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Is this a cool building?

Is the [b]North Korean[/b] building nice/cool?

  • Yes, one of the nicest/coolest buildings I have seen..

    Votes: 15 16.1%

  • Yes, definetely..

    Votes: 28 30.1%

  • Its ok..

    Votes: 12 12.9%

  • Nothing special..

    Votes: 5 5.4%

  • Nah, not nice/cool

    Votes: 26 28.0%

  • Something else(explain)...

    Votes: 7 7.5%
  • Total voters
    93
Just an update on how the building has turned out now. Its definetely got cooler! Its a very interesting building..

Kind of looks like a mix between a missile and a space ship. Haha.

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The building is OK but I would put it in different location, not where it stands now. :peace
 
I'd move it three feet to the left.
 
Maximus Zeebra said:
Just an update on how the building has turned out now. Its definetely got cooler! Its a very interesting building..

Kind of looks like a mix between a missile and a space ship. Haha.

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Some girl I used to be friends with had something that looked like that in her bedroom drawer. :shock:
 
That building is too modern and futuristic and it doesnt even fit with its surroundings...imo
 
It brings to mind a Mayan Temple of enormous size.

I think it's cool.
 
Maximus Zeebra said:
Just an update on how the building has turned out now. Its definetely got cooler! Its a very interesting building..

Kind of looks like a mix between a missile and a space ship. Haha.

pyongyang-infamous-ryugyong-hotel.jpg
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If this building had been placed in Las Vegas or Macau or even New York City, it might look cool (if a little tacky). But based on where it's actually located, it just looks ridiculous. And it's still structurally unsound.

Also, I love how typing in "Hotel of Doom" on Wikipedia automatically redirects to this turd.
 
Yeah it's cool, if this was 1953.
 
Kandahar said:
If this building had been placed in Las Vegas or Macau or even New York City, it might look cool (if a little tacky). But based on where it's actually located, it just looks ridiculous. And it's still structurally unsound.

Also, I love how typing in "Hotel of Doom" on Wikipedia automatically redirects to this turd.
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That would look OK on the Vegas Strip. A sci-fi themed casino. Damn my relative poverty or I'd do it myself (relative poverty as in relative to what you need to build a casino)
 
I like the look of the building. Whether or not it is any good would be determined by its' HVAC systems and overall energy efficiency. If future energy use considerations relative to global warming were among the design considerations, that would be important knowledge. It does not appear to embody energy efficient design, but it is hard to tell.
 
Maximus Zeebra said:
The building below is North Korean, do you think its a nice/cool skyscraper/building?

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Meh, it's pretty big so it's impressive on scale. But it's a pyramid, and the Egyptians already did it.
 
I think it looks cool.
 
I think it's aesthetically pleasing. It's pyramidal, so it's stable. Just by itself, I'd say it's pretty nice. If I don't have to think about the starving North Koreans who built it, who could never afford to stay in it, then it's a nice building.
 
EagleAye said:
I think it's aesthetically pleasing. It's pyramidal, so it's stable. Just by itself, I'd say it's pretty nice. If I don't have to think about the starving North Koreans who built it, who could never afford to stay in it, then it's a nice building.
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I hear a lot about the starving North Koreans, but there are two sides of the coin. This building would have been a gov't project to promote employment. Probably thousands and thousands of jobs, wages (even if marginal) and pride. The whole picture makes the city look clean and nice. Damn shame the North Koreans don't have some 1%ers who could stay in there. I'm sure we'd be glad to give them some of ours, and they can keep them.
 
Sure.

But what's sad is that the money spent on that gaudy building could have gone to the starving people there in the grip of NK's dictatorship.
 
Nah, that thing looks like an ugly Vegas casino. If nothing else, it definitely doesn't look like it belongs in the city surrounding it. I don't like it.

Have you guys ever seen that Skypark in Singapore? THAT is ****ing cool.

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1. It's ugly.
2. It's North Korea so it's not going to serve any practical use besides the one photo op.
 
EagleAye said:
Is that first pic real or an artist's rendering?
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Looks real but the building itself is real. It was on Megastructures or Build it Bigger. Watched it with my daughters.
 
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