Shard vs. Ryugyong – Spot the differences, Spot the similarities…True or False?
To the eyes of us all at Koryo Tours it looks like Renzo Piano has been copying Pyongyang… (Note the following is not 100% accurate – but close!) Spot the differences & spot the similarities… TRUE OR FALSE? answers below: The Ryugyong was designed in 1987 and is an exaggerated pyramid shape covered in glass. The Shard was designed in 2000 to look like a shard (umm or an exaggerated pyramid shape covered in glass) Ryugyong hotel to be completed in 2012 (at least on the outside) - Shard to be completed in May 2012 Ryugyong has 105 storeys the Shard has 72 useable floors (15 additional radiator floors) Ryugyong is the 39th tallest building in the world , the Shard is the 45th tallest building in the world. Permission to build the Ryugyong hotel was granted by North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, Development plans for the Shard were opposed by local authorities and heritage bodies but in 2003 British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott (the supposed arbiter of good taste) announced that construction had been approved. The Ryugyong has a lift travelling up the outside edge of the building. The Shard (pathetically!) does not. The Ryugyong has 5 revolving restaurants. The Shard has a viewing gallery and open-air observation deck on the top (72nd) floor. In 2008 Ryugyong Hotel project was restarted with investment from an Egyptian company Orascom. In January 2008, it was announced that a consortium of Qatari investors had paid £150m to secure an 80% stake in the Shard. ALL TRUE!!! come on a trip with Koryo Tours in 2012 and we will show it to you!
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