Ryugyong Hotel - the world´s biggest ruin

by bjr at Feb 7 of 2010 at 13h30
In North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, is located one of the most grotesque buildings in the world, the Ryugyong Hotel. Its pyramidal shape (in itself quite vulgar), along with its huge dimension (105 storeys and 330 meters high), makes it worthy of any retro-futuristic mega-metropolis. But its most bizarre aspect is the fact that it...

Sustainable architecture in Malaysia

by seven at Oct 28 of 2009 at 12h27 | 1 comment
Since the construction of the Petronas Twin Towers, Malaysia, and its capital Kuala Lumpur in particular, has become a reference in architecture worldwide. Thus, it is not surprising to see it produce other noteworthy buildings. Only this time, the main focus is not height, but, on the contrary, that they are good examples of...

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