Ratchadamnoen Art Deco

The Royal Rattanakosin Hotel stands out with its long, cream-colored facade and the rows of balconies facing the Ratchadamnoen Avenue. Built in the nineteen thirties, the hotel served as a social hub for the Thai elite and international…

The Bangkok City Library occupies a building with a curved, art deco corner and long rows of tall, thin windows that face the Ratchadamnoen Avenue intersection. It served as the offices for the Property Bureau of the Crown for decades…

The Democracy Monument stands as a massive concrete core surrounded by four curved wings, each twenty-four meters high. It marks the site of the nineteen thirty-two revolution that transformed Thailand from an absolute monarchy into a…

The Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center occupies a long, rectangular building marked by a series of vertical concrete fins that break up its facade. It sits on the historic Ratchadamnoen Avenue, once envisioned as the Champs-Elysees of…

The Rattanakosin Exhibition Hall features a long, neoclassical facade with a rhythm of evenly spaced windows and columns that stretches along Ratchadamnoen Avenue. This building once served as the head office of the Bureau of the Crown…

The Queen's Gallery features a distinct, four-story white facade with large windows that distinguish it from the surrounding shophouses on Ratchadamnoen Avenue. Established in two thousand three at the request of Queen Sirikit, the…

The King Prajadhipok Museum sits inside a bright yellow, colonial-style building that once housed the Bangkok Department of Public Works. It marks the site where King Prajadhipok, the seventh monarch of the Chakri dynasty, signed the first…