Thailand
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“A dialogue between advanced digital technology and traditional craftsmanship”
Southeast Asian craft traditions meet French high fashion in Thailand, as Enter Projects Asia completes Hermès with an emphasis on rattan materiality.
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Re-imagining Bangkok’s urban landscape
A standout pavilion from this year’s Bangkok Design Week explores shade and light for people and place.
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From laminates to late-night beats: Inside Lamitak’s Bangkok launch
Lamitak’s Portfolio 2026/27 Collection made its debut in Bangkok with colour, energy and a crowd that celebrated design in full swing.
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The Standard, Pattaya Na Jomtien: A coastal escape shaped by design
Opening in October 2025, The Standard, Pattaya Na Jomtien brings together ONION, DIN Studio, Studio Lupine and Verena Haller to create a sculptural modernist retreat where art, architecture and coastal culture meet.
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In the spotlight at the 2025 INDE.Awards
Projects and people from across our region were certainly prominent at the 2025 INDE.Awards gala and in particular, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Singapore and Thailand made their presence felt.
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HAS design and research
Practicing architecture and giving back to the next generation of students, Jenchieh Hung of HAS design and research is ensuring that the landscape of Thailand is in very good hands for the future.
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A sustained approach
Enter Projects Asia is an architecture and design practice that breaks the mould of traditional making and design but also ensures that the environment is front and centre in all that it does.
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“A turning point for Thai hospitality”
Dusit Thani Bangkok has reopened with a contemporary interpretation of its heritage by André Fu Studio, blending Thai cultural influences with modern design.
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MillerKnoll and Pergo put on celebrations in Bangkok
The global leader in design and innovation, formed from the merger of Herman Miller and Knoll, recently hosted an exclusive event to mark a milestone in its partnership with Pergo.
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Coffee and the experiential
IDIN Architects creates another spectacular project following its win in The Social Space category at the 2024 INDE.Awards.
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Book review: from MANufAcTURE to Architecture, Museum of Modern Aluminium
This book may be small but it has mighty things to say about a signature project in Thailand designed by HAS design and research.
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Design with soul
Expect the experiential when HAS design and research creates. In this public space there is the opportunity to pause and reflect as well as meet and learn all within a structure that infuses the past with the present.
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Meaning and Material: Aesop’s first standalone store in Thailand
Designed by Sher Maker, Aesop Thonglor is an ode to Thai craft, culture and vernacular architecture.
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5 best spatial designs from the 2023 Golden Pin Design Award
From Thailand to Japan, the winning works highlight the importance of sustainability, biophilia and regenerative design.
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Felix Ng of Anonymous on opening a Bangkok office and working globally
The co-founder of the branding and design agency behind well-known projects such as A Design Film Festival shares observations and local tips after spending time working in Bangkok.
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Imagination without constraint: Casa de Zanotta teaches us a thing or two about retail
Inspired by a forest of stone, and created as a place to showcase the iconic Italian furniture brand Zanotta, this retail space is unconstrained in its vision of what a new-age shopping experience should be.
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This bamboo-built ‘sea-to-table’ pavilion cultivates and serves its own oysters
Reinvigorating its local Angsila economy, this pavilion in Thailand becomes a floating restaurant where fishermen and visitors can select and eat their own oysters. No wonder it won The Influencer award at INDE.Awards!
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How a Bangkok home caters to the needs of young and old
This remarkable home is a testament to the enduring connection between a son and his elderly mother, bringing two generations under one roof while preserving memories of the past.
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Stimulating mind, body and soul: HAS Design and Research
INDE.Award-winning studio, HAS Design and Research, may be young but its projects reflect a talent far beyond its practice years. Its vision translates into a new and beautiful reality designed to stimulate mind, body and soul.
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Infinity Ground exhibition explores contemporary architecture in Thailand and Taiwan
From 18 July to 6 August 2023, experience the captivating world of contemporary architecture from Thailand and Taiwan at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center (BACC).
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Literate design: The bookstore infused with Chinese history by HAS
As an architecture practice, HAS design and research is leading the way, creating inspirational projects with ingenuity and originality. They are projects that always amaze and The Glade Bookstore in downtown Chongqing is no exception.
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Chao Phraya Sky Park: From abandoned railway infrastructure to pedestrian bridge
Left forgotten against the dense metropolis landscape of Bangkok, the abandoned rail infrastructure now connects people and the city in another existence.
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The bespoke seaside idyll of ÀNI Thailand
As a luxury holiday destination, ÀNI Thailand is in a class of its own. As a hospitality venue it showcases refined design, curates the experiential and presents the very best of Thailand to a global clientele.
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The Work Space shortlist for 2022 INDE.Awards
Workplaces are evolving and, in this year’s INDE.Awards, there are offices that showcase just what is expected in the new office environment. Fit-for-every purpose, these offices are homes away from home, with every amenity to sustain a working life.
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The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon is open for stay
The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon is a collaboration between Spanish artist and designer Jamie Hayon and The Standard’s in-house design team.
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Your last days to enter INDE.Awards! Plus 10 past winners to inspire you
INDE.Awards entries close this Thursday 31 March. We’ve rounded up 10 of our all-time favourite INDE.Awards winning projects.
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Preview: The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon hotel by Jaime Hayon
The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon is open for reservations and will welcome guests in May 2022.
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Cafe and workshop come together in PAGA Microroastery
PAGA Microroastery leads the way in delivering fine coffee and beautiful design at a purpose-built coffee roastery and café in downtown Bangkok.
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PAGA Microroastery delivers coffee with style
PAGA Microroastery leads the way in delivering fine coffee and beautiful design at a purpose-built coffee roastery and café in downtown Bangkok. It’s creatively crafted and certainly makes a statement on the streetscape, showcasing design at its best.
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From a love motel to a neighbourhood ‘street’ hotel
CHAT architects transform a Bangkok love motel into a neighbourhood ‘street’ hotel; and in the process, promote urban activities derived from forgotten traditions and street typologies.
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Space, craft and the power of perception
Exofood is a futuristic retail and laboratory space in Thailand, designed by Space+Craft to alter how people view alternative food sources—namely, insects.
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Chat Architects On Architecture With A Lower-Case ‘a’
Chat Architects digs into the underbelly of Bangkok’s chaotic urban scape for inspiration to create truly local spatial encounters.
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Onion Reinvents Resort Architecture With Sala Samui
Resort architecture takes a curvilinear route in the sculpted Sala Samui Chaweng Beach Resort, courtesy of Thai design studio Onion. The result is a tempered yet inspiring series of spaces.
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Green Building Will Be The Focus At Architect’19 Expo In Bangkok
Architect’19, the region’s biggest architectural works, materials, and construction technology expo, opens in Bangkok on 30 April. This year’s theme ‘Living Green’ picks up on Thailand’s increasing interest in sustainable building.
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The Observation Deck Of MahaNakhon Tower Is Now Open
It’s now possible to hover above the pixellated form of Ole Scheeren’s MahaNakhon Tower in Bangkok on a glass deck over 300 metres above ground level.
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A Slice Of Island Life At Hotel Indigo Phuket Patong
Habita Architects and BLINK Design Group channel the spirit of Patong Beach’s fishing village culture and vibrant nightlife at Hotel Indigo Phuket Patong.
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Sala Ayutthaya By Onion Works Magic With Mood And Materials
Thai architecture firm Onion breathes into Sala Ayutthaya an alluring sense of poetry as it introduces contemporary form into a historic setting.
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Department of ARCHITECTURE: Design That Makes Sense
For Thai firm Department of ARCHITECTURE, design must correlate with its context, its climate and the available resources if it is to make sense now and into the future.
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Code Space: A Tribute To Thailand’s Sacred Mountain
Drawing inspiration from its scenic location, a software design company headquarters designed by Chiangmai-based studio Full Scale Studio manages to both stand out yet also remain in harmony with its neighbours.
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LAANK Redesigns The Boathouse Phuket Resort
LAANK introduces minimal lines and soothing shades of blue encapsulating a contemporary yacht in the update of the Boathouse Phuket resort while also maintaining iconic elements of the old architecture.
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Singapore International School Of Bangkok: Buildings In Dialogue
How should one design an environment for learning that is both comfortable and inspirational? Plan Architect offers a lesson in modernising the vernacular with several distinctive structures that sit in harmonious conversation with one another.
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5 Minutes With… Luke Yeung from Architectkidd
We find out how a Hong Kong-born designer finds design inspiration in the imperfections of Bangkok.
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5 Minutes With… Landscape Architect Pok Kobkongsanti of TROP
Simon N. Ostheimer speaks with one of Thailand’s foremost landscape architects about luck, the future of his profession, and what needs to be done to improve Bangkok’s public spaces.
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Jack Chaowakul and the Importance of the Ordinary
By exploring their own limits, the eight-strong team at Bangkok firm Supermachine – led by founder Jack Chaowakul – are challenging the boundaries of modern Thai architecture.
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Talking About Architecture with Duangrit Bunnag
Arguably Thailand’s most famous architect, Duangrit Bunnag discusses The Creative District – a new vision for Bangkok’s riverfront – and the importance of conversation.