Ryugyong Hotel

Ryugyong Hotel
Ryugyong Hotel
류경호텔
	The Ryugyong Hotel in August 27, 2011
General information
Status	Never completed
Architectural style	Neo-futurism
Location	Ryugyong-dong, Potonggang-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea
Coordinates	39°02′12″N 125°43′51″E / 39.03667°N 125.73083°E
Construction started	28 August 1987
Topped-out	1992
Estimated completion	Unknown; (exterior construction completed: 14 July 2011)
Height
Roof	330.02 metres (1,082.7 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	Above ground 105, underground 3
Floor area	360,000 m2 (3,900,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Baikdoosan Architects & Engineers
Developer	Orascom Group
Other information
Public transit access	Hyǒksin: Kŏnsŏl

The Ryugyong Hotel (Korean: 류경호텔; sometimes spelled as Ryu-Gyong Hotel), or Yu-Kyung Hotel,^[3] is an unfinished 1,080 ft (330 meter) tall pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. Its name ("capital of willows," 柳京 in Hanja) is also one of the historical names for Pyongyang.^[4] The building has been planned as a mixed-use development, which would include a hotel.

Construction began in 1987 but was halted in 1992 as North Korea entered a period of economic crisis after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. After 1992, the building stood topped out, but without any windows or interior fittings. In 2008, construction resumed, and the exterior was completed in 2011. The hotel was planned to open in 2012, the centenary of founding leader Kim Il Sung's birth. A partial opening was announced for 2013, but this was cancelled.^[5] In 2018, an LED display was fitted to one side, which is used to show propaganda animations and film scenes.^[6]

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^ "105 Building, Pyongyang, Korea, North". Asian Historical Architecture. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
^ Funabashi, Yoichi (2007). The Peninsula Question: A Chronicle of the Second Northern Korean Nuclear Crisis. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-8157-3010-1.
^ Berg, Nate (16 February 2016). "North Korea's Best Building Is Empty: The Mystery of the Ryugyong Hotel". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016.
^ "Ryugyong, the world's tallest empty hotel, dazzles North Korean capital skyline with propaganda light shows". South China Morning Post. 30 December 2018.

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[3] "105 Building, Pyongyang, Korea, North". Asian Historical Architecture. Retrieved 11 February 2010.

[4] Funabashi, Yoichi (2007). The Peninsula Question: A Chronicle of the Second Northern Korean Nuclear Crisis. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-8157-3010-1.

[Berg2016-5] Berg, Nate (16 February 2016). "North Korea's Best Building Is Empty: The Mystery of the Ryugyong Hotel". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016.

[6] "Ryugyong, the world's tallest empty hotel, dazzles North Korean capital skyline with propaganda light shows". South China Morning Post. 30 December 2018.

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