Showing 1 - 10 of 13
It's a big mistake to trash Bangkok history
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 06/07/2017
» In the view of the state, the embattled Mahakan community, struggling against a state eviction order, is just trash that must be removed from the historical site. Many academics, however, disagree.
Train reaction: Fighting to save old stations
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/06/2017
» Parinya Chukaew is using social media to take on the establishment in hope of saving up to half of the nation's 400 ageing railway stations. They are slated to be razed but he argues they must be conserved as part of Thailand's cultural and architectural heritage.
Old railway stations are slipping away
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 18/03/2017
» As Thailand is going ahead with its double-track train development plan, the first casualties of the development are the old railway stations across the country.
Get ready for a Mahakan theme park
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 10/03/2017
» For those who missed this big news, please note. Bangkok is to have a new Disneyland-like theme park, right in the Rattanakosin old-town quarters.
Without people, Mahakan will be 'dead'
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 08/03/2017
» As the Mahakan Community conflict drags on, PLOENPOTE ATTHAKOR talks to Chatri Prakitnonthakan, a lecturer at Silpakorn University's Architecture Faculty, who conducted a study on the community in 2006.
Mahakan Fort saga is no zero-sum game
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 03/09/2016
» It would be wrong to think that the long-standing Mahakan Fort land dispute involving the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and occupants of the fort area is a zero-sum issue, as perceived by city administrators.
Study lauds Krabi's green energy potential
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 12/08/2016
» Krabi can rely 100% on green energy over the next three years as it has ample renewable sources, a research group from the province said yesterday.
Plan for 'old quarter' should be revived
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 28/03/2016
» AS City Hall has renews the eviction plan for Mahakan fort community, Silpakorn University's architecture lecturer Chatri Prakitnonthakan looks back on his 2006 study in which he envisioned the doomed community as being a living museum.
Our city must walk to being world class
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 19/12/2014
» A civic group has come up with an ambitious plan — to make Bangkok pavements walkable.
Dept must bury pride over dig site
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 20/03/2014
» After long-standing dormancy, the Fine Arts Department has finally awakened and involved itself in the issue of the Yodia people in Myanmar.