Baiyoke Tower II
| Baiyoke Tower II | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Hotel |
| Location | 222 Ratchaprarop Road, Ratchathewi Bangkok, Thailand |
| Coordinates | 13°45′15″N 100°32′26″E / 13.754167°N 100.540556°ECoordinates: 13°45′15″N 100°32′26″E / 13.754167°N 100.540556°E |
| Construction started | 1990 |
| Completed | 1997 |
| Cost | ฿3.6 billion |
| Owner | Land Development Co. Ltd. |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 309 m (1,014 ft) |
| Tip | 328.4 m (1,077 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 88 |
| Floor area | 179,400 m2 (1,931,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Plan Architects |
| Developer | Land Development Corporation |
| Structural engineer | Arun Chaiseri Group |
| Main contractor | Concrete Constructions |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 673 |
| Website | |
| www.baiyokehotel.com | |
| References | |
Baiyoke Tower II (Thai: ใบหยก 2; rtgs: Bai Yok Song) is an 88-storey, 309 m (1,014 ft) skyscraper hotel at 222 Ratchaprarop Road in the Ratchathewi district of Bangkok, Thailand. It is the second tallest building in the city after MahaNakhon, and comprises the Baiyoke Sky Hotel, the tallest hotel in Southeast Asia and the seventh-tallest all-hotel structure in the world.
With the antenna included, the building's height is 328.4 m (1,077 ft), and features a public observatory on the 77th floor, a bar called "Roof Top Bar & Music Lounge" on the 83rd floor, a 360-degree revolving roof deck on the 84th floor and the hotel offers 673 guest rooms. Construction on the building ended in 1997, with the antenna being added two years later. The Baiyoke Sky Hotel website notes the height without the antenna as 309 m (1,014 ft), but the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), Emporis and SkyscraperPage note it as 304 m (997 ft).
Late 1980s Project conceived by Khun Panlert Baiyoke.
Early 1991 Official ground breaking. Foundation works carried out by Multiplex RSY Concert and the rest of the year of high quality of structions (Australia). Workers began to install 360 concrete piles (driven to 56m depth) before placing a 5m thick mat over the top.
November 1992 Concrete Constructions (Thailand) Ltd took over the project, work on the superstructure began. The contractor achieved 1.5 floors per month using jump forms and pumped concrete, the construction pace quadruple to 6 floors per month after the first 21 floors were built.
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