Megastructures: Astana: City of the Future will allow audiences to become familiar with one of the newest capital cities on Earth - Astana, Kazakhstan. The city s radical pace of development saw it transform from steppe to skyscrapers in less than 20 years in a city with one of the widest climatic ranges, with temperatures of 40 C in the winter rising to +40 C in the summer. The documentary will show the way the city was planned as a central city of finance intended as a center point of business and culture between Beijing and Moscow. But in order for a city to stake its claim in the future of business in Central Asia, it needs iconic architecture and fully functioning infrastructure.