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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional: Train Station Architecture in Thailand
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional. Photos and articles about Architecture in Thailand. Wednesday, 29 April 2015. Train Station Architecture in Thailand. Hua Lamphong Train Station. Perhaps since steam power was a Western innovation, along with mechanised industrialisation (and indeed train station design) it was felt that the train station should reflect this – a new, grand departure for Thailand. Hua Hin Train Station. The main building on the platform is the small wooden pavilion. It i...
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional: February 2012
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional. Photos and articles about Architecture in Thailand. Sunday, 12 February 2012. Practical Considerations for House Design in Thailand. One of the great natural resources that Thailand has is wood. There are plenty of hardwoods. A friend recently completed building a holiday villa in Thong Nai Pan. He bought turf for the garden. The grass didn’t seem to grow but lots of pretty butterflies could be seen flitting over the dying grass. It took him a...Having a la...
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional: August 2011
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional. Photos and articles about Architecture in Thailand. Wednesday, 10 August 2011. The best and the worst of bathrooms in Thailand. Bathrooms in Thailand are vastly varying quality. In cheap hotels, guest houses and bungalows bathrooms are functional and clean at best and awkward, dirty and falling apart at worse. Hot water vs. cold water. Styles of bathroom in Thailand. The color scheme of a bathroom can make it stand out. White seems sterile and out of da...
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional: July 2013
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional. Photos and articles about Architecture in Thailand. Thursday, 25 July 2013. The majority of visitors to Thailand head for the beach. They might stop for a few days in Bangkok and Chiang Mai but for most the focal point of the holiday is going to be a beach milieu. It is thus the buildings found at beach resorts that are going to inform people’s ideas of Thai architecture; that and Thai temples. Poppies Restaurant in Koh Samui. It is hard to find any structu...
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional: May 2011
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional. Photos and articles about Architecture in Thailand. Saturday, 14 May 2011. Architecture and Practice in Thailand. The Enjoyable Part of Thai Architecture. One of the most enjoyable aspects of building a house in Thailand. The Gap Between Design and Building. There is unfortunately a huge gap between thought and action, between plan and practice, between architectural design and building. Villa in Koh Phangan. Thai Roofs and Hardwood. Another problem was the...
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional: January 2013
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional. Photos and articles about Architecture in Thailand. Wednesday, 9 January 2013. The Fad with Unpainted Concrete. I am always surprised when I visit a new place in Thailand. I invariably stumble across a building with unpainted concrete. I can see no evidence of building work so I can only presume that the concrete has been left unpainted deliberately. Why do people do that? You can see below it is a row of joining hotel rooms on two levels. The architect...
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional: August 2012
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional. Photos and articles about Architecture in Thailand. Friday, 24 August 2012. Experiencing Thai Architecture in Hotels in Bangkok. The main building features a marble floor and a carved wooden staircase. The common areas are a treasure trove of Thai antique furniture. By staying in Chakrabonge Villas. You get an insight into Thai royal life; you even get a chance to try royal cuisine at the restaurant. This is a gem of a hotel. It was designed by the famo...
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional: May 2014
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional. Photos and articles about Architecture in Thailand. Tuesday, 6 May 2014. Beach Architecture in Thailand. The other end of beach culture is the traditional Thai beach bungalow made with local wood, bamboo and thatched roof. Back in the day these basic wooden bungalows on stilts didn’t even have a bathroom – it was more practical and hygienic to have a communal bathroom block. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Book hip hotels in Bangkok. Book Khao Lak rooms.
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional: September 2010
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional. Photos and articles about Architecture in Thailand. Sunday, 5 September 2010. The pictures below are taken of a mountain cabin in Kanagawa in Japan. So this blog post is not strictly speaking about Thai architecture, but when I saw pictures of the mountain cabin below I immediately thought that an adaption of this design would work brilliantly in a Thai setting. . Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Book hip hotels in Bangkok. Book Khao Lak rooms. Thong Nai Pan Info.
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional: November 2010
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Thai Architecture Contemporary and Traditional. Photos and articles about Architecture in Thailand. Monday, 22 November 2010. Whole Trees Architecture in Thailand. The architecture and builder, Roald Gundersen and his wife, Amelia Baxter set up Whole Trees Architecture and Construction in 2007 in Wisconsin, USA. It was the culmination of Gundersens fascination with using whole trees to make houses. Labels: bamboo tree house. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Book hip hotels in Bangkok. Book Khao Lak rooms.
