Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2016 6:11:46 GMT 7
The completion of Thailand's tallest tower was celebrated last week with a spectacular light show. The MahaNakhon, which covers an area of 14,950 sq m (161,000 sq ft) in Bangkok's Sathorn Central Business District and rises to 314-m (1,030-ft), is wrapped in a distinctive ribbon of pixels.
The design, by Büro Ole Scheeren Group for Pace Development Corporation, was first revealed in 2009 and construction began in 2011. The helical ribbon incorporates glass "skyboxes" that project out of the building to contribute to its pixelated look.
There are three distinct sections into which the building's 77 floors are split. The first 20 floors are home to the 155-room Bangkok Edition Hotel, a boutique hotel operated by Ritz-Carlton. Levels 21 and 22 are used as maintenance floors for the electricity and air conditioning systems, but floors 23-73 are also operated by Ritz-Carlton, with its luxury Ritz-Carlton Residences. There are 209 units in total, ranging in size from 125 sq m (1,345 sq ft) to 844 sq m (9,084 sq ft) and from two to five bedrooms.
newatlas.com/mahanakhon-tower-bangkok-thailand/45261/
The design, by Büro Ole Scheeren Group for Pace Development Corporation, was first revealed in 2009 and construction began in 2011. The helical ribbon incorporates glass "skyboxes" that project out of the building to contribute to its pixelated look.
There are three distinct sections into which the building's 77 floors are split. The first 20 floors are home to the 155-room Bangkok Edition Hotel, a boutique hotel operated by Ritz-Carlton. Levels 21 and 22 are used as maintenance floors for the electricity and air conditioning systems, but floors 23-73 are also operated by Ritz-Carlton, with its luxury Ritz-Carlton Residences. There are 209 units in total, ranging in size from 125 sq m (1,345 sq ft) to 844 sq m (9,084 sq ft) and from two to five bedrooms.
newatlas.com/mahanakhon-tower-bangkok-thailand/45261/
