Early in the In the design process, Matlock encountered an old regulation that no structure in Kazakhstand could be cantilevered by more than three meters. The rule forced her to add a pair of angled beams beneath the 20-foot cantelievered bedroom—an unnecessary move from an engineering standpoint, she said. "We actually ran posts out at an angle that ended three meters before the end," she said. "We didn't need it, but it was the only way we were going to get that built." Photo 6 of 6 in New Kids on the Bloc: American Architects in the Post-Soviet World

New Kids on the Bloc: American Architects in the Post-Soviet World

6 of 6

Early in the In the design process, Matlock encountered an old regulation that no structure in Kazakhstand could be cantilevered by more than three meters. The rule forced her to add a pair of angled beams beneath the 20-foot cantelievered bedroom—an unnecessary move from an engineering standpoint, she said. "We actually ran posts out at an angle that ended three meters before the end," she said. "We didn't need it, but it was the only way we were going to get that built."