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These Gargantuan Construction Projects Were Too Big to Finish
People have built some amazing things, but sometimes our architectural ambitions have outpaced our resources or abilities.
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The £1.6 billion 'tower of doom' hotel which has NEVER had a single guest is looking for new investment to open
North Korea's The Ryugyong Hotel has spent over 30 years under construction READ MORE: From hidden perks to bizarre requests: the world of hotels revealed A North Korean hotel that has been under ...
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The Most Costly Construction Mistakes in History
The idea was conceived as a response to the then-tallest hotel in the world in Singapore (designed by the South Korean firm SsangYong Group). Construction on the Ryugyong started in 1987 but was ...
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A Fabulous New Luxury Hotel—In North Korea?
On April 15, North Korea will open the tallest and swankiest building in Pyongyang, the Ryugyong Hotel. Ian Guttridge ... stood empty and unfinished. Construction began in 1987, only to stop ...
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The world's tallest abandoned building - 1,000ft tall and nicknamed 'the Hotel of Doom'
The Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang ... city which was planned as a mixed-use development that would include a hotel. Construction on the hotel began in 1987 but it was halted for decades due to ...
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North Korea's tallest building is an abandoned hotel that has never hosted a single guest. Take a closer look at the 'Hotel of Doom.'
Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, is one of the tallest unoccupied buildings in the world. Construction on the "Hotel of Doom" began in 1987 and has stopped and started several times. One side ...