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New talent sprouts in Chinatown
Life, Published on 02/03/2023
» Baan Trok Tua Ngork, a heritage space in Chinatown, is holding its first building-wide pop-up event -- "Baan Trok Presents: Sprout" -- from this Saturday to March 31.
Overlooked no longer
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 31/07/2019
» Rungsima Kullapat, a Nakhon Ratchasima native, had seen the contrast of how the historical ruins in her hometown were being developed into tourist destinations, while the local way of life and the architecture on the streets were being overlooked by the state.
Back to the railway future?
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 27/07/2019
» The idea of an adventure walk through a run-down train yard overgrown with tall trees may not be everyone's cup of tea.
The price of progress
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 25/04/2018
» Members of the Pom Mahakan community gave a tearful farewell to their homes on Sunday, as the historically significant site and its centennial houses will be torn down to make way for a park project backed by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. The last structures will be gone by the end of the week.
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.
Still time to do right over Mahakan Fort
News, Editorial, Published on 05/03/2017
» At a glance, the endorsement by the state of the Mahakan Fort conservation plan proposed by professional architects and experts seems like a breakthrough in the long-standing land conflict between the authorities and residents. In the new development, the Committee on the Conservation of Rattanakosin and Old Towns, through a panel under Borvornvate Rungrujee, which formerly distanced itself from the issue, has just stepped forward to find a solution.