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“审美”的标准不一，我们列出了全球最具争议的十大建筑。

1. Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea 柳京饭店

2. Atlantis Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 阿联酋迪拜亚特兰蒂斯饭店

3. Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania 罗马尼亚国会大厦

4. Zizkov Television Tower, Prague, Czech Republic 捷克奇奇科夫电视塔

5. Experience Music Project, Seattle, United States 美国西雅图体验音乐博物馆

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

7. Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool, England 英国利物浦都会大教堂

8. The Portland Building, Portland, United States 美国波特兰大楼

9. The Fang Yuan Building, Shenyang, China 中国沈阳方圆大厦

10. Petrobras Headquarters, Rio De Janiero, Brazil 巴西石油公司总部

1. Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea 柳京饭店

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.

柳京饭店位于朝鲜首都平壤，高330米，1987年开始兴建，后因资金问题在1992年停工，2008年重启工程，预计2013年完工。