General Post Office, Bangkok

The General Post Office

The General Post Office, also known as the Grand Postal Building, is a historic building in Bang Rak District of Bangkok. Built in 1940 on the former site of the British Legation, it was designed by architects Sarot Sukkhayang and Mew Aphaiwong in a mixture of Art Deco and International Style architecture which reflected the desire of the ruling People's Party to project a modern and powerful image of the state.^[1]

The building is now being developed as the offices of the Thailand Creative & Design Center.

References

↑ Fusinpaiboon, Chomchon (2014). Modernisation of Building: The Transplantation of the Concept of Architecture from Europe to Thailand, 1930s–1950s (PhD thesis). University of Sheffield. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

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Coordinates: 13°43′37″N 100°30′56″E / 13.72694°N 100.51556°E / 13.72694; 100.51556

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[1] Fusinpaiboon, Chomchon (2014). Modernisation of Building: The Transplantation of the Concept of Architecture from Europe to Thailand, 1930s–1950s (PhD thesis). University of Sheffield. Retrieved 2 February 2017.