Updated at 9:05 a.m. KST.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is unhappy with the “monotonous” designs of new buildings and said the building materials industry needs to “keep pace” with nationwide reconstruction efforts after recent flooding and typhoons, state media reported on Friday, Oct. 2.

The comments reportedly came during another on-site inspection of one of these rural reconstruction projects in Kimhwa county, where he said he was still “greatly impressed” with the near-finished project. The area was flooded by over 900 millimeters (35 inches) of rain in early August, North Korea reported.

“88 percent of the total construction project