The Ryugyong Hotel is known to be the largest abandoned skyscraper in the world. It is located in Pyongyang, North Korea and spires an astonishing 330m (1080ft) with a total of 105 floors. It is also referred to as the 105 building, a reference to its number of floors. Was designed to be a mix use building, expected to house a hotel, restaurant and retail.

Nobody is quite sure why the building is still unoccupied till today, but report says it has been completed and is just awaiting use. Construction began in 1987 but was halted in 1992 when North Korea was plunged into economic crisis due to collapse of soviet bloc. It was said that the building took up to 2% of North Korea’s GDP and cost an estimated sum of $750 000 according to a Japanese newspaper.

Source: https://prodesigners.com.ng/biggest-abandoned-skyscraper-in-the-world/

nice

Waste of scarce resources

PDP Secretariat unkor?

For Naija such buildings are completed as far as government officials are concerned.