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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Samantha567" data-source="post: 7665007" data-attributes="member: 240281"> <img src="http://blog.uncovering.org/archives/uploads/2009/09092901_blog.uncovering.org_ryugyong.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   In North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, is located one of the most  grotesque buildings in the world, the Ryugyong Hotel. Its pyramidal  shape (in itself quite vulgar), along with its huge dimension (105  storeys and 330 meters high), makes it worthy of any retro-futuristic  mega-metropolis. But its most bizarre aspect is the fact that it is a  colossal ruin, since 1992, when its construction stopped. Since then, in  the middle of the urban landscape of Pyongyang, it rises in the morning  dew, like a scary ghost. Even the crane that was left on the side of  the building seems to evoke a bird bringing bad omen...           Construction started in 1987. It is thought that this megalomaniac  project was just another propaganda stunt from North Korea's regime,  because, had it been finished in the expected time, it would have been  the highest hotel in the world. Among other amazing characteristics, it  would have 360 000 m2 of area, 3000 bedrooms, 7 restaurants located on  the top (rotating) storeys.     <img src="http://blog.uncovering.org/archives/uploads/2009/09092902_blog.uncovering.org_ryugyong.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   <img src="http://blog.uncovering.org/archives/uploads/2009/09092903_blog.uncovering.org_ryugyong.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   But like in so many other situations, ambition was greater than  financial means. At the time, it was estimated that about 750 million  dollars would be needed to finish building the project, something along  the lines of 2% of the country's GDP. The North Korean government  initially promised to pay for the most part of the expenses. In the  meantime, there were some issues with the raw materials, with the energy  supply and with the financing. The construction techniques used  themselves raised several doubts, especially about the structure's  resistance. Construction ceased in 1992 and that's how it has remained  for the following 16 years.   <img src="http://blog.uncovering.org/archives/uploads/2009/09092904_blog.uncovering.org_ryugyong.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   <img src="http://blog.uncovering.org/archives/uploads/2009/09092905_blog.uncovering.org_ryugyong.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   <img src="http://blog.uncovering.org/archives/uploads/2009/09092906_blog.uncovering.org_ryugyong.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   In 2008, however, construction was resumed. An Egyptian company  started to refurbish the hotel's top floors and glass paneling the  facades. However, the doubts about the structure’s resistance remain,  especially after 16 years of exposure to weathering, which has left  several cracks and corrosions marks. The government's idea is to have  the building finished by 2012, year of the centennial of Kim Il Sung's  (founder of the country) birthday. Maybe then the Ryugyong Hotel may  look something like this, although we don't really know why...   <img src="http://blog.uncovering.org/archives/uploads/2009/09092907_blog.uncovering.org_ryugyong.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/rolleyes.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Rolleyes    :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/rolleyes.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Rolleyes    :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />+++++++++++++++++++++++ <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/rolleyes.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Rolleyes    :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/rolleyes.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Rolleyes    :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> </blockquote>

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