A rare glimpse inside North Korea's unfinished Ryugyong Hotel - Polidicks

[t]http://imgkk.com/i/tq1w.jpg[/t] [t]http://imgkk.com/i/dlw4.jpg[/t] [t]http://imgkk.com/i/299x.jpg[/t] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19741830[/url] [quote=BBC News][B]Pictures have emerged showing the inside of a 105-storey pyramid-shaped hotel that has been under construction in Pyongyang for 25 years.[/B] North Korea began building the Ryugyong hotel in 1987, but construction was halted for 16 years when funds ran out. Although work restarted in 2008, the hotel has become, for many, a symbol of North Korea's thwarted ambitions. The tour company that took the pictures say the hotel is now due to open in two or three years time. Few people have been allowed inside the notorious hotel, which has been variously dubbed the "The Hotel of Doom" or "The Phantom Hotel". When conceived, the Ryugyong was intended to communicate to the world an impression of North Korea's burgeoning wealth. But other economic priorities meant that the hotel had to be put to one side, and it remained untouched until a city-wide "beautification scheme" was introduced five years ago. At that time, external construction was forecast to take until the end of 2010, with work on the inside being completed in 2012 at the earliest. But the photo of the interior taken by Koryo Tours, a Beijing-based company that specialises in travel to North Korea, shows a vast concrete lobby with barriers around the edge of each floor.[/quote] [QUOTE=MIPS;37822774]The beeb didn't show all the photos. [img]http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs054/1102343542325/img/307.jpg[/img] [img]http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs054/1102343542325/img/310.jpg[/img] [img]http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs054/1102343542325/img/316.jpg[/img] [img]http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs054/1102343542325/img/309.jpg[/img] [img]http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs054/1102343542325/img/311.jpg[/img] [img]http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs054/1102343542325/img/315.jpg[/img] Hexagons and triangles fucking everywhere in the design.[/QUOTE]

Seems like theres still a lot of work to be done if its going to be opened in 2-3 years

so is the cement made of dead workers or not

It's really creepy that they have all these massive buildings unfinished and just sitting there. From the outside it looks really nice, but in all reality there is nothing going on. Its like all that other fake shit they set up for people to make it seem like NK is lively and happy.

[QUOTE=Joazzz;37819797]so is the cement made of dead workers or not[/QUOTE] i would think the bones of dead workers would make great aggregates for concrete

[QUOTE=Protocol7;37819812]i would think the bones of dead workers would make great aggregates for concrete[/QUOTE] 'Built from the people, by the people'

[QUOTE=MR-X;37819811]It's really creepy that they have all these massive buildings unfinished and just sitting there. From the outside it looks really nice, but in all reality there is nothing going on. Its like all that other fake shit they set up for people to make it seem like NK is lively and happy.[/QUOTE] I think it's creepier that they have all the massive [I]finished[/I] buildings, and they're just as dead as the unfinished ones. North Korea is probably just trying to keep people working and keep the economy moving.

[img]http://cf.mp-cdn.net/32/4c/0fb9afdfffc1da82e5f4b5a983a4.jpg[/img] Reminded me of that.

put more crates, knee-high walls and railings around there and you've got a Mirror's Edge level

You have to admit, it looks kind of good from the outside. Although I wouldn't want to be in it during a windstorm.

[QUOTE=Agent Cobra;37819823]'Built from the people, by the people'[/QUOTE] It's an efficient, albeit immoral way to put emaciated people to work

I have to hand it to the architect... It's a very pretty thing, architecturally. Wonder what he would have become if he weren't born in North Korea...

[QUOTE=PN_Redux;37819759]Seems like theres still a lot of work to be done if its going to be opened in 2-3 years[/QUOTE] 2-3 years they'll likely have a few floors done allowing the hotel to open.

[QUOTE=woolio1;37820025]I have to hand it to the architect... It's a very pretty thing, architecturally. Wonder what he would have become if he weren't born in North Korea...[/QUOTE] uh no it's one of the single ugliest buildings ever created

From the photos looks like most of the structural work is done, 2-3 years is plenty of time to do all of the furnishing, like walls, rooms etc although that depends if they can afford to do that. That and I have no idea who will be staying there.

[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;37819816]I always though it would look more attractive from the inside, based on how impressive it was from the outside, I suppose I was wrong[/QUOTE] It lacks any and all dressings. It obviously won't look like much but a huge concrete hall before then. [QUOTE=Butthurter;37820355]oh shit the 80s are calling just to tell us that even they dont want their shitty building designs back[/QUOTE] Looks more like communist seventies, late sixties.

It's really beautiful!

It'll be nice to visit all these places when the regime is replaced.

I would be legit impressed if they complete this.

[quote][img]http://imgkk.com/i/299x.jpg[/img][/quote] Super secret north korean nuclear missile silo.

Who's it for? I mean doubt anyone in north Korea will have money to stay there, and NK isn't exactly a hot spot for tourist.

[QUOTE=Joazzz;37819797]so is the cement made of dead workers or not[/QUOTE] What. I was asking myself the exact same thing.

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;37820310]uh no it's one of the single ugliest buildings ever created[/QUOTE] You, sir, have no idea how this whole "Architectural Appreciation" thing works, do you? Because it's all subjective. You know that, right?

The ultimate place for laser tag

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;37821381]The ultimate place for laser tag[/QUOTE] If only... Half the city would make a great laser/nerf/humans vs zombies arena... And I'd imagine the government could make quite a bit of cash off it, too.

[QUOTE]North Korea began building the Ryugyong hotel in 1987, but construction was halted for 16 years when funds ran out. Although work restarted in 2008, the hotel has become, for many, a symbol of North Korea's thwarted ambitions.[/QUOTE] this is gonna be the future of 'merica if Obongo gets re 'lected, romania 2012

[QUOTE=wraithcat;37820377]Looks more like communist seventies, late sixties.[/QUOTE] Indeed, very 60's feel to the metallic top and general interior layout, the entire thing inside and out screams 'brutalism' by design, but with an odd touch of 70's in the exterior angles and the 80's in the stark, flat glass sides.

And with a tasteful sprinkle of 90s, perhaps a smidgen of 20s with some infused 30s [editline]27th September 2012[/editline] Do I also detect a seasoning of 40s

It kind of looks like a prison from the inside. Fitting.

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