Bhakdibodin Building likely venue for PM to receive royal command on appointment

[webfact]

Bhakdibodin Building likely venue for PM to receive royal command on appointment

By The Nation

 

Bhakdibodin Building

 

THE BHAKDIBODIN Building at Government House, often used for state receptions, is expected to be the venue for the new prime minister to receive royal command of appointment.

 

The Senate and House of Representatives will choose a premier on Wednesday, the day selected by new Parliament President Chuan Leekpai.

 

Government House’s Social Protocol Division met last week to begin preparations for the ceremony and decided that the Bhakdibodin Building would be the best location. It will take at least two days for the venue to be prepared. 

 

Prime ministers in the past have received their royal commands at their homes, their party headquarters, or at Government House. 

 

The Bt137-million Bhakdibodin Building was officially opened in late August 2017 as part of an initiative by incumbent Premier Prayut Chan-o-cha, who thought state officials should have a more suitable place to receive foreign dignitaries.

 

Prayut chose the name Bhakdibodin – which means “loyalty to the King” – from among 20 suggested by the Fine Arts Department. 

 

The building, seen below, is Neo-Venetian Gothic in architectural design, in harmony with the nearby Thai Khu Fah Building, and is painted yellow, the colour associated with His Majesty the late King Bhumibol’s birthday. It is adorned with a giant golden dome. 

 

 The ground floor of the two-storey building features three reception rooms – the main room with a capacity for 150 people, the gilded 10-person Thongthara Room, and the blue-and-pink Wanasiri Room able to accommodate eight people. 

 

All are decorated with portraits from Her Mother the Queen Mother Sirikit’s Support Foundation.

 

Bhakdibodin is Government House’s first new building erected since 2001, when edifices were opened for the Cabinet Secretariat and Office of the National Security Council, during Chuan’s tenure as prime minister.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30370445

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-06-03

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[Justgrazing]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The Senate and House of Representatives will choose a premier on Wednesday

in the final scene of the charade .. 

[faraday]

"The Bt137-million Bhakdibodin Building was officially opened in late August 2017 as part of an initiative by incumbent Premier Prayut Chan-o-cha,"

 

I would question the use of this word; perhaps a more accurate one would be 'occupier'.

 

 

[d2b2]

Built by Prayut, for Prayut.

I wonder if it has a King Power gift shop with commemorative Prayut key chains listing his promises

 

Edited June 3, 2019 by d2b2

[Wilsonandson]

It has a beautiful interior.

 

[Sydebolle]

Neo-Venetian Gothic architectural design? How futuristic is this!

[Srikcir]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

new prime minister to receive royal command of appointment.

Wasn't once enough?

[DrTuner]

1 hour ago, Sydebolle said:

Neo-Venetian Gothic architectural design? How futuristic is this!

Check out the history of many buildings in Dusit. Including the Throne Hall. The architect was Italian.

 

That was during a time when farangs were still welcomed here. I expect the next ones to be red wood with gold plating.

Edited June 3, 2019 by DrTuner

[PdJ100712]

DrTuner. Spot on. Government House was commissioned by Rama VI in 1923. The inspiration was Cà d'Oro in Venice, Italy. Designed by Annibale Rigotti, the construction was completed by Corrado Feroci (of Silpakorn University fame) and Ercole Manfredi. Most Thais seem constitutionally incapable of acknowledging that the best-known Bangkok landmarks were created by foreigners, particularly Italians, at the turn of the 20th century. 

 

Edited June 3, 2019 by PdJ100712

[Enoon]

4 hours ago, Wilsonandson said:

It has a beautiful interior.

 

 

 

 

 

 

...........If Kitsch is your thing.

 

 

Edited June 3, 2019 by Enoon