From Wiki: <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0r0fM31BXKk"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0r0fM31BXKk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> btw, is there any way we can tour North Korea? Do they allow Americans to get visas?
I've seen that building once or twice in some pictures of N.Korea, it would be really fun(and pretty intense) visiting NOrth Korea, they do allow tours but you have through China to enter. The tours are very strict and you cannot go anywhere on your own, your tour guide is with you at all times.
I've seen that hotel before. I have a slight fascination with N. Korea and would love to visit there one of these days. Sadly, not many Americans get the opportunity.
I would assume that you would put a crane on top of the building as go. Once you get done with one level, you move the crane up to another level, and another level, and so on. That's my best guess. That building is pretty fascinating. The most interesting question I'd like to have the answer to is just who exactly the North Koreans expected to stay there. It ain't like N. Korea is a tourism hot spot.
You disassemble it and lower it down the elevator shaft. //not a construction guy //am a Discovery Channel guy Why is it any uglier than this one that is considered beautiful? But to me, what could look stupider than putting a Mayan Temple on top of a glass tower? Oh, I know. You could rip off a copy of an Italian Renaissance Building and throw a Greek Temple on top and say your are teaching architecture in it.
Yeah, I forgot where, but I remember hearing the story of how it was never finished. It looks like that knife that came with all the original toys of the Ninja Turtles. BTW Dubious, it's kind of "dubious" to take a couple of buildings that are ugly and claim that they are considered beautiful. I mean, taste is subjective anyways, but is there some source that you can show that claims those buildings are considered "beautiful" by the architectural community?
Whenever you have a nightmare in which you're falling from a large building, THIS is the building. It's the Death Tower. Having researched the building a few years ago, I learned that Pyongyang has ridiculous buildings all around. Apparently, in 1988, there was a chance that the IOC would allow a few events to take place in Pyongyang while Seoul hosted the majority. The North took this as a guarantee and began to construct weird buildings in Pyongyang. There are supposedly gymnasiums shaped like weights and others in the city. The IOC eventually said they never intended to actually hold events in Pyongyang and North Korea was left adding another gold star to it's crazy board.
YEah there is an official NK government-sponsored tour that americans are allowed to go on http://www.newkoreatours.com/
Those wing-looking things along the edge are stairs. It's the only way to get from floor to floor since there is not enough electricity in the country to get an elevator to the top.
I remember reading about this building because I am fascinated with skyscrapers and tall buildings. If I remember right, didn't the building run out of funding or into some sort of financial difficulties?
