James Bond in Bangkok

Rajadamnern Stadium is defined by its circular ring, a shape that distinguishes it from nearly every other major combat sports venue in the world. As the first purpose-built Muay Thai stadium, it remains the oldest of its kind, established…

Krung Kasem Road runs directly alongside the canal of the same name, a waterway dug in eighteen fifty-one during the reign of King Mongkut. When the city began to outgrow its original defensive boundaries, the King ordered the excavation…

Bangkok Yai is defined by the winding canal of the same name that slices through the western bank of the Chao Phraya River. This waterway was the primary course of the river until fifteen twenty-two, when a canal was excavated to bypass a…

The Sinn Sathorn Tower rises as a forty-four-story postmodern office building near the foot of the Taksin Bridge. Completed in nineteen ninety-three, the structure stood as the tallest building in Thailand for three years. It features a…

The Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok sits on the banks of the Chao Phraya River, defined by the white facade of the Authors’ Wing, a structure that has occupied this riverfront plot since eighteen eighty-seven. As the first luxury hotel in what…

The Banyan Tree Bangkok is a notably slender skyscraper that rises sixty-one floors above the Sathon district. Opened in two thousand two, the tower was constructed on a plot of land that was considered too narrow for a typical luxury…

The Ancient City, or Muang Boran, covers three hundred twenty hectares and takes the rough geographic shape of Thailand. The grounds contain one hundred sixteen structures including temples, palaces, and historical monuments, many…