#024 l Ryugyong Hotel l PYONGYANG l 330m l 105fl - Page 7

Daniil N. · March 13th, 2004, 09:25 PM

Whow!!! The ugliest an scariest building here!! I love all the "most".

Necker · March 14th, 2004, 04:54 PM

6/10

April 3rd, 2004, 12:49 PM

Wow!!! I totally didn't know this existed!!!

I love it, it's great!!! Too bad it didn't get completed...

It would have been a trully religious experience to behold it in all its magnificence. It still gets a very decent mark...

9/10

Good job, DPR Korea...it would have totally kicked any South Korean building's ass.

June 1st, 2004, 01:20 AM

intimidating

james2390 · June 1st, 2004, 02:10 AM

How does this get twenty 10's?

Trances · June 1st, 2004, 09:31 AM

cause its so freaky and over powering
there is to to impressive than just good looks

redstone · June 2nd, 2004, 05:51 AM

Well ,they over estimated themselves with this thing.
But nevertheless ,one amazing building.Wish it would be completed fully ,or rebuild it in another East Asian city.
Looks like a mountain ,as weak as a shack.

It would be perfect if it was completed.It'll lways be known as the first building in Asia to break 100 floors.

For the record ,the image ,the sheer size ,9/10.

10/10 if it was completed fully ,with standard and opens as a 6-star hotel.

beyond 1000 · June 7th, 2004, 03:39 AM

Since this building will never be completed, I must rate it as it is and NOT as it could have been.

Firstly for height 9.0/10
For looks 5/10

For present display that is crumbling since this is all that will come of it and my OFFICIAL rating....0/10!

Schroedinger's Cat · June 20th, 2004, 04:13 PM

3.5/10

DD2020 · June 21st, 2004, 07:49 AM

Marvelous Idea!

An only drawback is the color is too dull.

8.5/10

Mahaputra · June 21st, 2004, 08:20 AM

watt.. it wasnt completed? what a waste.. if they completed it.. it would be a nice skyscraper...

Trances · June 21st, 2004, 09:18 AM

cnat belive it still in the top 20

Iiee · July 9th, 2004, 06:00 PM

I wonder what was the point of building such a hotel...I read that their annual amount of tourist is beyond 100.

If finished 3/10 (if somewhere else than NK and that awful skyline, it'd be 5/10)
but now 0/10

***Matthieu*** · July 9th, 2004, 06:13 PM

2 for me.

yoyo22 · July 14th, 2004, 09:46 PM

0/10 (incomplete)

You never forget this, nor the madness behind it. Like most skyscrapers, this is about ego and pride, except this guy had no reason whatsoever for existing, it would never have even recouped a fraction of its operating costs (probably 1% occupancy...during the "busy season"). Economics aside, it might have been an original design and interesting. If everything looked like the rendering I would give it 6 or 7 for architecture and design, probably deduct some points for insanity. But its not finished, and its a hulking menace. It was meant to be a symbol of North Korea, and boy did they succeed at that.

jmancuso · July 14th, 2004, 09:52 PM

9/10. this is a cool building; straight outta blade runner

it would be a 10/10 if the glass facade was finished.

Gerard · July 22nd, 2004, 03:40 PM

It is something different. Ugly but that is not a problem. 8/10

Justadude · July 27th, 2004, 06:36 PM

Seems like politics is playing heavy on this thread.

Dislike of dictators/Commies/egomaniacs aside, I still find this to be one of the most unique and visually engaging buildings I've seen so far. Of course, the glass would bring it up to current architectural trends, but even with the plain face it creates an overwhelming impression of size. Can you imagine the godlike feeling of having a room right at the spire?

I suspect this one is going to end up getting carried off by bulldozers, but for the time being it's a truly unique building in its own right, and one fairly outside the architectural mainstream. It's huge, it dominates everything around it, and its shape is universally recognizable. If this had been completed and located in Chicago instead of Pyongyang it would be getting 10s by the handful... 8/10

jmancuso · July 27th, 2004, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justadude

I suspect this one is going to end up getting carried off by bulldozers, but for the time being it's a truly unique building in its own right, and one fairly outside the architectural mainstream.

not becuase they will knock it down but that this building is expected to collapse on its own.

DamienK · July 27th, 2004, 09:19 PM

Imposing pyramid. Shame it's uncompleted. I'm not sure if it was mentioned earlier in this thread but its height has been discovered to be actually 330 m, which explains the high floor count.

7/10

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June 1st, 2004, 09:31 AM	#126
Trances , , and , Fade to Black. Join Date: May 2003 Location: Living in London Posts: 7,895 Likes (Received): 4	cause its so freaky and over powering there is to to impressive than just good looks __________________ "Are we ready to go farther or have we already gone to far?" “He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.”

June 2nd, 2004, 05:51 AM	#127
redstone The Uninspired Architect Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 14,068 Likes (Received): 0	Well ,they over estimated themselves with this thing. But nevertheless ,one amazing building.Wish it would be completed fully ,or rebuild it in another East Asian city. Looks like a mountain ,as weak as a shack. It would be perfect if it was completed.It'll lways be known as the first building in Asia to break 100 floors. For the record ,the image ,the sheer size ,9/10. 10/10 if it was completed fully ,with standard and opens as a 6-star hotel. __________________ http://redstonean.deviantart.com/

June 20th, 2004, 04:13 PM	#129
Schroedinger's Cat Krakus rodowity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Kraków Posts: 5,751 Likes (Received): 0	3.5/10 __________________ 1923 1925 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1933 1934 1936 1938 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1953 1966 1976 1978 1981 1991 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011

June 21st, 2004, 08:20 AM	#131
Mahaputra Jakarta : Home sweet Home Join Date: May 2003 Location: Jakarta and Adelaide Posts: 770 Likes (Received): 0	watt.. it wasnt completed? what a waste.. if they completed it.. it would be a nice skyscraper... __________________ Jakarta - Indonesia & Adelaide - Australia

March 13th, 2004, 09:25 PM	#121
Daniil N. Power of creation! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Moscow Posts: 573 Likes (Received): 0	Whow!!! The ugliest an scariest building here!! I love all the "most".

March 14th, 2004, 04:54 PM	#122
Necker BANNED Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Santiago d.C Posts: 1,549 Likes (Received): 0	6/10

April 3rd, 2004, 12:49 PM	#123
bohemian\|senses Guest Posts: n/a Likes (Received):	Wow!!! I totally didn't know this existed!!! I love it, it's great!!! Too bad it didn't get completed... It would have been a trully religious experience to behold it in all its magnificence. It still gets a very decent mark... 9/10 Good job, DPR Korea...it would have totally kicked any South Korean building's ass.

June 1st, 2004, 01:20 AM	#124
Mark_from_Shenzhen Guest Posts: n/a Likes (Received):	intimidating

June 1st, 2004, 02:10 AM	#125
james2390 Tribune Tower Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,920 Likes (Received): 0	How does this get twenty 10's?

June 7th, 2004, 03:39 AM	#128
beyond 1000 BANNED Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Vancouver Posts: 360 Likes (Received): 0	Since this building will never be completed, I must rate it as it is and NOT as it could have been. Firstly for height 9.0/10 For looks 5/10 For present display that is crumbling since this is all that will come of it and my OFFICIAL rating....0/10!

June 21st, 2004, 07:49 AM	#130
DD2020 Kikapu! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bangkok Posts: 1,612 Likes (Received): 13	Marvelous Idea! An only drawback is the color is too dull. 8.5/10

June 21st, 2004, 09:18 AM	#132
Trances , , and , Fade to Black. Join Date: May 2003 Location: Living in London Posts: 7,895 Likes (Received): 4	cnat belive it still in the top 20 __________________ "Are we ready to go farther or have we already gone to far?" “He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.”

July 9th, 2004, 06:00 PM	#133
Iiee o_O Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Helsinki Posts: 14 Likes (Received): 0	I wonder what was the point of building such a hotel...I read that their annual amount of tourist is beyond 100. If finished 3/10 (if somewhere else than NK and that awful skyline, it'd be 5/10) but now 0/10

July 9th, 2004, 06:13 PM	#134
*Matthieu* Administrateur Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Tarbes, the capital of the world Posts: 12,311 Likes (Received): 88	2 for me. __________________ "To erect a tall building is to proclaim one’s faith in the future, the skyline is a seismograph of optimism." Jean Nouvel

July 14th, 2004, 09:46 PM	#135
yoyo22 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 112 Likes (Received): 0	0/10 (incomplete) You never forget this, nor the madness behind it. Like most skyscrapers, this is about ego and pride, except this guy had no reason whatsoever for existing, it would never have even recouped a fraction of its operating costs (probably 1% occupancy...during the "busy season"). Economics aside, it might have been an original design and interesting. If everything looked like the rendering I would give it 6 or 7 for architecture and design, probably deduct some points for insanity. But its not finished, and its a hulking menace. It was meant to be a symbol of North Korea, and boy did they succeed at that.

July 14th, 2004, 09:52 PM	#136
jmancuso make it so... Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Houston Posts: 6,875 Likes (Received): 20	9/10. this is a cool building; straight outta blade runner it would be a 10/10 if the glass facade was finished.

July 22nd, 2004, 03:40 PM	#137
Gerard registered muse Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Rotterdam Posts: 2,081 Likes (Received): 5	It is something different. Ugly but that is not a problem. 8/10

July 27th, 2004, 06:36 PM	#138
Justadude Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,368 Likes (Received): 0	Seems like politics is playing heavy on this thread. Dislike of dictators/Commies/egomaniacs aside, I still find this to be one of the most unique and visually engaging buildings I've seen so far. Of course, the glass would bring it up to current architectural trends, but even with the plain face it creates an overwhelming impression of size. Can you imagine the godlike feeling of having a room right at the spire? I suspect this one is going to end up getting carried off by bulldozers, but for the time being it's a truly unique building in its own right, and one fairly outside the architectural mainstream. It's huge, it dominates everything around it, and its shape is universally recognizable. If this had been completed and located in Chicago instead of Pyongyang it would be getting 10s by the handful... 8/10

July 27th, 2004, 09:19 PM	#140
DamienK Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Perth Posts: 3,258 Likes (Received): 11	Imposing pyramid. Shame it's uncompleted. I'm not sure if it was mentioned earlier in this thread but its height has been discovered to be actually 330 m, which explains the high floor count. 7/10 Last edited by DamienK; July 27th, 2004 at 09:25 PM.

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