Bayterek Tower is a famous tourist attraction located in Astana, Kazakhstan. It is both a monument and observation tower designed by Norman foster and was completed in 1997.The architecture of the tower resembles to that of a poplar tree with a golden egg. According to a myth that comes from a tale of tree of life where a magical is said to have kept its egg in the poplar tree.
The structure of the tower is 105m tall rising from base inside the plaza that has been raised. It contains a narrow shaft encircled with griders that look like white branches and flare out from the m top, which provides a support to sphere of 22meter in diameter. The base comprises of an exhibition space and ticket booth and the entrances are underneath the eyelevel that reachable through stairs. Above the ground level at 97meter lies the observation deck and has two levels, one with 360 degree and the second reached through stairs. The top level includes the handprint of the first president of Republic Kazakhstan.