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Post by Doctor Fishcake on Jul 30, 2011 6:57:32 GMT -5
When it was built this was the world's first residential property with a value of over $1bn...and in fact, it's worth closer to $2bn.  |
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Post by alexiel on Jul 30, 2011 8:07:00 GMT -5
Nope. In this case it is for real. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_HotelHowever, it's just a facade. The building is just as much of a pile of sh*t on the inside as it was ten years ago, though Pyongyang is pinky-swearing that that is going to change as well in the coming years. Wrong building. Whoops. =/ I'm not sure how I managed to screw that up. |
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Post by Distind on Jul 30, 2011 8:18:00 GMT -5
When it was built this was the world's first residential property with a value of over $1bn...and in fact, it's worth closer to $2bn. I have to say it's a bad idea to make a building which reminds the more destrutive among of us a Jenga tower. At least, that's all I see. |
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Post by nickiknack on Jul 30, 2011 11:13:41 GMT -5
I seriously want to vomit...too much extreme wealth for my taste
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Jul 30, 2011 13:36:32 GMT -5
On the subject of lousy archetechture, I've always thought that the local children's hospital is a bit of an eye-sore:  Though it's worth having to look at it in exchange for saving kid's lives (and it's really nice on the inside, as a bonus). |
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Post by nickiknack on Jul 30, 2011 14:40:04 GMT -5
Looks like it's made out of legos...and I want to take it apart by stomping on it godzilla style...
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Post by Dragon Zachski on Jul 30, 2011 14:51:41 GMT -5
When it was built this was the world's first residential property with a value of over $1bn...and in fact, it's worth closer to $2bn. That reminds me of Minecraft. |
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Jul 30, 2011 15:09:10 GMT -5
Looks like it's made out of legos...and I want to take it apart by stomping on it godzilla style... I think that was the intention, but it would have looked better if they had done the dingy green facade in a brighter colour. |
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Post by gomer21xx on Jul 30, 2011 15:16:24 GMT -5
I want to build a building that outshine every last one of these in extravagance. Golden walls? Hell, golden CURTAINS and even golden eating utensils! With diamond doorknobs!
But here's the kicker... I'd have it built, staff it with the best cooks in the world... then only let the lower to middle class people in. Oh, you own both Microsoft and Apple? Get the fuck out! You have a family of ten you need to feed, but your boss only pays you half minimum wage? Come get some food, man! And have these complimentary shades, too!
That's how I'd roll, son.
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Post by Napoleon the Clown on Jul 31, 2011 3:12:15 GMT -5
William Randolf Hearst had a similar idea, Gomer. The swimming pools have gold leaf along the bottoms. With more gold leaf on the floors around the pools. And... Yeah. It's nuts. Corrected for inflation, the fucker was richer than Bill Gates ever got.
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