HipDude Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 Author's Lounge (Oriental Hotel) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipDude Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 Assumption Cathedral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isanbirder Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 The one in post 27 (don't know what it's called) is a blatant rip-off of the Bank of China Building in Hong Kong. Very few good buildings outside Bangkok? Prasat Hin Phimai is at least as attractive as Phanomrung, but is hemmed in by buildings. Chiangmai has few high-rise buildings, and none of distinction. The nineteenth-century buildings round the Three Kings Monument are attractive though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lional6 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 The Siam Intercontinental Hotel Bangkok in 1970 (Now is Siam Paragon mall) Met my first wife there, and like the building gone. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 (edited) SCB park Edited June 27, 2012 by Soutpeel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palm Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Banyan Tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 The Siam Intercontinental Hotel Bangkok in 1970 (Now is Siam Paragon mall) Met my first wife there, and like the building gone. i used to enjoy going there every canada day lovely gardens all malled under Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipDude Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 The Siam Intercontinental Hotel Bangkok in 1970 (Now is Siam Paragon mall) Met my first wife there, and like the building gone. Thanks for sharing that. I vaguely remember it. Never went inside, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipDude Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 ... Here's that new business park near Lad Phrao: ... That pic has been photo-shopped as well as other elements in the photo, Ha! Sussed. Check this: http://www.ilovebelgium.be/skinny-skyscrapers It fooled me for about thirty seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 The Dusit Thani Hotel. Not a great building, by any means, but one of the very first high rise buildings in BKK. When I first arrived there were only two others, the Indra Hotel and the old Chokchai building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 My favourite building in Thailand?..................that's easy...........my home. Pictures…where are the pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandDenmark417 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Count me in on the Kasikorn too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 My favourite building in Thailand?..................that's easy...........my home. Pictures…where are the pictures? I am only a novice VF, have tried to attach photo but am all thumbs.......once I can find out how to do it, trust me, you will like my home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiebebe Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I love the Elephant Museum in Samut Prakarn - the circular base is the museum and then you walk up a staircase inside the leg of the three-headed elephant and the body is a beautiful temple. I really don't like anything traditional like temples so it was a surprise for me to like this one so much. For modern buildings I think Chaeng Wattana building with the immigration department has a spectacular roof, it's always nice to enjoy the vastness of the inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJohnnyBKK Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 The one in post 27 (don't know what it's called) Thai Kasikorn Bank headquarters The Siam Intercontinental Hotel Bangkok in 1970 (Now is Siam Paragon mall) Stayed there on one of my pre-settlement visits, very nice, lovely lovely gardens. Torn down 2002? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenslegs Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I'm a big fan of Suvarnabhumi airport. Particularly the arrivals section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I'm a big fan of Suvarnabhumi airport. Particularly the arrivals section. I'm a big fan of Suvarnabhumi airport. Particularly the arrivals section. ......and the most Unfavourite......is the departure lounge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 The Dusit Thani Hotel. Not a great building, by any means, but one of the very first high rise buildings in BKK. Bingo we agree. They the library or the bar with the aquarium counter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipDude Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 I love the Elephant Museum in Samut Prakarn - the circular base is the museum and then you walk up a staircase inside the leg of the three-headed elephant and the body is a beautiful temple. I really don't like anything traditional like temples so it was a surprise for me to like this one so much. For modern buildings I think Chaeng Wattana building with the immigration department has a spectacular roof, it's always nice to enjoy the vastness of the inside. Not heard of the Elephant Museum. I'll Google it and grab some photos. Agree with you about immigration at Chaeng Wattana. Not too much there in the way of food, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 My favourite building in Thailand?..................that's easy...........my home. Pictures…where are the pictures? Ok after much trial and error........I'll try and attach some pics. Hope that works. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 My favourite building in Thailand?..................that's easy...........my home. Pictures…where are the pictures? Ok after much trial and error........I'll try and attach some pics. Hope that works. Don't forget to post in the Finished House Pictures thread as well. Will make a welcome addition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltandpepper Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Maruekhathaiyawan (Phetburi) Yes, I agree, I love this one too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipDude Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 My favourite building in Thailand?..................that's easy...........my home. Pictures…where are the pictures? Ok after much trial and error........I'll try and attach some pics. Hope that works. Are they pineapples in the foreground? If so, I'm guessing Prachuap Khiri Khan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipDude Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 Khao Wang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiebebe Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I love the Elephant Museum in Samut Prakarn - the circular base is the museum and then you walk up a staircase inside the leg of the three-headed elephant and the body is a beautiful temple. I really don't like anything traditional like temples so it was a surprise for me to like this one so much. For modern buildings I think Chaeng Wattana building with the immigration department has a spectacular roof, it's always nice to enjoy the vastness of the inside. Not heard of the Elephant Museum. I'll Google it and grab some photos. Agree with you about immigration at Chaeng Wattana. Not too much there in the way of food, though. It's on Sukhumvit road as you enter Samut Prakarn, a giant three-headed elephant surrounded by lovely gardens and ponds. Normally temples are the last places I want to visit in Thailand but this one is inside the elephants body! You get there by walking up a stair case inside one of the elephant's leg - very interesting in itself. The temples I usually get dragged to by my Thai wife have every imaginable superstitious practice - candles, incense, coin bowls, stick-shakers, lucky paper, gold leaf, oil bowls, water baths, bells and they are busy; everything is money, money, money. The elephant museum temple, probably because there is an entrance fee, is exactly how a temple should be in my view, peaceful and relaxing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DP25 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Wat Samphran. 17 story building in Nakhon Pathom with a dragon wrapped around it and a Buddhist temple on the top. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipDude Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 Wat Samphran. 17 story building in Nakhon Pathom with a dragon wrapped around it and a Buddhist temple on the top. That's amazing. Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 My favourite building in Thailand?..................that's easy...........my home. Pictures…where are the pictures? Ok after much trial and error........I'll try and attach some pics. Hope that works. Are they pineapples in the foreground? If so, I'm guessing Prachuap Khiri Khan. Pong Krating, Ratchaburi and yes they are pineapples in the foreground. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJohnnyBKK Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Back to modern architecture, the CAT building's not really special, but the curved glass does look great as you glide past on the river. Pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Speaking of curved glass, this used to be a favorite haunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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