Philipp Meuser's two-volume book set, entitled 'Pyongyang: Architectural and Cultural Guide', is an architectural guide to North Korea's capital. Volume 1 is perfect for the suitcase and should pass muster with even the most switched-on border guard. Volume 2, which contains the real meat of the matter, presents a sober analysis of a society paralysed by propaganda, secrecy and insularity. Pictured here from the guide is 'Night view of Kim Il Sung Square'. Click 'next' for more images from the book set

十二月，随着Kim Jong il的灭亡和Kim Jong un的无缝安装，全世界对朝鲜的恐怖迷恋加剧了局势。这位前统治者热衷于大规模的景象、完全的社会压制和明显的对他国家摇摇欲坠的工业基础设施的日常工作的痴迷看起来将继续被他的继任者热忱的热情所延续。去朝鲜旅行并不容易，但这是可能的。我们设法在W* 45（2002）中停下来，当我们的匿名摄影师为一个虚伪的系统构建、自我疯狂雕塑和同步庆祝的世界提供了一个令人敬畏的洞察力。这是第一次深入研究平壤的建筑地标和景点将在欧美地区出版。如果你幸运地找到了进入这个国家的途径，而且你偏向于独裁旅游业，朝鲜仍然是个可去的地方。现在有一个平壤的建筑指南，帮助你在1000步之间区分标志性方尖碑和预制混凝土面板系统。Philipp Meuser的两个音量集是一个有区别的指南。第1卷对于行李箱来说是完美的，并且应该通过最接近的边防守卫集合。平壤宽敞而唯美的建筑环境的图片和信息，都是由平壤外国语出版社提供的，这是该国死气沉沉的宣传渠道之一，直截了当地发表，没有发表评论。要备份它，你需要第2卷，它包含了真正的问题。在世界上，很少有地方像朝鲜那样与国家意识形态密不可分，“一节开始，在这本书的第二册中，Philipp Meuser对一个被宣传、保密和孤僻的社会进行了冷静的分析。平壤的“模范城市”证书——由外语出版社的庆典输出所决定——被证明是透明的。尽管如此，这是一个富有艺术特色的环境，艺术和建筑作为社会控制工具的作用是为所有人所看到的。

View from the Grand People's Study House across Kim Il-sung Square to Department Store No.1 and the Juche Tower on the opposite bank of the river

Chollima Monument (1961)

View of Thongil Residential Area, with the Football Stadium, Pyongyang International House of Cinema, Yanggakdo International Hotel just visible in the distance (in the centre)

Grand Monument on Mansu Hill (1972)

Puhung Metro Station (1987)

Waiting room of the women's hair salon in the Changgwangsan Health and Recreation Centre

Housing Developments

Urban propaganda, declaring: 'Our Leader is our Sun'  

Urban propaganda, reading: 'Ideology, fighting sprit, way of life. The same as out ancestors!'

Construction of apartment blocks on Thongil Street (1989)

Kim Il Sung Square, surrounded by the Communist Party Headquarters and the Ministry of Foreign Trade, with Kwangbok Residential Area in the background

The Party Foundation Monument features the three pillars of society: works (hammer), peasants (sickle), and intellectuals (calligraphy brush)

The head of Kwangbok Street is marked by cylindrical residential towers and wave-shaped housing slabs that are closer to the spirit of Le Corbusier than to Korean traditions

Rear of a residential building in the central district (2009)

The Arch of Triumph (1982), built to commemorate the Korean resistance to Japan from 1925 to 1945

Thongil Residential Area

Mansudae Assembly Hall

Arch of Reunification (2011)

Pyongyang Grand Teatre (1960, modernized 2009)

Pyongyang Circus

The Grand People's Study House (1982)

Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace (1989)

Pyongyang Koryo Hotel (1985)

Ice Rink (1981)

VIP grandstand at the Ice Rink

Abandoned construction site of the Ryugyong Hotel (2005)

keywords:Book review of 'Pyongyang: Architectural and Cultural Guide', edited by Philipp Meuser

关键词：“平壤：建筑和文化指南”书评，由Philipp Meuser编辑