Songhwa Street Main Tower
Tower in Pyongyang, North Korea
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Songhwa Street Main Tower (Korean: 송화거리 메인 타워) is a residential skyscraper, part of the Songhwa Street residential complex in Pyongyang. Completed in 2022, the tower stands at a height of 984 feet (300 m) with 80 floors, and is the tallest residential building in North Korea and second tallest building in the country.[2]
| Songhwa Street Main Tower | |
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 Interactive map of the Songhwa Street Main Tower area | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Residential |
| Architectural style | postmodern |
| Location | Sadong-guyok, Pyongyang, Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Coordinates | 38.9995°N 125.8007°E |
| Height | |
| Height | 984 feet (300 m)[a][1] |
| Antenna spire | 984 feet (300 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 80 |
History
Concept
The tower was built as part of the "Songhwa Street Residential Complex", located in the Sadong-guyok district as part of a grand plan to construct 10,000 modern flats in Pyongyang every year during the five-year plan for national economic development. It is the first edge city created in the eastern part of the capital.[3] According to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the complex project also aimed to provide the newly constructed neighbourhood with "public catering facilities" as a resolution of building a total of 50,000 apartments in Pyongyang by 2025, with 10,000 units each year.[4][5]
See also
Notes
- With no official sources to depict the exact height of the tower, most of the skyscraper databases estimate its height based on a count of 80 floors.
