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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok

Outcry over loss of features on Bangkok’s landmark ‘robot building’

The ‘robot building’ was originally designed for Bank of Asia and completed in 1986
The ‘robot building’ was originally designed for Bank of Asia and completed in 1986. Photograph: UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

A Bangkok landmark known as the “robot building” has been stripped of its identity, heritage campaigners have said, as they called for the city’s distinctive architecture to preserved.

The building – in the form of a giant robot made up of stacks of cubes and inspired by the architect watching his son play with a toy – has loomed over one of Bangkok’s busiest commercial districts for decades. Its design included oversized bolts and antenna, and windows shaped like cartoonish eyes.

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