North Korea's phantom hotel is stirring back to life. The 105-storey Ryugyong Hotel is back under construction after a 16-year lull in the capital of N. Korea. Egypt's Orascom group is the contractor. yahoo news | previously
i was browsing through the news section too quickly, and mixed Herzog + de Meuron with the Ryugyong Hotel renovation...now THAT would be an interesting project....
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This quote from the associate head of Cal Poly Tech's arch. department is the priceless take-away:
"If this is the worst building in the world, the runners up are in Vegas and Shanghai," said Giberti.
ha...i liked that comment from Gilberti...
i was browsing through the news section too quickly, and mixed Herzog + de Meuron with the Ryugyong Hotel renovation...now THAT would be an interesting project....
why must the press call it "hotel of doom". I'm not sympathetic to N.Korea at all. But but its such a negative spin.
I love the phrase 'Hotel of Doom', I'm only going to work on Buildings of Doom from now on.
It is more exciting:
Split level ranch of doom
Historic mill renovation of doom
Government center of doom...
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