Mahanakhon Ole Scheeren

This is great modern architecture building pictures from Mahanakhon Ole Scheeren, OMA Thailand.
Ole Scheeren, a partner for Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and project leader of the recently
completed Beijing’s CCTV Tower, considered among the world’s most imaginative contemporary architectural
feats. With the tower complete, Scheeren has moved to design his first skyscraper, entitled MahaNakhon,
“a dazzling, pixelated 77-storey tower,” that will rise to be the tallest building in Bangkok.
With approximately 150,000 square meters, MahaNakhon will include a lush urban oasis with public gardens
and a major transportation hub, luxury retail, residences, a new public square, and a five-star hotel created
by New York’s Ian Schrager.

Mahanakohn’s “distinctive sculptural appearance”
offers a pixelated effect as the solid tower is
carefully carved into. These spaces become
“excavated portions of the elegant glass curtain
wall to reveal the inner life of the building
metaphorically and actually an architecture that
encloses and protects its inhabitants while
revealing the inner life of their city.” The protrusions
create beautiful balconies with uninterrupted views
over the city as well as larger areas for greenery.

In addition to the tower, a smaller freestanding
7-storey building, known as the cube, offers
multi-level indoor/outdoor terraces with an
extensive mix of dining and leisure facilities.
These facilities activate the lower levels as the
general public will have access via a direct
above-ground pedestrian link.

The skyscrapper is due to be completed by 2012.