Songhwa Street Main Tower | |
Status: | Completed |
Topped Out: | 2022 |
Building Type: | Residential |
Architectural Style: | postmodern |
Location: | Sadong-guyok, Pyongyang |
Location City: | Pyongyang |
Location Town: | --> |
Location Country: | North Korea |
Coordinates: | 38.9995°N 125.8007°W |
Destruction Date: | --> |
Height: | [1] |
Floor Count: | 83 |
Unit Count: | --> |
Songhwa Street Main Tower (ko|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 with 83 floors, and is the tallest residential building in North Korea and second tallest building in the country.[2]
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]