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10 sie 2019 · Members of a Socialist Women's Union propaganda troupe perform a dance in front of the Ryugyong hotel in 2019. According to Chua, who has worked in North Korea with local architects, the...
- By Oliver Wainwright
A new book by architecture critic Oliver Wainwright shows...
- Everyday Design in N. Korea
These propaganda images have been common in North Korea for...
- Perfect Science Fiction Film Set
In North Korea, it’s an ocean of this type of architecture....
- Why Do Hong Kong High-Rises Have Holes in Them
Many people believe the holes exist for feng shui purposes –...
- By Oliver Wainwright
In 2018, an LED display was fitted to one side, which is used to show propaganda animations and film scenes. [6] Comparison of approximate profiles of the Ryugyong Hotel with some notable pyramidal or near-pyramidal buildings. Dotted lines indicate original heights, where data is available.
Ryugyong Hotel: North Korea’s Hotel of Doom - Step into the secretive world of North Korea's architectural anomaly in this intriguing video as we uncover the...
26 kwi 2024 · These lights have played a role in government propaganda efforts, projecting clips of North Korean history and sprawling political slogans across the hotel's vast, glassy surface, with a...
7 wrz 2023 · A gigantic £1.6billion hotel looms over the inhabitants of one infamous city - and is now used as a massive television screen for propaganda instead. Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North...
28 mar 2018 · The building that had been touted as North Korea’s gift to the world was now a sign of their failure and a massive scar on their face of the power. Before long, the media dubbed the Ryugyong Hotel the “Hotel of Doom,” and “the worst building in the world.” Then, suddenly, construction resumed.
25 lip 2023 · The stranger than strange Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea is one of the tallest unoccupied buildings in the world, and Englishman Simon Cockerell may be one of only two westerners to have ...
