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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 7662193)

I have been in some sorry hotels. What makes that one the worlds worst? Will it not have elevators or a HIVAC system?

Most people say it's ugly, and was too ugly to finish so it's sat abandoned for years. That, and it's in North Korea, visit at your own risk.

My theory is that the state architect was a fan of the post modern movement which often featured tiny square windows. Then he combined the concept of a "mountain" with it, and was executed before he could finish the drawings. Just a theory.;)

Ryugyong Hotel: Transforming a Vast Concrete Skeleton into a Glass-clad Skyscraper
Ryugyong Hotel: Concrete Skeleton to Glass-clad Skyscraper | Urban Ghosts |
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Michael Graves & Associates' "Portland Building" added to National Historic Register
Michael Graves & Associates' "Portland Building" added to National Historic Register | Michael Graves & Associates | Archinect
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North Korea: Ryugyong, Pyongyang’s Hotel of Doom, is Still Empty
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/388791/20120927/north-korea-ryugyong-pyongyang-hotel-doom-empty.htm
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The 105-storey "Phantom Hotel" that looms over Pyongyang in North Korea is still empty - 25 years after building work started.

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http://www.gogobot.com/ryugyong-hotel-pyongyang-pyongyang-attraction
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Sep. 28, 2012
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/09/28/see-inside-north-koreas-mysterious-hotel-of-doom-that-remains-a-incomplete-25-years-after-construction-began/
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In this Sept. 23, 2012 photo released by Koryo Group on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, a visitor, center left, stands on the ground floor of the 105-story Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea. After years of standing unfinished, construction on the exterior of the massive hotel resumed three years ago but the hotel has not yet opened to the public. This photo taken by the Beijing-based Koryo Tours shows that the interior remains unfinished. Credit: AP