Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute’s Assy-Turgen observatory, Kazakhstan
In the late-1980s, construction started on a 45-metre-tall pavilion for the observatory’s new 1.5-metre AZT-20 telescope. The dome and the building structure were completed but funding was suspended after the collapse of the Soviet Union. In 2014, the institute was able to resume construction using its own resources, and it finally began operating in 2017.