Baiyoke Tower II

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name=Baiyoke Tower II


previous_building=
built=1990-1997
opening=January 1998
surpassed_by_building=
use=Hotel
location=Bangkok, Thailand
roof=304 m (997 ft)
antenna_spire=328 m (1,076 ft)
floor_count=85 aboveground 3 belowground
floor_area=179,400 m²
elevator_count=85
architect=
skyscraperpage_id=81|

The Baiyoke Tower II, located on 222 Rajprarop Road in the Ratchathewi district of Bangkok, Thailand, is the country's tallest building ( But soon to be overshadowed by the Ocean One "O1" tower by 63m; scheduled to be built in Pattaya, Thailand by the end of 2010 ). It contains the Baiyoke Sky Hotel, the tallest hotel in Southeast Asia and the third-tallest all-hotel structure in the world, with 673 guest rooms.

The building is 304 m (997 ft) tall, or 328 m (1,076 ft) tall if its antenna is included. It has 85 floors, with a public observatory on the 77th floor, a bar called "Roof Top Bar & Music Lounge" on the 83rd floor, and a 360-degree revolving roof deck on the 84th floor. Construction on the building ended in 1997, with the antenna being added two years later, in 1999.

The Baiyoke Sky Hotel website itself lists the height without the antenna as 309 m (1,014 ft), but the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), Emporis, and SkyscraperPage list it as 304 m (997 ft), with SkyscraperPage stating that this height was supplied by the structural engineering company.

-Recent modification of the crown June 2008

ee also

*List of tallest buildings in Thailand

External links

* [http://www.baiyokehotel.com Baiyoke Sky Hotel Official Site]
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=107136 Baiyoke Tower II at Emporis.com]
* [http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=81 Baiyoke Tower II at SkyscraperPage.com]
* [http://www.geocities.com/topsyturvy_6051/b2.html Bangkok Highrises]
* [http://www.thailandbilder.se/panorama/BaiyokeSkyTower/ Big panorama view from Baiyoke Towers]
* [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=203398 Baiyoke Tower II at SkyscraperCity.com]