Malbagar Mendikulov is an outstanding architect, the founder of Kazakh architectural science, who played a key role in shaping the appearance of Almaty and other cities of Kazakhstan. Born in 1909 in the Orenburg province. Graduated from the Central Asian Industrial Institute, after which he actively worked in Uzbekistan, designing important objects of Tashkent, including Navoi Avenue, theater named after A. Navoi and the Angren siphon of the Great Tashkent Canal. In 1941 he became the chief architect of Tashkent and chairman of the Union of Architects of Uzbekistan.

During the Great Patriotic War, he volunteered for the front, where he served until the Victory, receiving the rank of major. After the war, he led Uzplanproekt and in 1947 was invited to Kazakhstan. In Almaty, he served as chief city ​​architect and head of the Department of Architecture and Construction of the Kazakh SSR, participated in the development of the city master plan, reconstruction of Lenin Avenue (now Dostyk), as well as the public center of the capital.

Among his significant projects are the Wedding Palace in Almaty, the administrative building of the winery, the Karlygash cafe and Aina-Bulak, monuments to Zhambyl Zhabayev and Mukhtar Auezov, reconstruction of the Abai Museum in Semipalatinsk. He was one of the authors of the project of the Kazakh pavilion at the All-Russian Agricultural Exhibition in Moscow. In 1957 became a corresponding member of the Academy of Construction and Architecture of the USSR. Until the end of his life he was engaged in architectural research and teaching. Died in 1986 buried at the Kensai cemetery in Almaty.