Songhwa Street Main Tower

Songhwa Street Main Tower
송화거리 메인 타워 (Korean)
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Residential
Architectural style	postmodern
Location	Sadong-guyok, Pyongyang
Town or city	Pyongyang
Country	North Korea
Coordinates	38.9995°N 125.8007°E / 38.9995; 125.8007
Height
Height	927 feet (283 m)[a][1]
Antenna spire	984 feet (300 m)
Technical details
Floor count	83

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 disputed height of 927 feet (283 m) with 83 floors, and is the tallest residential building in North Korea and second tallest building in the country.[2]

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

• List of tallest buildings in North Korea

Notes

1. 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.

References

1. "Songhwa Street Main Tower Pyongyang". skyscrapercenter.com. Skyscraper Center. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
2. "North Korea upgrades new skyscraper to 80 floors, making it 2nd-tallest in DPRK | NK News". 27 August 2021. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
3. Williams, Martyn (March 4, 2022). "Kim's First Major Pyongyang Apartment Project Is Close to Opening". 38north.org. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
4. "N. Korean leader celebrates completion of major housing project in Pyongyang". en.yna.co.kr. Yonhap News Agency. April 13, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
5. Kim, Sero (March 16, 2023). "North Korea's Obsession with Large-Scale Construction Projects". mbcnkpost.com. Retrieved May 19, 2024.

External links

• Songhwa Street Main Tower at SkyscraperPage
• Songhwa Street Main Tower at CTBUH