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Sinn Sathorn Tower
Sinn Sathorn Tower ( th, สินสาธร ทาวเวอร์) is a skyscraper in Thonburi side, Bangkok. The total height of is 44 floors, located at 77/8 Krung Thon Buri Road, Khlong Ton Sai Subdistrict, Khlong San District near the foot of Taksin Bridge, with total area of 120,000 square meters. Construction started in 1989. Completed in 1993, there were 255 units, each with a living area of 170. The square meter is 352 square meters, the cost is 2,000 million baht by Sinn Estate Property Co., Ltd. together with many other companies. It was once the tallest building in Thailand, and the tallest on the Thonburi side until taken over by The River in 2011. Today, Sinn Sathorn Tower is the 34st tallest building in Thailand. It was opened as a rental building. The location of the commercial offices, in 1997 was used as a filming location for the James Bond series, '' Tomorrow Never Dies'' by assuming the head office of Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce) in Saigon, Vietnam, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The River (skyscraper)
The River is a tall skyscraper in Bangkok, Thailand. On the banks of the Chao Phraya River opposite the Shangri-La Hotel, the building has around 70 floors of residential condominiums and was completed in 2011. Developed by Raimon Land, the project consists of two buildings, a taller south tower adjacent to the river, and a slightly smaller north tower which is offset from the front tower so that both towers can enjoy river views. The 74-floor The River South was the second tallest building in Thailand comprising entirely freehold condominiums and was the country tallest residential building. The 45-floor north tower includes a mix of both freehold condominiums either owned or rented, and a section of the tower which is a serviced apartment operated by Klapsons, a Singapore hotel chain whose owner was also a major shareholder of Raimon Land. 14 out of 84 service apartment units were later sold as condominium units Facilities include a 120 m river promenade, gym, several swimmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it the world's sixteenth-most populous country. Vietnam borders China to the north, and Laos and Cambodia to the west. It shares maritime borders with Thailand through the Gulf of Thailand, and the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia through the South China Sea. Its capital is Hanoi and its largest city is Ho Chi Minh City (commonly known as Saigon). Vietnam was inhabited by the Paleolithic age, with states established in the first millennium BC on the Red River Delta in modern-day northern Vietnam. The Han dynasty annexed Northern and Central Vietnam under Chinese rule from 111 BC, until the first dynasty emerged in 939. Successive monarchical dynasties absorbed Chinese influences through Confucianism and Buddhism, and expanded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyscrapers In Bangkok
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-rise buildings. Historically, the term first referred to buildings with between 10 and 20 stories when these types of buildings began to be constructed in the 1880s. Skyscrapers may host offices, hotels, residential spaces, and retail spaces. One common feature of skyscrapers is having a steel frame that supports curtain walls. These curtain walls either bear on the framework below or are suspended from the framework above, rather than resting on load-bearing walls of conventional construction. Some early skyscrapers have a steel frame that enables the construction of load-bearing walls taller than of those made of reinforced concrete. Modern skyscrapers' walls are not load-bearing, and most skyscrapers are characterised by large surface ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewelry Trade Center
The Jewelry Trade Center is a 59-story mixed-use skyscraper located in the Silom Road gemstone district of Bangkok, Thailand. Designed by Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, the building was completed in 1996. At Skyscraperpage.comJewelry Trade Center/ref> it is currently the eighth-tallest building in Thailand. It was the tallest building in Thailand when it was completed. The center is the largest center for selling, sourcing and distributing jewelry in Bangkok and one of the largest such centers in Asia. It contains a fully equipped gem-testing laboratory operated by the Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences (AIGS) as well as a gemological school, also operated by AIGS. The Bangkok Fashion Mall located in the building's lower plaza is a large retail space for outlet stores featuring clothing, shoes and accessories. Suppliers of loose gemstones, rough stones and jewelry from around the world are also in the retail areas of the building. The building contains banks, a food court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tallest Structures In Thailand
This page lists the tallest buildings and structures in Thailand by height. Within the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration area alone, there are over 160 completed buildings that stand are at least 150 metres (492 feet) in height. Additionally, there are more than 40 skyscrapers under construction as of September 2022. According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat database Bangkok is ranked 14th in the world in terms of the total number of skyscrapers. According to Emporis, a leading database for building information, Bangkok is ranked 6th after Hong Kong, New York City, Shenzhen, Tokyo and Singapore in terms of cities with most buildings higher than 100 metres (328 feet), with 468 buildings counted for Bangkok. The Greater Bangkok Metropolitan Region has the largest concentration of tall buildings in Thailand, followed by Pattaya and Chonburi on the east coasts. There are, however, fewer opportunities to develop tall buildings in other populous urban cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baiyoke Tower I
Baiyoke Tower I is a skyscraper in Bangkok, Thailand. It was completed in 1987 and was the tallest building in Thailand until 1993, when it was surpassed by Sinn Sathorn Tower. Baiyoke Tower is located in on Ratchaprarop Road in the Pratu Nam area of Ratchathewi District Ratchathewi ( th, ราชเทวี, ) is a district in central Bangkok, Thailand. Clockwise from the north, its neighboring districts are Phaya Thai, Din Daeng, Huai Khwang, Watthana, Pathum Wan and Dusit. History The district was part o ..., and houses the Baiyoke Suite Hotel. The building is high, with 43 floors. Its balconies are distinctively painted in rainbow colors and locked for Hotel guests. The rooftop buffet also features some of the best view over bangkok. Coordinates References * External links Baiyoke Suite Hotel official website Skyscrapers in Bangkok Hotels in Bangkok Ratchathewi district {{Bangkok-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krung Thonburi BTS Station
Krung Thon Buri station ( th, สถานีกรุงธนบุรี, }) is a BTS Skytrain station, on the Silom Line in Khlong San District, Bangkok, Thailand. The station is on Krung Thon Buri Road. It was the first station of Bangkok's rapid transit system on the Chao Phraya River's west bank. The station opened on 15 May 2009, together with Wongwian Yai station on the 2.2 km Skytrain extension. Krung Thon Buri station connects to the Gold Line APM station of the same name. Gallery File:201701 Krung Thon Buri Station.jpg, Platform of Silom Line File:Gold Line train at Krung Thon Buri station.jpg, A Gold Line train at Krung Thon Buri station File:BTS S7 Traditional station sign (Interchange Gold Line).svg, Krung Thon Buri Station Traditional sign (BTS) File:BTS G1 Traditional station sign (Interchange BTS).svg, Krung Thon Buri Station Traditional sign (Gold line) See also * Bangkok Skytrain The Bangkok Mass Transit System, commonly known as the BTS S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily News (New York)
The New York ''Daily News'', officially titled the ''Daily News'', is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, NJ. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson as the ''Illustrated Daily News''. It was the first U.S. daily printed in tabloid format. It reached its peak circulation in 1947, at 2.4 million copies a day. As of 2019 it was the eleventh-highest circulated newspaper in the United States. Today's ''Daily News'' is not connected to the earlier '' New York Daily News'', which shut down in 1906. The ''Daily News'' is owned by parent company Tribune Publishing. This company was acquired by Alden Global Capital, which operates its media properties through Digital First Media, in May 2021. After the Alden acquisition, alone among the newspapers acquired from Tribune Publishing, the ''Daily News'' property was spun off into a separate subsidiary called Daily News Enterprises. History ''Illustrated Daily News'' The ''Illustrated Daily News'' was founded by Patters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng, ( ; born 6 August 1962) is a Malaysian actress. Credited as Michelle Khan in her early Hong Kong films, she rose to fame in the 1990s after starring in a series of Hong Kong action films where she performed her own stunts, such as '' Yes, Madam'' (1985), '' Police Story 3: Supercop'' (1992) and ''Holy Weapon'' (1993). She gained international recognition for her roles in the James Bond film ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' (1997) and in Ang Lee's martial arts film ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' (2000). The latter role earned her a BAFTA Best Actress nomination. Yeoh's other works include ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' (2005), ''Reign of Assassins'' (2010), ''Kung Fu Panda 2'' (2011), '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny'' (2016), and '' The Lady'' (2011), where she portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi. She went on to have supporting roles in the romantic comedies ''Crazy Rich Asians'' (2018) and ''Last Christmas'' (2019), and the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brendan Brosnan (; born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor and film producer. He is best known as the fifth actor to play secret agent James Bond in the Bond film series, starring in four films from 1995 to 2002 (''GoldenEye'', ''Tomorrow Never Dies'', ''The World Is Not Enough'' and ''Die Another Day'') and in multiple video games. After leaving school at age 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration and went on to attend the Drama Centre in London for three years. Following a stage acting career, he rose to popularity in the television series ''Remington Steele'' (1982–1987). After the conclusion of the series, Brosnan appeared in films such as the Cold War spy film '' The Fourth Protocol'' (1987) and the comedy ''Mrs. Doubtfire'' (1993). After achieving worldwide fame for his role as James Bond, Brosnan took the lead in other major films including the epic disaster adventure film ''Dante's Peak'' (1997) and the remake of the heist film '' The Thomas Crown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
