# South Korea's ugliest skyscrapers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592 "2013-09-24T17:49:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592/1 "2013-09-24T17:49:19Z")
Found this courtesy of the Dark Roasted Blend website. [These two new building going up in South Korea](http://curbed.com/archives/2011/12/08/seouls-new-tower-seems-familiar-and-not-in-a-good-way.php) remind me of a couple of trees with big knotty burls in them. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592/2 "2013-09-24T22:18:51Z")
Kind of reminds me of the WTC with smoke pouring out of it on 9/11. Who the hell thought that was a good idea? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592/3 "2013-09-24T22:29:46Z")
While I trust the architects know what they’re doing and that the building is structurally-sound I’d still be nervous as shit in one of the units that is suspended over nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592/4 "2013-09-24T23:09:13Z")
First thing I thought of was the WTC towers blowing up. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592/5 "2013-09-24T23:15:58Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > . . . remind me of a couple of trees with big knotty burls in them. Really? That’s what they remind you of? ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592/6 "2013-09-25T03:24:32Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > While I trust the architects know what they’re doing and that the building is structurally-sound I’d still be nervous as shit in one of the units that is suspended over nothing. In all honesty, I’d love to live in one of those that’s suspended, especially if I can get some floorlights (instead of skylights). I love heights, though, and I can imagine that I’d get few houseguests. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592/7 "2013-09-25T03:59:41Z")
That bit in the middle was clearly inspired by Habitat '67. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592/8 "2013-09-25T04:04:10Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > In all honesty, I’d love to live in one of those that’s suspended, especially if I can get some floorlights (instead of skylights). I love heights, though, and I can imagine that I’d get few houseguests. Inch thick polycarbonate ought to do the trick. It would make a great dance floor for a Disco. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592/9 "2013-09-25T13:36:57Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Really? That’s what they remind you of? Honestly, yes. I see the resemblance to the WTC getting hit, but that was my second thought. My first thought was a tree with a big ugly burl in the middle of the trunk. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592/10 "2013-09-25T14:50:19Z")
Somebody has played way too much Minecraft. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592/11 "2013-09-25T15:50:43Z")
> [@Glazer](#): > > Inch thick polycarbonate ought to do the trick. It would make a great dance floor for a Disco. Maybe. I mean, yes, that’s plenty strong enough, if the span isn’t more than ten feet or so. I can’t think of anything worse than feeling it bow outwards, though. However, just think how often you’d have to clean it! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592/12 "2013-09-25T15:59:12Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > Somebody has played way too much Minecraft. You rang? Er, I mean, yes, yes I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592/13 "2013-09-25T16:47:59Z")
Even without the pixelated cloud, those buildings are uuuuuugly. The irregularity of the structure is just off-putting. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592/14 "2013-09-25T19:26:06Z")
I was ready to click on the link and come back to say they weren’t as ugly as advertised, but good god, they are ugly. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592/15 "2013-09-25T19:29:05Z")
I’m pretty sure that’s malignant. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592/16 "2013-09-25T19:44:36Z")
I can’t click on the pictures, but is this the story from 2 years ago? The skyscrapers that are attached by what is supposed to look like a cloud, but really looks like the world trade center after being hit by the planes? ---
**Author:** ![Kiyoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kiyoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiyoshi)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-koreas-ugliest-skyscrapers/669592/17 "2013-09-27T18:59:59Z")
Am I the only one who thinks it’s beautiful? Two 8-bit peaks with Tetris windows, so high that that they’re among the clouds. From the perspective of the rest of the world, Americans are obsessed with 9/11. It’s just one more unfortunate thing out of thousands that happened in the past. The design of the buildings would not have the same connotations to Koreans as it would to Americans.