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Baiyoke Tower II ( th, อาคารใบหยก 2, , ) is an 88-story, skyscraper 
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 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
Baiyoke Sky Hotel Official SitePlan Architect Co.Baiyoke Sky Hotel PhotosBig panorama view from Baiyoke Towers
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hotel
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at 222 Ratchaprarop Road in the Ratchathewi District of Bangkok
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, Thailand
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. It is the fourth tallest building
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in the city, after MahaNakhon and Magnolias Waterfront Residences at ICONSIAM. The building comprises the Baiyoke Sky Hotel, the tallest hotel
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in Southeast Asia
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and the seventh-tallest all-hotel structure in the world.
With the 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 .
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See also
*List of tallest buildings in Bangkok
Within Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, there are over 165 completed skyscrapers, i.e. tall habitable buildings that stand at least 150 metres (495 feet) based on standard height measurement. In addition, there are over 40 skyscrapers under co ...
*List of tallest buildings 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. Additionall ...
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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 ArchiveReferences
External links
Baiyoke Sky Hotel Official Site
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