PYONGYANG | Ryugyong Hotel | 330m | 1083ft | 105 fl | T/O - Page 128

LordBarrington · May 7th, 2011, 10:10 PM

oh wow... i really want to visit North Korea. the fact that they are in some form of deluded dream world makes me want to go

the last 2 pages lack pictures... mods... fix this lol

vincenand · May 14th, 2011, 01:29 PM

Update!

Photo's by http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirvis/

image hosted on flickr

Original size: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2605/...8f0880ef_o.jpg

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Making good progress!

There also seems to be quite some demolition going on in the city...

image hosted on flickr

Quite scary to see the amount of workers on the roofs!

Building at the centre (a theatre?) looks like it's new:
image hosted on flickr

Pyongyang funfair by night:
image hosted on flickr

And this is the skyline of the city of Wonsan by night:
image hosted on flickr

Original: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3593/...1fc24898_o.jpg

Piussi · May 14th, 2011, 09:51 PM

Some nice pictures

PeoplePower · May 15th, 2011, 01:25 AM

Nice pictures.

DJaCoNdA · May 15th, 2011, 02:55 AM

I hope they pick up the Chinese style of Communism and progress like China did.

GreatHeights · May 15th, 2011, 06:51 AM

Becomes a landmark on its own after all those years. ..

shaemam · May 15th, 2011, 01:41 PM

330 meters divided by 105 floors = 3.14 meters per floor. Of course not completely accurate depending on how floors are counted. But, comparing to other supertalls, I have never seen a meters/floors ratio to be less than 4 meters per floor.
Is the floor count of this building really accurate? Or maybe it is taller than has been stated??

***AltinD*** · May 15th, 2011, 02:34 PM

Not necessarily. Most of the buildings with that ratio are either office towers that generally have taller floors, and (usually) towers with roof features and spires.

Plus, of course, the North Koreans are short, and have been even shorter in mid-80s when the building was designed, plus if there is no central air conditioning on it ...

I have lived for 17 years on a commie block. The floors were less then 3 meters high.

Wile E. Coyote · May 15th, 2011, 02:46 PM

In communist appartments floors are usually 2,6 m high (from floor to ceiling). However, this building was intended to be a hotel, but obviously lower floors were made.

Rebasepoiss · May 15th, 2011, 08:52 PM

You also have to take ventilation tubes and the actual thickness of the floor into consideration.

Scrapernab2 · May 16th, 2011, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AltinD

plus if there is no central air conditioning on it ...

Can there be such a thing as a supertall without air conditioning? Look at the heatwave that hit Moscow last year. Any skyscraper would have been like an oven inside without it.

I was on the 64th floor of the Omni hotel in Atlanta Georgia last summer and the A/C could barely keep up when the sun was shining on that side of the building.

http://cdn.content.compendiumblog.co...ee7714a373.JPG

Spocket · May 17th, 2011, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vincenand

There also seems to be quite some demolition going on in the city...

image hosted on flickr

Quite scary to see the amount of workers on the roofs!

You've gotta be kidding me ! They're demolishing it by hand ?

charles54 · May 17th, 2011, 01:35 PM

they can afford to buy cranes etc but not wrecking cranes? and talking about space, imagine if a guy sledge hammers a person behind him!

uakoops · May 17th, 2011, 04:02 PM

They just have people climb on until it collapses from the weight.......

Jonipoon · May 17th, 2011, 04:24 PM

Pyongyang funfair doesnt look that bad. Haha. Nice progress.

Msradell · May 19th, 2011, 02:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spocket

You've gotta be kidding me ! They're demolishing it by hand ?

The funny part is there are 8 or 10 cranes parked it in the street not being used.

***3tmk*** · May 19th, 2011, 05:54 AM

I suppose they might want to recycle some of the material, all the while employing some of its people.
Really odd sight.

mmato · May 21st, 2011, 08:39 AM

I guess this is how they maintain low unemployment.

Partizan · May 21st, 2011, 01:19 PM

probably they are not even payed, but prisoners from working camps.

Iluminat · May 21st, 2011, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3tmk

I suppose they might want to recycle some of the material, all the while employing some of its people.
Really odd sight.

I guess they want to recycle everything they can in their economical situation but I wonder why are they demolishing seemingly perfectly fine buildings and the only answer I can think of is that they want to build something much higher in their place

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vincenand Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 157 Likes (Received): 0	Update! Photo's by http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirvis/ image hosted on flickr Original size: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2605/...8f0880ef_o.jpg image hosted on flickr Making good progress! There also seems to be quite some demolition going on in the city... image hosted on flickr Quite scary to see the amount of workers on the roofs! Building at the centre (a theatre?) looks like it's new: image hosted on flickr Pyongyang funfair by night: image hosted on flickr And this is the skyline of the city of Wonsan by night: image hosted on flickr Original: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3593/...1fc24898_o.jpg

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shaemam Livin Dubai Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 24 Likes (Received): 0	330 meters divided by 105 floors = 3.14 meters per floor. Of course not completely accurate depending on how floors are counted. But, comparing to other supertalls, I have never seen a meters/floors ratio to be less than 4 meters per floor. Is the floor count of this building really accurate? Or maybe it is taller than has been stated??

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charles54 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,457 Likes (Received): 1	they can afford to buy cranes etc but not wrecking cranes? and talking about space, imagine if a guy sledge hammers a person behind him!

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