Empire Tower
Bangkok, Thailand

HEIGHT: 227m/744 feet
FLOORS: 62 floors
COMPLETION: 1999
ARCHITECT: designed by ACT Consultants Co. Ltd

One of the most technically advanced highrise buildings in Bangkok. The building is wired by a fibre optic 'backbone' which contain 4000 telephone lines and boasts a state-of-the art security and fire control system.

The interior is characterised by large column-free floor plate which provide Grade-A office spaces. The tower's footprint is over 60m in length.

It is currently the largest office buildings in Bangkok
The building is constructed to exacting U.S. standards of fire safety with sophisticated building management systems including a computerised parking system and is serviced by 52 high speed elevators

The tower played host to an annual run-up event (like the one ..staged each year at NYC's Empire State building).

The building is located on South Sathorn Road and is easily accessible by the BTS skytrain.

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/ssc1819/empire.jpg

http://www.sky.s64.pl/home/W/Bkk/b26.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/2/103dscn1340.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/2/103dscn1344.jpg

8, its kool! but its fat,....

(u see i like glass buildings but i hate fat ones)

I kinda like this building...and it looks awesome inside.
9/10..but a little too big.
http://www.keng.com/olddays/2002-09-18-empire.jpg http://www.cbrichardellis.com.sg/thailand/images/empire.jpg

It's ok, but nothing really stands out...7/10

A bit wide at the sides, but very nice with the setbacks and glass.

7/10

5/10
not very nice. too fat

has a castle sort of look to it. . im a sucker for blue glass! 7.5/10;)

8.5/10 ...one of my favourite Bangkok Buildings
http://baqthier.tripod.ca/empre1.jpg

7.5/10

It must be really massive..but I dont quite like the colour..too plain. It reminds me of a similar building in Paris which I prefer.

wow. I like the massiveness of it. Makes it stand out. It's in the "Ones I want in my back yard" edition.

8/10;)

Here's another pic

http://e274.w3.ton.tut.fi/thailand/b29.jpg

This tower shows that bigger is not always better. 5/10

8/10. I like reflective glass. This building is somewhat unique.

looks like a finger...it's good they didn't made the middle one the tallest!
i like the glassy facade!
but not so striking!
6.5

It's ok but too wide.

6.5/10

5/10

5/10

Looks really short b/c it is so wide...I give it a 5 though because it has height.

It's ok but too wide.

6.5/10

way too wide, but i like the color.

6.5/10

it looks huge
6.5/10

i wonder what its like in the inside..

it is a tour total, fina, elf. rip off,

4 for cheek

http://www.foto4.com/empire.jpg

Very nice building and it's the only fat building I like
8/10

How many people work in the building?

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Yep

It's trying to be different just for the sake of being different. The shapes don't make any sense to me.

5/10

boring glass box :(

8/10 I like it better than Bangkok's other fat building.

Fat,wide.but i like the reflective on the building and the way it looks at night.
7.5/10

Look at these close-up photos and you might change your mind about the building. It actually doesn't look that bad, maybe just a little too big.
http://photo.keepalbum.com/photo/913996
http://photo.keepalbum.com/photo/913995

Those two close up photos look awesome.

6 Too big... would look nicer if it was more symmetrical

I don't like this at all. It's too plain. 3/10.

5.5/10

I wish this block was split up into multiple blocks...then it wont looks so wide in some angles. :) 7/10.

10

GREEEEEEENNN, BANGKOK!, BANGKOK!, GREEEEN!!!

this is cool. 9/10

10, i like it

oh, if only i can add 1 point to my rating.

hmm.. i dunno what i rated this, but i would have given this a 7. it's not that fat imo, i like the blue glass

8/10

The glass is cool, but it's to wide.

monster. 2/10.

6

facade: glassy, cool
form: too wide (btw: in look-ups that's a great view because it's so massive! but in distance views i don't like such wide buildings)
points: 7

Unusual proportions compared to the size. It's massive and really stylish seen in R.L.

9/10

8/10

I find it too massive, but isn't ugly.....

7/10

7.5/10 :)

looks very impressive in person

7.5/10 - The indentations in the facade provide some good interplay between light and shadow, and the facade itself dances with the light fairly well.

BUT - it's simply too wide and bulky to soar gracefully, the facade might look better if the color was more vivid (or if it had some metal trim), and the roof line doesn't come together well at all - the different heights just make it look disorganized...

Very unique.
Very nice Building
But it looks too fat and wide.
Too spread out to be cool!

Picture #2 shows a split ?! Two seperate buildings after all ?

Anyhow, the wall-effect would be stronger when other materials were used for the facade....

6/10 for massiveness

8.5/10


It would be better if insted of one they were two towers (divide the tower in two).

9/10. I don't know..the bigger the better for me :D, and I really like the colour.

Picture by Chad
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1310dsc02928.jpg

too bulky and plain...looks more like a foot than a finger.

6

Too much glass. 5/10

Very wide, but the angled facets add some interest. Don't like that weird base. 7/10.

Arg, it looks like 6 skyscrapers right next to each other and a little too repetitive looking because of that and plain but I kind of like this building. 6.5/10

6/10

8.5/10

8/10

Far too wide and overbearing.

By day, it's like a huge 'shield' blocking out the sky. By night, its neon lighting is cool but it still seems to over-dominate the skyline.

5.5

What a strange bottom, huge building. 7.0

7/10

love it. 9.5/10

I gave it an 8. It does look shorter then what really is. From the pictuers that is.

I like this building, especially at night Simple and at the same time majestic. I like the color and the green neon light at night.

I give it a 9. At night this building looks like a giant graphic equaliser (except the lights are not flashing) :D Here's a photo I took:

http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~passean/EMPIRE.JPG

^

Thats stunning! :eek:

Contrary to what some people might think it doesn't dominate the Bangkok Sathorn skyline at all and it has an enormous setback from the main road plus the narrow side to the other road so 'blocking out the sky' :? Hard to think of it that way, it's more like a giant mirror reflecting the sky.

7

The building itself isn't unattractive although the top could have some sort of cohesive element to it. I see it as a structure that would look better standing alone or along the shore somewhere.

6.5/10

5/10 no good

Very beautiful facade, but the design seems like overkill. I give it an 8.5/10. :)

7/10

8.

nice looking building 7/10

6.5/10

This building is too fat for my taste.

8/10

8/10.

8/10

Wow! A big wall of glass, impressive! 7.5/10

It's too fat and too massive but looks interesting - quite unique design. 7,5/10

Huge thats all..5.5/10

oh 9/10

7/10

6/10

It`s massive and it`s not a bad thing. 7.5/10

8/10

not bad at all, 8/10

Nice glassy building but too fat
7/10

Cool but too massive, huge and bulky. 8/10

Massive glass building 7.0

6.5/10 reminds me of Union Bank Plaza Building at the Ortigas center..

A very wide tower but the bulk is broken in what can look like a cluster of slender towers rather than one bulky one. The height variation is helping too. The design is unfortunately still quite plain but well, that was a good effort.
7.5

a massive building with nice shape but too glassy
6/10

nicee black building for Bankok. 8.5/10

too wide... too massive... like a wall 7/10

pretty massive 7/10

It has an interesting shape and is very long but i don't find it interesting. The mammoth lenghth of it detract from the height.

6.5/10

9/10

5/10

7/10 :)

nice, just a littlebit too fat, 9/10

7/10

8.5/10

6,5/10

7/10

6/10

7.5/10

8.5/10

great tower, i like fat towers they look so massive and indestructibly. 9/10

Nice, but a bit fat. 8.5/10 :)

Weird.. 5/10

7.5/10

8/10

10/10

9.5/10 It's Verynice

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7/10

6/10

Huge but I like the glass and crystalline effect it has. 7.5/10

10. amazing!

8/10 Looks all squished up but it's still pretty nice

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7840/img78882rjlz1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

too massive :( 6,5/10

7 / 10

Poor decision on the facade of base section.

8/10

Funky looking building, i like how it's not symetrical and a big uneven at the top, creating an interesting look.

green lights are for sleezy nightclubs. It really dates the building @ night.

tremendous tower, 10

I typically don't like wide buildings, but this is an exception. 9/10 :)

7/10

10/10 beautiful

8.5/10

I really like this one but it is a bit wide, uhhm a 8,5 out of 10.

nice building ! 9/10

boxy and wide
6.5/10

9/10

7.5/10

8/10

10/10

Not bad, but it looks very heavy. 7/10

8/10

8.5/10 interesting

It's a nice building I just wish it was as tall as it is wide. The lighting on the top looks good at night.
The building kind of reminds me of Rialto Towers in Melbourne with the shiny cladding. 7/10

quite a badly designed building...only looks nice at night..a 227ms 62 storey shud not be that wide cos it doesn't look tall due to it's broad size...lower segment of the building is not ugly but it doesn't match well with the tower...the facade is nothing much..it's asymmetrical but at the same time it's not radical..conclusion...not an eye-opener at all...nothing much to shout about...4/10

6/10

Could have been done much better 6/10

8..

too massive 6/10

8.5/10

9/10

8/10

8/10

this looks like a taller, skinnier version of renunion tower in dallas, cool, neon lights and all!

Weird. . . 4/10

It's a huge wall, but the base is poor. 7/10

nice building and big.

7/10

8 fat and nice

ok but too wide.

sexiest short tower

9/5/10

:eek:

9/10

:)7.5.

nice-lookin' tower.........8.5/10

6/10

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/thinkpop/Empire_S.jpg?t=1217838106

7/10

8.5 - It dominates

9/10

8.

6.5/10

7,5/10

8/10

too wide :/
8/10

9/10

8.5/10

7/10

huge but not really impressive...

5.5/10

9.

8/10

7/10

9. Very good building. Regards.

7.5/10

7/10

Glassy but overscaled. 6.5

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/thinkpop/Empire_S.jpg?t=1217838106

7.5/10

8.5

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8/10

8.5/10

9/10

voted 8/10

just a little too big :)

8/10

Empire Tower Bangkok

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2793/4261207219_04e25d0b27_b.jpg

From : Flickr
By : kfcatles :)

huge and modern! 9/10

7/10

8/10

Enormous but very appealing.

8/10 sexy.

9/10

Plain and bulky, but looks ok at night. 5/10

8/10 love how big it looks

8/10
cute :banana:

8.5/10 love the 'bar chart' shape

10/10

8/10

8/10

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/567/empiretb.jpg

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3901/200pxempiretoweratsunse.jpg

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/4639/10721958.jpg

8/10

8/10

8/10

6/10

4.5/10

6.5/10

9/10

9.5/10

Taken by Maracus
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/8599/dsc1370d.jpg

Where's the pic?

8/10

5/10

9/10

7/10