Baiyoke Tower 2

Baiyoke Tower II ( th, อาคารใบหยก 2, , ) is an 88-story, skyscraper hotel at 222 Ratchaprarop Road in the Ratchathewi District of Bangkok, Thailand. It is the fourth tallest building in the city, after MahaNakhon and Iconsiam, Magnolias Waterfront Residences at ICONSIAM. The building comprises the Baiyoke Sky Hotel, the tallest hotel in Southeast Asia and the seventh-tallest all-hotel structure in the world.

With the antenna (radio), antenna included, the building's height is , and features a public observatory on the 77th floor, a bar called "Roof Top Bar & Music Lounge" on the 83rd floor, a 360-degree revolving roof deck on the 84th floor and the hotel offers 673 guest rooms. Construction on the building ended in 1997, with the antenna being added two years later. The Baiyoke Sky Hotel website notes the height without the antenna as , while other sources note it as .

Gallery

File:Bangkok, Thailand, High angle aerial view.jpg, City panorama at dusk, observation platform.
File:Bangkok motorways at night, Bangkok at night, Thailand.jpg, View at night, observation platform.
File:Baiyoke_roof.jpg, Looking up at the top of the building from the 360-degree revolving roof deck on the 84th floor.
File:Baiyoke01.JPG, The observation platform of the Baiyoke II tower.
File:View north from the Baiyoke Tower II.JPG, The view north from Bangkok's Baiyoke Tower II with the Victory Monument, Bangkok, Victory Monument visible left of centre
File:File-View eastfrom the Baiyoke Tower II.JPG, A view east from the observation platform of Bangkok's Bayoke tower showing the new rail link to the airport
File:Bangkok skyline MARCH 2007.jpg, Bangkok skyline from Baiyoke Tower II
File:Bangkok Siam Pathumwan.jpg, View of the tower and its surroundings
File:03.11.15 19 Bangkoks høyeste bygning.jpg, The Baiyoke Tower II in Bangkok

See also

*List of tallest buildings in Bangkok
*List of tallest buildings in Thailand
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Sources

* Engineering News Record Magazine (June '96) International Construction Magazine (Nov '94)
* Civil Engineering International (May '96)
* Engineers Australia Magazine (Oct '96)
* VSL News (1994)
* Bangkok Post Archive

References

External links

Baiyoke Sky Hotel Official SitePlan Architect Co.Baiyoke Sky Hotel PhotosBig panorama view from Baiyoke Towers

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Hotels in Bangkok
Tourist attractions in Bangkok
Skyscrapers in Bangkok
Ratchathewi district
Hotel buildings completed in 1997
Hotels established in 1997
1997 establishments in Thailand
Retail buildings in Thailand
Skyscraper hotels in Thailand