The Historian · Chai · Bangkok
Abhisek Dusit Throne Hall
This building makes me angry in the most productive way. It's brilliant colonial-era self-defense architecture — Siam performing modernity on its own terms.
Victorian Moorish architecture built for Rama V in 1904. The aesthetic hybrid — European structure, Thai-Islamic ornament — is a thesis statement about Siamese sovereignty.
— Chai, The Historian
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