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One interesting fact about this building is that it was only the 2nd supertall in the world outside of the US.
Officially the first was the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong in 1990, followed by the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang and Central Plaza in Hong Kong both in 1992. Ryugyong Hotel though, broke ground 2 years before Central Plaza did - 1987 vs 1989.
If Ryugyong Hotel had had a 3 year construction schedule like Central Plaza did without construction delays, it would have been tied with Bank of China Tower for the title. Ryugyong Hotel and Bank of China each took 5 years to complete while Central Plaza took just 3.
When you think about the fact that when these buildings were built there were only 10 other supertalls in the world - all in the US. 2 of those were under construction, Library Tower in LA and Franklin Center in Chicago, plus Atlanta's Bank of America Center hadn't been built yet, that's pretty amazing. Think of how many supertalls there are today. There are more of them planned in New York alone today than existed in the world at that time.
Love it or hate it, but the Ryugyong Hotel is one of the world's first supertalls.
But the Ryugyong hotel is still under construction!
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell)
I'm sure we'll be hearing more about this building the western media as it gets closer to completion/opening/whatever, but I have to say that for a building that was commissioned and built by a communist dictatorship, I'm amazed that a) it finally got built and b) it could have looked a LOT worse. . . proportionally it's not too bad, despite the unusual shape of the structure. . . I also think the use of highly reflective monolithic glass curtain wall is effective. . . surely the only thing they could do to hide the years of imperfections that crept in after initial construction was put on hold. . .
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__________________ Tom in Chicago
. . . Near the day of Purification, there will be cobwebs spun back and forth in the sky.
^^ Technically the economic collapse of the Soviet Union and the political scare from the Tiananmen square protests shut down construction. One of the main reasons North Korea acts so odd is because of how close it is to being invaded by Americans and their ally South korea, and the regime stopped (due to it being so poor and crappy.)
Quick Question: Why did my comment get deleted? Did it not pertain to the topic at hand? Was I not talking about the building and crucial criteria that it would need to fulfill? Was I not talking about news including this building and its' nation that it resides in? FORUMS ARE CORRUPTED. I'm done. Bye.
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