Hotel of Doom

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The "Hotel of Doom" is the ominous nickname for North Korea’s unfinished, pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, long notorious as a symbol of stalled ambition and architectural failure.

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instanceOf nickname
alsoKnownAs Ryugyong Hotel NERFINISHED
appliedBy architecture critics
foreign journalists
travel writers
appliedToStructureType hotel skyscraper
architecturalStyle pyramid-shaped skyscraper
associatedWith North Korean propaganda image
delayed construction
economic difficulties in North Korea
completionStatus externally clad but largely unfinished inside
connotation ominous
country North Korea
heightApproximate over 300 meters
language English
locatedIn Pyongyang, North Korea NERFINISHED
locatedInCity Pyongyang NERFINISHED
mediaCoverage frequently featured in reports on Pyongyang’s skyline
notableFor being unfinished
symbolizing architectural failure
symbolizing stalled ambition
originOfNickname derived from its ominous appearance and long abandonment
perception eyesore by many foreign observers
landmark of Pyongyang’s skyline
refersTo Ryugyong Hotel NERFINISHED
shape pyramid
symbolizes North Korea’s stalled development projects
overambitious construction plans
usedAs nickname in international media

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Ryugyong Hotel nickname Hotel of Doom