Analysis North Korea adds skyscraper, simplifies designs for major new housing projectState media says framework construction ‘nearing completion’ at 10,000-home project in Pyongyang’s Hwasong area North Korea has altered plans for its top housing project of the year, adding a skyscraper and simplifying exterior designs of other high-rise apartments in a new Pyongyang neighborhood. The changes to the “10,000-home” street project in the city’s northeast Hwasong area were visible in a new computer rendering in the Rodong Sinmun published on June 3. It shows that planners duplicated floor plans for the street’s tallest building, an ornate 40-story skyscraper, to turn it into a two-tower set. The image also shows that exterior accents on this 40-story building design and others © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |