6. The Ryugyong Hotel – Pyongyang, North Korea
via businesskorea.co.kr
After construction began in 1987, 26 years of introspection never failed to diminish the blind ardor with which this was thrown up. Dubbed the “Hotel of Doom,” Ryugyong Hotel punctures the skyline of North Korea’s capital as a rocket shaped white elephant. The Draconian nation and regime has almost nowhere near enough the influx of tourists to justify the size of such a hotel.
Moreover, such establishments are supposed to be welcoming in their demeanour, the archetypal “home away from home.” Instead, this more or less shares many similarities with the stronghold of a comic book super villain… so does Kim Jong-Un, for that matter!
5. The Grand Lisboa Hotel – Macau, China
via wizardofmacau.com
Straight out of lunatic ramblings, this hotel near Hong Kong is all kinds of bizarre! It ostensibly resembles a psychedelic egg pierced by some giant budding flower. Perhaps the architect has some designs on a grand war erupting between flora and fauna for domination of our planet? Though maybe this is a good lesson of how someone is paid too much money and has too much time on their hands. Who knows?
Who knows what this has to do with the Portuguese capital, either. It’s one of the many rhetorical questions stacked upon the initial inquiry of: “why was this thing built in the first place?”
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