North Korea’s Hotel That Wasn’t

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Since we’re featuring projects today that have already been covered on architecture.MNP, I thought I’d throw this link MNP reader Chris D. emailed me yesterday – to an article about the Ryuyong Hotel in North Korea. To recap for those who don’t know, the hotel is a gargantuan pyramid that has been ‘under construction’ for something like 20 years. Today it stands as a husk of a building, nothing more than a giant concrete monolith looming over the city. Oh, and my favorite part: the government doctors photos of the city that show the pyramid, making it appear as if it is lit at night, etc. My ninjas, Please!

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I just threw the video in for good measure – I feel that it captures the eerie quality of the building, especially with the music selection.

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Posted: August 17th, 2007
at 6:00am by orangemenace


Categories: architecture, my ninja, please, towering pagodas, videos

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  1. Greetings from an English teacher! I came across your blog posting after searching for korea and your post on t at architecture.mnp makes an interesting read. Thanks for sharing. I will search online more next Thursday when I have the day off.

    Emily M.

    20 Sep 07 at 4:25 am

     


 

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