An unfinished building is a building (or other architectural structure, as a bridge, a road or a tower) where construction work was abandoned or on hold at some stage or only exists as a design. It may also refer to buildings that are currently being built, particularly those that have been delayed or at which construction work progresses extremely slowly.
Many construction or engineering projects have remained unfinished at various stages of development. The work may be finished as a blueprint or whiteprint and never be realised, or be abandoned during construction.
One of the best-known perennially incomplete buildings is Antoni Gaudí's basilica Sagrada Família in Barcelona.[1] It has been under construction since 1882 and planned to be complete by 2026, Gaudí's death centenary.[2]
- ^ "North Korea's 'Hotel of Doom' to finally open: top 5 incomplete buildings", telegraph.ko.uk, 10 October 2011 (retrieved 2 October 2019)
- ^ "Video: See How La Sagrada Família Will Progress in 2015", metropolismag.com, 25 September 2014 (retrieved 2 October 2019)