The main columns extend to the exterior of the building, creating protected indoor-outdoor spaces for balconies and terraces, and are lit at night, transforming the building into a vertical screen. The staggered block arrangement gives apartments light and air on all four sides. Thai elements — ceramic tiles, textiles and timber panelling — are abstracted to organise forms. Every horizontal surface is planted, and vertical faces are shaded by screens.
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Architect: WOHA Architects, Singapore
Client: Pebble Bay Thailand Company
Completion: 2009
Design: 2004-2009
Total combined floor area: 124,885 square metres
Total site area: 11,361 square metres
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