Joanna James
Bangkok is dressed to impress its hordes of visitors. The towering, glittering and uniquely designed architectural masterpieces that define Bangkok's urban landscape is sure to leave you gazing in awe. Explore the strikingly beautiful city to give your inner architectural buff a treat.
Soaring to a staggering height of 314 metres, the 77-storey King Power MahaNakhon has been a huge head-turner since its unveiling in August 2016. The glittering glass skyscraper has been proudly enjoying its distinction as Thailand's tallest building until Magnolias Waterfront Residences beat it only by a surprising 4 metres, putting MahaNakhon in second place. The real head-turner of the structure isn't its height but its pixelated exterior that gives the building a three-dimensional, ultra modernistic look, as if it's a construction from a dreamy futuristic city.
Anyone who's been to London will quickly identify Pearl Bangkok's strong resemblance to the famed Gherkin in London's primary financial district, the city of London. The design of the 25-storey edifice has been inspired by pearls and has used over 11,000 meticulously-carved sheets of glass to get its iconic design of countless diamond shapes, smeared continuously throughout the exterior of the building. The vision of the awe-inspiring structure is to reflect Thailand's self-proclaimed moniker, the Pearl of Southeast Asia, thus, naming the building, Pearl Bangkok.
Giving out childish fun to its beholders, the Robot building is a one-of-a-kind structure that adds a different sense of innovation and creativity to Bangkok's urban landscape. Resembling a giant sleepy robot, every aspect of the building has been carefully designed to depict the intended architectural masterpiece. While the edifice boasts a quirky and rather humorous design, the vision behind it is to represent computerisation in the banking industry, which makes total sense as the building is now being used as the headquarters of United Overseas Bank in Bangkok. If you fancy setting your eyes on such architecturally astonishing structures, there are many hotels to stay in Bangkok city, such as Avani Atrium Bangkok, so you can easily explore them on foot.
Featuring a sleek, stylish and contemporary architectural design, the glamorous Central Embassy houses six storeys of high-end shopping stores. Feast your eyes on the breathtaking facade of the gigantic shopping centre and head inside to indulge yourself in some luxury retail therapy.
The glimmering, majestic and bustling corporate office complex gets its name from its iconic G-shaped building design. The whole G concept comes from its former proprietor G Land. Just by looking at the towering, oddly shaped glass skyscraper, it becomes apparent to anyone that the folks behind G Land have had a desire to infuse their brand into the urban landscape of Bangkok by designing the look of their building to resemble the first letter of their company name, the letter "G".
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