Qualla: King Power Mahanakhon https://qualla.com/king-power-mahanakhon en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:36 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/4/r/q/king-power-mahanakhon-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: King Power Mahanakhon https://qualla.com/king-power-mahanakhon King Power Mahanakhon: Introduction https://qualla.com/king-power-mahanakhon/ Photo credit Ninaras, CC BY 4.0. It looks like a glitch in the skyline. Where every other tower in Bangkok's Silom-Sathon business district rises in clean vertical lines, King Power Mahanakhon appears to be dissolving -- a pixelated ribbon spiraling up its facade, peeling back the glass curtain wall to reveal balconies and terraces underneath. German architect Ole Scheeren designed the effect deliberately, carving cuboid bites into the 78-story tower to create what he called an excavation of the Bangkok skyline itself. The building opened in December 2016 at 314.2 meters, briefly holding the title of Thailand's tallest building before Magnolias Waterfront Residences at ICONSIAM surpassed it in 2018 by a mere three meters.

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/4/r/q/king-power-mahanakhon-wp/w4rq-king-power-mahanakhon-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full King Power Mahanakhon: A Name That Carries a City https://qualla.com/king-power-mahanakhon/ Photo credit Cécile Patry-Morel, CC BY-SA 4.0. The building's name is a quiet boast. "Mahanakhon" comes from Bangkok's ceremonial name and means "great city" -- a fragment of the capital's full title, which at 168 letters is the longest place name in the world. Originally developed by PACE Development Corporation under the na...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/4/r/q/king-power-mahanakhon-wp/w4rq-king-power-mahanakhon-a-name-that-carries-a-city.mp3 0:06 2 full King Power Mahanakhon: The Architecture of Disruption https://qualla.com/king-power-mahanakhon/ Photo credit Cécile Patry-Morel, CC BY-SA 4.0. Scheeren, a former partner at Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture, assembled an international team for the project. David Collins Studio in London handled interior design, while Thai firm Industrial Buildings Corporation served as co-developer until PACE bought ou...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/4/r/q/king-power-mahanakhon-wp/w4rq-king-power-mahanakhon-the-architecture-of-disruption.mp3 0:06 3 full King Power Mahanakhon: Shifting Fortunes https://qualla.com/king-power-mahanakhon/ Photo credit Tris_T7, CC BY-SA 4.0. The tower's commercial history reflects the volatility of Bangkok's luxury real estate market. PACE initially sold units on a leasehold basis, then switched to freehold in March 2014, raising prices in the process. The company marketed the building overseas -- in Hong Kong, Singa...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/4/r/q/king-power-mahanakhon-wp/w4rq-king-power-mahanakhon-shifting-fortunes.mp3 0:06 4 full King Power Mahanakhon: The View from 314 Meters https://qualla.com/king-power-mahanakhon/ Photo credit MNXANL, CC BY-SA 4.0. Today, the building's most public face is its rooftop. The King Power Mahanakhon SkyWalk draws visitors to the 78th floor, where an outdoor glass deck offers a vertigo-inducing view straight down through the floor to the streets of Silom far below. Connected to the BTS Skytrain a...

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