Ryugyong Hotel: World’s Tallest Unfinished Hotel
I fall on something very weird today. Did you know that the world’s tallest Hotel could be in North Korea? The Ryugyong Hotel, the 105 Building, is a concrete skyscraper that was once intended for use as a hotel. The construction of the hotel has began in 1987 and has been ceased in 1992. Still today, nobody knows exactly why. Maybe due of the lack of funding, the Japanese newspapers estimated the cost of construction was US$750 million. The North Korean government is trying to invite foreign investment of US$300 million to improve and finish the hotel. In the meantime, it has removed the Ryugyong from maps. If it had it been completed, it would have been the world’s tallest hotel. The Ryugyong’s hotel planned 3,000 rooms and 7 restaurants. The fact that it is so huge, so strange, and incomplete make my mind boggle. I ‘d like to have a look inside myself.
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Wow. I didn’t even know it existed… It would be the Pyramid of North Korea…
Nice article
Nice pics… a huge building.. I saw similar tall buildings in discoverys show megastructures…
Wow, somebody messed up when they were budgeting for that building.
I’m surprised someone from one of the oil countries hasn’t jumped on this. They have so much money to spend, what would it matter? I’ll bet they don’t know about it.
I’d be afraid to stay in such a tall building.
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Wow!!
Is it open for visitors??
An amazing construction, unfortunately incomplete! Here’s wishing it all the best to near completion ASAP.
You sure have some amazing stuff on this blog.
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Cool post, Kiwi~ They probably figured it out that even they finish the building no one will come to nuclear war zone. It looks like evil rocket launcher. The first photo is the Transamerica building in San Francisco.
Wow! unfinished untill now! Guess someone here in Dubai should take a look and take up the project!
The hotel can never be completed. It has no windows or fixtures and the exterior elevator slides have been misaligned and buckled since construction. I have heard the whole building is rebar and no steel was used. If this is the case it doesn’t have long to live if it is left unattended.
What a waste of time and money. Time to take out the hammer and demo this piece of sh_t.
Photoshopped.
I think its awesome, kind of gothic aurora about it, this huge unique building empty after so many years, seems like straight out of a future movie, I cant wait to see new york empty like this LOL come on N.KOREA, start droping some bombs to share these great building designs!!!!
Wow, didn’t know this existed either, it is amazing! Why didn’t they build it in LAS VEGAS??? It is perfect for “sin city”! I hope they finish its construction and see it open soon!