East Asiatic Building

The East Asiatic Building is a historic building in Bangkok's Bang Rak District. It sits on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River, opposite the Oriental Hotel on Soi Charoen Krung 40 and adjacent to the Catholic Mission and Assumption Cathedral. The building was built c. 1900 in Renaissance Revival style to designs by Annibale Rigotti, and served as the headquarters of the East Asiatic Company (Thailand) until 1995. The building is well-conserved, and received the ASA Architectural Conservation Award in 1984.[1] Nowadays, it is used as a commercial event space, administrated by Charoenkrung Studio, and is often rented as a filming location.[2] The building is generally closed to the public, but was opened to visitors in November 2018 when it was one of the venues for the Bangkok Art Biennale.[3]

Facade facing Chao Phraya River, 2019

See also
  • Asiatique, a night market renovated situated in the former docks of the EAC

References
  1. ชนาภา ดิษฐปัญญา (8 September 2016). "สำนักงานบริษัท อีสต์เอเชียติก (ประเทศไทย) จำกัด / Office of the East Asiatic (Thailand) Company Limited". asaconservationaward.com (in Thai and English). Association of Siamese Architects. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  2. "ตึกเก่าอีสท์เอเชียติกเป็นอีกหนึ่งสถานที่..." เจริญกรุง สตูดิโอ Facebook page (in Thai). Charoenkrung Studio. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. Thongmark, Suthima (1 November 2018). "The historic East Asiatic Building is now open to the public to showcase Bangkok Art Biennale art works". Time Out Bangkok. Retrieved 6 December 2018.


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