Baiyoke Tower II

Baiyoke Tower II
Baiyoke Tower II
	Ratchathewi; Bangkok, Thailand
Coordinates	13°45′15″N 100°32′26″E / 13.754167°N 100.540556°E
Construction started	1990
Completed	1997
Cost	฿3.6 billion
Owner	Land Development Co. Ltd.
Height
Architectural	309 m (1,014 ft)
Tip	328.4 m (1,077 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	88
Floor area	179,400 m2 (1,931,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Plan Architects
Developer	Land Development Corporation
Structural engineer	Arun Chaiseri Group
Main contractor	Concrete Constructions
Other information
Number of rooms	673
Website
	www.baiyokehotel.com
References

Baiyoke Tower II (

MahaNakhon and Magnolias Waterfront Residences at ICONSIAM. The building comprises the Baiyoke Sky Hotel, the tallest hotel in Southeast Asia and the seventh-tallest all-hotel structure in the world.^[5]

With the antenna included, the building's height is 328.4 m (1,077 ft), and features a public observatory on the 77th floor, a bar called "Roof Top Bar & Music Lounge" on the 83rd floor, a 360-degree revolving roof deck on the 84th floor (309 m) and the hotel offers 673 guest rooms.^[1] Construction on the building ended in 1997, with the antenna being added two years later. The Baiyoke Sky Hotel website notes the height without the antenna as 309 m (1,014 ft), while other sources note it as 304 m (997 ft).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Channels listed by frequency

Digital television (DVB-T2)

Station (MUX)	Channel	Frequency	Power Output/ERP
MUX1	26	Mhz	100 kW ERP
MUX2	36	Mhz	100 kW ERP
MUX3	40	Mhz	100 kW ERP
MUX4	44	Mhz	100 kW ERP
MUX5	32 (59)	Mhz	100 kW ERP
MUX6	29	Mhz	100 kW ERP

Analogue television

In Bangkok and its vicinity, analog TV broadcasting from the Baiyoke Tower II has been shut down on June 16, 2018 at midnight (Thai PBS), July 16, 2018 at 6:30 PM (MCOT HD), and midnight (NBT) and March 26, 2020 at midnight (Channel 3 HD)

Station	Channel	Frequency	Power Output/ERP
Channel 5 HD	5	Mhz	20kW/400 kW ERP
Channel 7	7	Mhz	20kW/377 kW ERP
MCOT HD	9	Mhz	20kW/400 kW ERP
NBT	11	Mhz	20 kW/468 kW ERP
Thai PBS	29	Mhz	30kW/1000 kW ERP
Channel 3 HD	32	Mhz	20kW/340 kW ERP

Gallery

City panorama at dusk, observation platform.
View at night, observation platform.
Looking up at the top of the building from the 360-degree revolving roof deck on the 84th floor.
The observation platform of the Baiyoke II tower.
The view north from Bangkok's Baiyoke Tower II with the
Victory Monument
visible left of centre
A view east from the observation platform of Bangkok's Bayoke tower showing Airport Rail link
Bangkok skyline from Baiyoke Tower II
View of the tower and its surroundings
The Baiyoke Tower II in Bangkok

Sources

Engineering News Record Magazine (June '96) International Construction Magazine (Nov '94)
Civil Engineering International (May '96)
Engineers Australia Magazine (Oct '96)
VSL News (1994)
Bangkok Post Archive

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Baiyoke Tower II". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
^ ^a ^b "Emporis building ID 107136". Emporis. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Baiyoke Tower II". SkyscraperPage.
^ Baiyoke Tower II at Structurae
^ "100 Tallest Hotels". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.

External links

Baiyoke Sky Hotel Official Site
Plan Architect Co.
Baiyoke Sky Hotel Photos
Bangkok Highrises
Big panorama view from Baiyoke Towers Archived 2008-02-19 at the Wayback Machine

Records
Preceded by Jewelry Trade Center	Tallest building in Thailand 304 m (997 ft) 1997–2016	Succeeded by King Power MahaNakhon

[ctbuh-1] "Baiyoke Tower II". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.

[emporis-2] "Emporis building ID 107136". Emporis. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015.

[skyscraperpage-3] "Baiyoke Tower II". SkyscraperPage.

[4] Baiyoke Tower II at Structurae

[tallestHotels-5] "100 Tallest Hotels". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.

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