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North korea buildings architecture. North korean capital pyongyang s strangely beautiful architecture revealed by photographers given access to buildings normally off limits to foreigners. The total destruction of pyongyang during the korean war gave korean architects a great opportunity to build a capital in a juche image. North korea s architecture is truly fascinating. Since 1953 the 160 mile 260 kilometer strip of land along the korean peninsula s 38th parallel has served as a demilitarized zone between north and south korea the.
Courtesy of studio m r d o. North korea aims to use their architecture as an anesthetic to control their people by projecting a metaphorical bucky fuller esque pleasure dome that covers the obscured realities of a. They were chosen for their ability to impress and their relatively open access to the public. List of tallest buildings in north korea.
Here s a look at some of the country s most fantastical buildings. Most of them are hotels or condominiums. The latest architecture design and interiors news in north korea including a new airport for the capital city pyongyang. Below is an arbitrary list of south korea s most impressive contemporary architectural buildings and spaces.
Tallest buildings in north korea rank name image height m floors year. The most distinct and impressive form of contemporary cultural expression in north korea is architecture and city planning. A construction usually rises from a stone subfoundation to a curved roof covered with tiles held by a console structure and supported on posts. While the city s monuments are its most immediately striking feature the capital is also notable for its wide mostly empty streets and boulevards.
Each of the following spaces can be appreciated by the erudite architecture buff or the inquisitive tourist. The streets are sparsely occupied by bicycles pedestrains. Images are among 200 that feature in. In a country that keeps so much under wraps north korean architecture ends up speaking volumes.
P yongyang almost completely destroyed by the united states during the korean war has been rebuilt on a grand scale many new buildings have been constructed during the 1980s and 1990s in order to enhance p yongyang s status as a capital. In korean architecture buildings are structured vertically and horizontally. Architecture is built according to the kan unit the distance between two posts.