Baiyoke Tower II
Bangkok, Thailand

HEIGHT: 304m/977 feet
FLOORS: 85 floors
COMPLETION: 1997
ARCHITECT: Plan Architects Co.

Having the silhouette of the first Baiyoke Tower as its base, Baiyoke Tower II stands tallest with its red sandstone massive concrete base, giving the image of natural sandstone rising from the earth, punched out to provide space for human's various activities. The higher it goes, the more modernized and sophisticated these various voids become.
The glittering gold color, a Thai/oriental element symbolizing wealth, defines the top silhouette of Baiyoke I that points to the top of Baiyoke II: a suggestion of continuous prosperity.

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8.5/10

This building fascinates me by its slenderness which makes it looks super tall..and it looks mildly exotic without being gawdy.

http://www.thailandguidebook.com/baiyoke/002.jpg
People are sitting down having their buffet lunch on the 77th floor. This floor is called "Sky Buffet".

http://www.thailandguidebook.com/baiyoke/004.jpg
These people are on the revolving deck on top of this building (84th floor). It takes about 5 minutes to do a complete rotation. If you don't want to eat, it costs 120 baht to go to the top.

http://www.thailandguidebook.com/baiyoke.html

tall, and slender, über-nice

8.5

tays

Nice and slim, and nice roof and setbacks as well.

9.5/10

the fact is..
itis super tall!:D

very skinny . but must be impressive in person . . 8/10

Interesting, sleek and tall 8/10

Not the most exciting design but its still good.

8/10

Nice building, looks a bit like the Library tower

8.5/10. Very cool!

Baiyoke II Tower...
9.5/10
I like the design...http://www.baiyokehotel.com/baiyokesky/images/b_sky.jpg

An impressive tower that looks even taller than it is. It seems to have a sound design, that simply "makes sense" and looks good while doing it. One of my favorite highrises that is uniquely Asian in its detailing...


8.5/10

No gripes here. Perhaps a bit tall for its base, but nice variation in the fassade. 8.0.

although its design not so beautiful but it look so tall......love it too

6.5/10
I love the crown but not really the rest.. ;)

hmm... i thought about it, and ill give it a 10, its too good:D

With all the gold and the peaked setbacks halfway up, it looks quite royal to me. 9/10

My hotel was in the block next to this tower when I stayed at Bangkok...

You can see it from so many places, and is huge when you're at it's base. The streets around it turn into a large market by the evening, it's really lively there too.

8/10, looks better at night

The top's look unfinished to me+ugly antenna . soo

7/10 not bad for Bangkok :D

Originally posted by DamienK
With all the gold and the peaked setbacks halfway up, it looks quite royal to me. 9/10

Royal, that's the term...but the facade makes it less royal for me.
8/10 for the height!

8:5/10 - Slim, graceful tower with wonderful height, and the gold "arrows" on the facade, along with the gold on the crown, are a great touch. But where did that ugly little antenna come from? And did they put a new roof over the crown so they could get it up there? If they did, that was a mistake! The setbacks are also good, but I wonder if a bit of texture or some sort of detail on the facade might make it even nicer?

This building has a good look the only problem I see with it is that it is to slender.

9.0/10

It look so tall in this pic. :colgate:

http://photo.keepalbum.com/photo/646825

I love this building. I was fortunate enough to go to the top
where the observation deck is. The view of Bangkok was
breathtaking. It was even clear that day. The look of this
building is almost haunting due to its slenderness.
I love the color scheme as well.

When I went to Bangkok last month, I stayed in it, on the 50th floor. I had breakfast on the 80somthing floor and went to the top every day.

There's a full glass-faced lift on one of the corners running almost all the way along the height of the building. The trip up and down was breathtaking!

Not a bad building, 9/10

7.5 could have had more glass in the facade though. its height is a big plus

9.5/10

one of my favourite in the world!!

There is just far too much concrete in this building's facade for me to overlook. And concrete is my least favorite building material. So that automatically takes points off. On top of that, the design has always seemed a bit uninspired to me...perhaps if they had gone through with the original proposal and used a bit more glass, I'd be warmer to this building. But it doesn't seem to know what it's doing. It's got the shape of a 1920's downtown NY tower, the spire of a modern Asian supertall, and the color scheme of a slightly exhausted Graves building.

Sort of blah. 5.5/10

the design is ok...just like everyone said a little more glass would have worked wonders however it gets major points for being so slender!!....8/10

7.5/10

Cool looking building but it kind of too thin IMO. 7

9.

i had the chance to see it for real, it really does look taller than it really is, my first thought was thin but well proportioned and unmistakably asian.
i don't think there's not enough glass, it works real good as it is agains the bangkok skyline.

Tall
Not a bad building
9/10

http://www.thomasriddle.net/high-on-bangkok/images/01-bayoke-from-north.jpg http://www.thailandguidebook.com/baiyoke/003.jpg http://home.aut.ac.nz/~ibatterb/thailand/baiyoke2.jpg http://bangkok.thailandtoday.com/images/08/08_0017_baiyoke.jpg

really really urgly:bash:

Great pictures kiku!

I really love how the Baiyoke looks so slim and slender, and then you put the WTC behind it, which dwarfs it!

Great pics on this thread.

I really like this building, only two drawbacks already mentioned, the lower facade and that wimpy little antenna.

8/10

I was lucky enough to stay in it (44th floor). Stunning views even from that low level.

The observation deck up top is to be highly recommended. They play this dreamy/trancy Thai music while you stand on a platform that very slowly revolves you around the circumference. Go there at dusk, watch Bangkok light up (especially around Christmas when all the buildings have campy fluoro lights put on) and you'll really fall in love with Bangkok.

This tower looks good because first of all it's Slim!And that it's looks good in it's surroundings! :cool: 8.0/10

So tall@O@~

http://photo17.keepalbum.com/photo/929437

http://photo17.keepalbum.com/photo/946423

8/10 the top could be better. But is very tall and slender!. Nice one!:)

8 Tall, slender and beautiful... though the top is a bit overbearing

Nice, feminine tower. The gold does look good on it and I like the top.

Really slender and sexy!! :D :guns1: Though the facade looks kinda weird I think.. Maybe glass would have been better :) Anyway who cares, it's a supertall! :D

9/10

I've stayed in the hotel in this building and the views are mighty good across metropolitan Bangkok particularly from level 77. The hotel rooms were ordinary though, the walls were thin or something i could here conversations and the toilet flushing in the next room all night! :bleep: 7/10

7.5/10 tall but not too interesting.

10

Yay....

covering it with green glass wouldnt hurt either:D

7.5/10 must be Bangkok's finest

i give it a 7

does anyone here know the height of the observation deck at 84th floor and the height of the observation floor at 77th floor?? (height measured from ground)

thanks!

4/10...Another tall disappointment. The tower doesn't look bad up close, but from a distance it looks awful. I don't like the midlevel design on the setback, the colors are decent, the crown isn't that dramatic though you sense the tallness of the tower.

http://photo.keepalbum.com/photo/1244684

http://photo.keepalbum.com/photo/1243819

7.5/10

It's nice enough - and the fact that it's tall is a bonus ;)

7

7.5/10

Nice, but the color isn't my favorite.

9

that's so damned thin, great great!

but I don't like the color...

Apart from height and uniqueness I don't really like it.

The bottom part looks dirty and the whole tower looks a bit old already.. the DTAC sign doesn't help either.

..as Chad said, the top looks unfinished. If it had came out as the early renderings it would have been great!

Sorry but i find it one of the ugliest big skyscrapers.

4/10

A Nice One ! :) 10/10 ! :)

One of the most outstanding skyscraper in the world! 10/10

Beautiful !! The facade is nice, but the top is missing something. Maybe a bigger spire... 9/10

Yes i want a bigger spire too

I had dinner up there a few weeks ago
My sister flew in and we ahd the buffet dinner. Was very good food serverd on all 4 sides around the core and then seats around that. View was great. You are above every thing which sorta takes away from the density of Bangkok. Still wonderful.

Not sure I care for the huge signs on the side thats the only down fall !

Here are pics from my stay there. 18-20th October 2003.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dsc02636.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dsc02614-med.jpg
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http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dsc02615.jpg
The revolving observation deck. It is quite noisy up there but nothing beats the feel of the sun's rays on you by day, or the dazzling city lights at night.....
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dsc02619.jpg

Very interesting!
Is this an asian kingkong?
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/103dsc02618-med.jpg

This building is one of my favorites!

9/10

Has a Glass Lift from the bottom to the top
See avi
22 MEg sorry people

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4288763669
Image Station you will have to log on and down load to have access :(

8.5/10


Nice tower.

8/10

Amazing!
One of my favourite skyscraper. But the crown looks incomplete and there is always some huge advert on the top floors of the building.

Yer adver is a downer !
Was for Apec last time I saw it

6.5/10

9/10. I think the top could have been done better than this.

Night shots by Chad.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1310dsc03071.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1310dsc03072.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1310dsc03073.jpg

The top part is very ugly,the rest of the building is very simple,I do not like the color,It is an alone cement 5/10

it's simple. not one of the most beautiful but it's got the height. i think it deserves a 9!

6/10

8.5/10. Have visited this buildings observation deck. Glass elevator ride up the side. Impressive up close.:cool:

Now thats great shot

since is a hotel, the night view is not very attractive 8.5/10

8.5

Very slender tall beast this one. Always liked it and find it well proportioned. Would get more points if it were glassier, but still a great building.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1310dsc03746.jpg

9 because it's beautiful, 9.5 because it's my girlfriend's hometown :happy:

Originally posted by dj n-tenzti

9 because it's beautiful, 9.5 because it's my girlfriend's hometown :happy:

9.5 for the same reason. :D

9/10

too slender for my true liking.

8.5/10

It's so cool! The Baiyoke Tower 2 has slender shape. On Sky Deck has beautiful view. It's really impressive. :nocrook: :cheers1: 9/10

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1310DSC05984.JPG

Nice style. No flash but very unique. I love the public access to this inviting building. One of my favorites. I give it 9/10.

Yes, it's is. 8/10

But if Mr.Phunlert Baiyoke would finish the telecommunication mast project on the top which make it rise to 460 m. I think the score could be changed!
And I hope that he will got a very beautyful desigh.


Yes, I think I'm a bangkokian..

7.5/10

8.5/10

I love it, but I dont respect it. Too thin to be respectable (but still pretty). When I heard about the "silhoutter of Baiyoke Tower I" in the design, I was worried, but it turned out alright. Nice inviting building, and I like the crown. Subtle design, nice exterior.

9.5...soooooo awesome...i like it a lot...asia has soo coool skyscrapers

what is that ad painted on the side?

That ad is for local telecom operator Dtac. It sure wasn't popular among Thai forumers (because it was an eyesore) but fortunately their contract ended and that ad has now been removed :)

Its slender form, tasteful coloring and overall design make it look very regal, very classy. Nice job. 9/10

I reckon it stands out a bit too much........there are no other tall buildings surrounding it......but otherwise...its awesome...;)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p152dd2f9d470dfe96268d60d954c9538/faffdc97.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1310130821805AGDhRr_ph.jpg

like it, but not more! 6.5

I really love this one!! 9.5/10

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/chady/DSC08058copy.jpg

8/10 for an original building :)

6.5/10

7/10

9

Looks rather rich yet very suited to its environment. Beautiful detailing and soaring height. Love the crown but wish it was more impressive at night- that's the only thing I'd improve. Great landmark skyscraper!

9/10

Fabulous tower. The more I look at it, the more I like it.

I love the gold shiny bits.

I like this but i doesn't really fit in the skyline well. 9/10

http://img103.exs.cx/img103/2098/baiyoke8it.jpg

7/10 I like its slimness

9/10

Great design and height. I give it an 8/10.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/vimut2020/skyscrap/Picture176ex3.jpg

concrete monster.5

Eewwww, The only thing I like is the height
5/10

Awesome,slender tower,crown could be better 8.5/10

http://image05.webshots.com/5/9/91/86/80499186OQwBTa_ph.jpg

A good one, with its arrow-like stuff on the sides, slender shape, and golden crown.
The base looks very overwhelming and ugly, but the height makes it up. Except for that part above the golden crown...
7.

i guess the height is the only good thing. sorry, but i don't really like concrete towers :(

8.5/10

Is there always a advertisment on the side - they detract from an otherwise great building. I'm assuming the ads are projections right?

Pic from Emporis has an APEC ad
http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=226012

8.0

10/10

7.5/10
It's an exotic building but not my kind of style.

9/10 Nice and skinny!

I like it, very slim. 9.

I love this building. To me it is kind of the "ideal design" of a skyscraper.

8/10

8.5/10.

the design is not very impressive but looks tall.. bravo bangkok 7/10

http://thai.cside.tv/gallery/images/pratunam01-06.jpg

8/10

8.5/10

I don't like this style, but it looks impressive because of height ;) 7,5/10

A really nice building. I saw it in person 3 month ago and it looks a lot taller than it actually is, plus it has a great observation deck.

8.5/10.0

7/10

7.5

Fantastic.... 10 points...!

:)

A fine building, look old. I've been in this building a year ago, it has a great observation deck

wow...very big and gives out a very positive look...if you know what i mean?

10/10

The tower is nice but I don't like the top too much. 7/10.

8.5/10

6/10

7!

Great top but boxy base
7.5/10

boring
4/10

hate it.
4/10

9.5/10

8.5/10.

looks okay!!
8

8.5/10

8.5/10

The first skyscraper I went up...

Pretty unimpressive on the inside... There was a cheap market in the basement. The 78th floor restaurant was nice though. 7/10

Not that bad, 7.5/10

8/10

absolutely good designe , nice roof

It's nice though, but they could have done it much better. It would be nice as a building but not as the world's top building. Not modern enough and it's kindna messy up there at the top - the flag, the antena and the big ugly ads etc.
Many better looking buildings around in Bangkok. Pity they're just shorter.
6/10

Nice tower 9.5/10

nice tower 9/10

It's nice though, but they could have done it much better. It would be nice as a building but not as the world's top building. Not modern enough and it's kindna messy up there at the top - the flag, the antena and the big ugly ads etc.
Many better looking buildings around in Bangkok. Pity they're just shorter.
6/10
lol!!! This is the only one (300++) we have in our country. You should be proud of, man!!

6.5/10. The roof and the colour ruin it IMO.

7/10

lol!!! This is the only one (300++) we have in our country. You should be proud of, man!!

Well.. maybe some other Thais would give it a 9/10 or 10/10, but what can I say more?? It's really not that nice as Thailand's highest building. Besides, there are many more things to be proud of here in Thailand.
Don't get me wrong. Personally, I would give it a 10/10 but since it's an international forum here, so let's have an international judgement. :)

6/10

love it 9/10

I love the design. And my mom loves it when she went there so it's a 9.5/10. There are some imperfections though.

7.5/10.

9/10

8/10

An unimaginative design. Ill give it a 7. for the height.

whoa 10/10

I like this very much although I marked it down because of its crown. 7.5

Nice building.........8/10

Don't like it at all
4/10

10/20. Nothing interesting at all.

They stuffed up the top BIG TIME!

That piddly little antenna? Yuck!

7/10.

Cheers,

Adam

interesting....
7/10

very beatiful!!!!
9

I like it alot...8/10

Looks bit wierd, a bit unbalanced? don't know how to describe 7/10

6.5/10

8/10

So interesting :)
7.5/10

This building is in fact a pretty nice looking one. 8/10

7/10 the spire looks cheap

That is a slim slim building. I like the decorations. one of the few ethnic directed buildings that works.

9/10

Not an excellent one but definitely tall so 7/10

8/10
Looks quite good!

8/10 Nice for Bangkok...

I've been there few times, quite nice, 9/10

7/10

6,5/10

8.5/10

Nice for Bangkok 8.5/10

Baiyoke II Tower...
9.5/10
I like the design...http://www.baiyokehotel.com/baiyokesky/images/b_sky.jpg


same here :)

:shocked:slim and supertall a great recipe 9/10

ok 8/10

i love this tower, it looks so high. 9.5/10

7/10

the round top doesn't go well with the rest of the building.

It´s nice and tall, impressive 9/10

Concrete.... interesting

9/10

One of SE Asia's finest

9/10


I took this photo from the topmost floor of Baiyoke I.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/bangkok/F1010032.jpg

Not the greatest. Height saves it. 7.5/10

7/10

7/10

oops, i posted twice

8/10

7/10

Stayed at the Baiyoke when in Bangkok a couple of months ago and got a suite which was one of the point glass bits on the facade, which were just like an enormous glass house on the side of your room. The most unbelievable room I've ever stayed in. 10/10

8.5/10.

9/10 ;)

4/10:(

9/10

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b61/dd2020/baiyok2/DSC_0320copy.jpg

:)

The new advertising is by Johnnie Walker: "Drink, don't drive. :D

I gave the Bayoke II 8/10

It's really a landmark. You can see it from almost everywhere in central Bangkok.

8/10 not bad

9/10

Interesting use of rounded and squared off corners. 8/10...

a good centerpiece tower but a bit too bland 8/10

7.5/10

9 / 10

9.5/10

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9/10

this tower is looking very tall in some camera angels, i love that

9/10 very nice.

ok for me.looks like a rocket.
8/10

0 / 10.

A pathetic clown act. So "Chinese".

Designed by a moronic kindergartener of a wealthy tycoon?

0 / 10.

A pathetic clown act. So "Chinese".

Designed by a moronic kindergartener of a wealthy tycoon?

I find I have somehow warmed to the consistentcy of your opinions in the past few days Artech21, and would like to invite you down to Oz for a Shum-Cha in the Flower Drum restaurant, at 309 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne at 1.30pm on New Years Day. See you there. Bronte.

6.5/10

quite impressive, the top could've been nicer and the ugly advertisement on the side bring it down a lil bit.
8.5/10

8/10 Good height, but I don't like the top.

7/10

It's just bad.

3 / 10

9. pretty.

It looks very tall but I hate the design, so ugly. It shold be in BKK downtown but NOT. Anyway I give 10 haha for this building justbecause I live in Bangkok.

Baiyoke looks so tall comepare o the taller buiding.

forgot (t) there^

Looks fantastic but the top lets it down, i gave it a 7/10

nice! i like it. 9/10

3 /10

If I'd looked at the top of this building for a couple more minutes, I'd probably have rated it 1 /10.

If it wasn't for the top I would have scored this building higher than 7/10.

4.5 / 10

2 / 10

I can't stand the top and the base.

7.5

1 / 10

1 / 10

I dont like the facade.

6/10

good thing it's tall though.

my reasons for not liking this are

1. even though its not even 1000 ft., nothing around it comes close to it. sticks out like a sore thumb.
2. the top. they had a good scraper going...looks very american from the bottom to the middle, but they fcuked up the top
3. bangkok thailand, itself, is a disgusting place. If I lived over there I would be creeped out 24/7

4/10

only 7/10