8 Eerie Works Of Architecture

The Ryugyong Hotel is impressive. From a technical standpoint, the scale is astounding. Towering over the skyline of the North Korean capital, the 105-storey pyramid has been under construction since 1982 with work sporadically stopping and restarting since.

In 1992 the collapse of the Soviet Union and subsequent economic crisis halted work for nearly two decades until work seemingly restarted in 2008. A partial opening was planned for 2013, and never happened. Then the opening was announced for 2016... and didn't happen.

Very few have been inside the super structure and the traditionally secretive country isn't exactly forthcoming on progress so for right now all we can do is see it, from the outside, at a distance, and shudder at the leviathan staring down on all its shadows judging who art worthy of its mercy. Side note: no-one is worthy.