The
Ryugyong Hotel (
Chosŏn'gŭl:
류경려관; sometimes
anglicised as
Ryu-Gyong Hotel or
Yu-Kyung Hotel) is
an unfinished 105-story
pyramid-shaped
skyscraper in
Pyongyang,
North Korea. Its name
("capital of
willows") is also one
of the historical names for Pyongyang. The building is also known as the
105 Building, a
reference to its number of floors. The building has been planned as a
mixed-use development, which would include a hotel.
Construction
began in 1987 but was halted in 1992 as North Korea entered a period of
economic crisisafter the
fall of the Soviet Union.
After 1992 the building stood
topped out, but without
any windows or interior fittings. In 2008 construction resumed, and the
exterior was completed in 2011. It was planned to open the hotel in 2012, the
centenary of
Kim Il-sung's birth, but
this did not happen. A partial opening was announced for 2013, but this was
also cancelled. As of 2016, the building remains unopened.
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