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    The Ryugyong Hotel (Korean: 류경호텔; sometimes spelled as Ryu-Gyong Hotel), or Yu-Kyung Hotel, is a 1,080 ft (330 meter) tall unfinished pyramid-shaped skyscraper...
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  • "Hotel of Doom" wakes from its coma". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-07-05. BBC News | North Korea's Ryugyong 'Hotel of Doom' pictures released "Ryugyong Hotel...
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    The Yanggakdo International Hotel is the largest operating hotel in North Korea, pending the completion of the Ryugyong Hotel, and the country's seventh-...
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    Koryo Hotel (or Pyongyang Koryo Hotel) is the second largest operating hotel in North Korea, the largest being the Yanggakdo Hotel. The Ryugyong Hotel is...
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    to that point. The most prominent building on Pyongyang's skyline is Ryugyong Hotel, the seventh highest building in the world terms of floor count, the...
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    as hotels. Some tall buildings are multi-use and have a hotel occupying the building's uppermost floors; such hotels are known as the highest hotels in...
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    Goldin Finance 117 (category Skyscraper hotels in Tianjin)
    Evergrande Hefei Center T1 Dalian Greenland Center Suzhou Zhongnan Center Ryugyong Hotel, previous record holder "Goldin Finance 117 - The Skyscraper Center"...
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    Kim Jong Suk is also credited with inspiring Kim Jong Il to build the Ryugyong Hotel. Harrold relates that Kim Jong Suk told a young Kim Jong Il that he...
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    floor, it is the largest and most-visited by international guests. The Ryugyong Hotel and leisure center was less fortunate: started in 1987, its construction...
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    inhabited building in North Korea, trailing only the unfinished 105-floor Ryugyong Hotel and the recently completed 80 floor Songhwa Street Main Tower, which...
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    island platform configuration instead. The station is in front of the Ryugyong Hotel and a short distance from Pyongyang University of Science and Technology...
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  • Lagos[usurped] - Emporis Ryugyong Hotel Archived 16 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine - The Skyscraper Center Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang Archived 28 September...
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    August 2024. House of Press [lv], unfinished project in Riga, Latvia Ryugyong Hotel, unfinished project in Pyongyang, North Korea Robot Building in Bangkok...
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    Trade Center, New York City, US Trump International Hotel and Tower, Baku, Azerbaijan Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea Sathorn Unique Tower, Bangkok...
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    The Chongnyon Hotel (Youth Hotel) is a hotel located in the Mangyongdae District of Pyongyang, the capital city of North Korea. It was opened on 1 May...
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    Accessed 10 August 2006. Emporis. "Ryugyong Hotel[usurped]". Accessed 20 August 2006. Emporis. 28 July 2000. "Ryugyong Hotel on hold[usurped]". Accessed 20...
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    in 2012. In North Korea, construction of the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang has been completed, but the hotel remains unopened as of 2024. Baiyoke Tower II...
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    of Pyongyang, North Korea. It is most famous as the location of the Ryugyong Hotel. It is named after the Pothong River (literally "the simple river")...
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    Buildings" alongside the Palace of the Soviets, Siena Cathedral and Ryugyong Hotel. Szkieletor repurposed as a billboard display in 2009 Szkieletor in...
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    high-rise apartment complexes and hotels in the capital. The most striking of these buildings is the Ryugyong Hotel, unfinished as of now (with construction...
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    Corporation The Shard, a building in London Burj Khalifa, a building in Dubai Ryugyong Hotel, a building in Pyongyang San Francisco Bay Area portal List of tallest...
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  • One Tower Palais Royale, Mumbai Pentominium Runhua Global Center 1 Ryugyong Hotel Sino-Steel Tower Skycity Square Capital Tower The Stratford Residences...
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    favored grand scale buildings and monuments. The giant pyramid of the Ryugyong Hotel building, originally scheduled for completion in time for the 13th World...
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    present. North Korea portal Architecture portal Outline of North Korea "Ryugyong Hotel". Emporis. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved 9 February...
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    makeshift buildings populated in a similar manner Ponte City Apartments Ryugyong Hotel "L.A. joins ranks of cities with 'ghost towers' with graffiti-covered...
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    Ryomyong Condominiums Hotels Chongnyon Hotel Koryo Hotel Ryanggang Hotel Ryugyong Hotel Sosan Hotel Yanggakdo International Hotel Structures Juche Tower...
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  • Richardson as the Financial Times headquarters (1955–59). Construction of Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, designed by Baikdoosan Architects & Engineers...
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    Skyscraper Center. "JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai Tower 1 - the Skyscraper Center". "JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai Tower 2 - the Skyscraper Center"...
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    The Shard (category Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts)
    in the world Al Faisaliyah Center, Riyadh Lotte World Tower, Seoul Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco Lakhta Center, Saint...
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  • Hyangsan Hotel, Myohyang-san Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang; two revolving restaurants, but only one in operation Ryanggang Hotel, Pyongyang Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang;...
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