Comments on: North Korea’s Ryugyong Hotel: Ugliest Building on Earth?

By: @anwest1

@anwest1 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:39:15 +0000

Who is ever going to live in that building? First of all, the building wont have any elevators and second there's barely no tourism in North Korea. If you look at the Wikipedia page about the hotel you'll see that it's almost covered with glass now. But what about the inside? It's probably just being decorated for the external view (so they don't need to remove it from photos etc), no one is ever going to live inside of it.

By: Mr. Frank Black

Mr. Frank Black — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:06:37 +0000

Honestly, I'd like to see what it looks like finished. Just the mystery of the building in such a mysterious country makes it intriguing. It looks ancient and alien, like some futuristic drawing. I've definitely seen worse and it really is a neat looking building. I'd be curious with North Korea's economy, isolation and government how they're going to attract any outsiders to visit and occupy the hotel.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:58:36 +0000

It is actually not that ugly.Everything deserves it's own recognition on a positive side.

By: humods

humods — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:31:06 +0000

Construction began in 1987 (although no one knows why).
1980 Kim Jong-il, known to be a big western movie buff elevated to the job of party secretary.
1983 "Blade Runner" featuring a future Los Angeles dotted with big pyramid-like buildings is released.
1987 Ground breaking for a big pyramid-like building in Pyongyang.

By: jay

jay — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:37:51 +0000

it would have been the best–looking hotel in the world if it's in vegas