Aon Center (Chicago, USA)
The exterior was a beautiful marble that was weak & cracked. A huge slab detached, pulverizing the ground. Refacing with granite cost $80 million.
Olympic Stadiums (Athens, Greece)
$11 billion went to 2004 Olympic stadiums event table tennis & judo had their own. Now empty, they played a large part in Greece’s financial crisis.
Ryugyong Hotel (Pyongyang, North Korea)
Started in 1987 this 1,038 ft, 3,000 room hotel has sucked up 2% of North Korea’s GDP. It stands as an unfinished monolith to the government’s inefficiency.
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