Ugliness, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder, and that is something we have taken into account in our list of some of the planet’s most controversial architectural creations.

由于“審美”的標準不一，我們列出了全球最具爭議的十大建筑。

1. Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea 柳京飯店

2. Atlantis Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 阿聯酋迪拜亞特蘭蒂斯飯店

3. Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania 羅馬尼亞國會大廈

4. Zizkov Television Tower, Prague, Czech Republic 捷克奇奇科夫電視塔

5. Experience Music Project, Seattle, United States 美國西雅圖體驗音樂博物館

6. Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Hanoi, Vietnam 越南胡志明陵寢

7. Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool, England 英國利物浦都會大教堂

8. The Portland Building, Portland, United States 美國波特蘭大樓

9. The Fang Yuan Building, Shenyang, China 中國沈陽方圓大廈

10. Petrobras Headquarters, Rio De Janiero, Brazil 巴西石油公司總部

1. Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea 柳京飯店

File photo of Ryugyong Hotel(before and after renovation)

Located in Pyongyang, the capital of DPRK, Ryugyong Hotel is 330 meters high. Construction of this hotel began in 1987. However, the project was suspended in 1992 due to financial problems and restarted in 2008. It is expected to be completed in 2013.

柳京飯店位于朝鮮首都平壤，高330米，1987年開始興建，后因資金問題在1992年停工，2008年重啟工程，預計2013年完工。