008, when it was topped out by the complex Northern Lights in Astana. However it is the current tallest building in the whole city of Almaty. The first fourteen floors of the tower are occupied by offices, the Ritz-Carlton hotel is located above the offices, in the last eight floors of the building are serviced apartments.