The name means capital of willows.
Ryugyong hotel floors.
Inside this cone there are 8 floors that rotate and 6 further floors that are static.
The cone was to revolve and contain restaurants shops and ballrooms spread throughout its floors.
But after 32 years it s still not open.
The 1 083 foot ryugyong hotel in north korea s capital pyongyang was supposed to be the world s tallest hotel.
The world s highest hotel is the rosewood guangzhou located on the top floors of the 108 story guangzhou ctf finance centre in china soaring to 530 meters at.
First the 5th floor is unlike any floor of the hotel it is all concrete like a bunker complete with steel doors.
Its name capital of willows is also one of the historical names for pyongyang.
105 the construction of the 330 m tall tower in pyongyang north korea began in 1987.
The unfinished building is a pyramid shaped skyscraper that is 1 080 feet tall and contains 105 floors hence the name the 105 building.
Instead there are propaganda posters.
This cone section is to be the home to revolving restaurants.
In a prospectus from june 2012 orascom said it expected the partial completion of the ryugyong s 360 000 square meters of floor space which would include apartments and offices along with hotel.
There are no decorations of any kind.
The ryugyong hotel korean.
This is a list of the tallest buildings in the world that are wholly used 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 the world.
The ryugyong hotel 류경려관 is the tallest hotel in north korea.
It has a total 360 000 m 3 9 million ft floor space and 105 stories.
The number of rooms in the ryugyong hotel is not confirmed but sources suggest.
The building should have been opened in 1989 by that time it could have been the tallest hotel in the world and the 7th largest skyscraper.