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Ryonghung-Dong Apartment

Pyongyang, North Korea

The 765th tallest building in the world

150 m · 492 ft

Ryonghung-Dong Apartment is a high-rise residential skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. Built in 2010, the tower stands at 150 meters (490 ft) tall by antenna spire and is divided into 35 floors. It resembles the 1970s and 1980s totalitarian architecture style very widespread and common in North Korea.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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