Friday, July 29, 2011

HUANGHUALI FURNITURE EXHIBITION BY ESKENAZI IN LONDON THIS NOVEMBER

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CHINESE FURNITURE SEEMS TO BE OF 2 FORMS; ELABORATELY CARVED AND INLAID WITH GEMS AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL OR SLEEKLY SIMPLE.

THINK CHINESE FURNITURE AND IT IS A TOSS UP BETWEEN TRADITION AND TRADITION!

YES, THE 'CLASSIC' CHINESE FURNITURE IS BOTH EXTRAVAGANT AND BASIC!

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A stunning set of Huanghuali furniture from Ming and early Ching dynasties of armchair, cupboard and table with recessed legs. Most Malaysians are unfamiliar with such furniture devoid of carvings, inlays and ornamentations as most of us tend to prefer the Nyonya Baba type of heavily decorated furniture symbolising wealth and social standing.
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Huanghuali high yoke-back armchair
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Small huanghuali and burlwood wine table
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Pair of huanghuali stools
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Huanghuali painting table


MOST MALAYSIANS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE ELABORATE VERSION SO FAVOURED BY THE NYONYA AND BABA COMMUNITIES IN MALACCA, PENANG AND SINGAPORE. THINK OF THEIR NYONYA WARES WITH THE COLOURFUL FLOWERS, DRAGONS AND PHOENIXES AND THEIR FURNITURE ARE IN THE SAME ILK!

Purists and some connoisseurs insist the Golden Age of Chinese furniture ended with the ming dynasty and lament the introduction of garish, heavily carved and colourful furniture so beloved by the succeeding Ching or Manchu dynasty. By the early 20th century when the Ching dynasty collapsed to republican and later communist forces and the last Emperor Puyi was booted out of Forbidden City in 1924, this style hadbecome so heavily entrenched in the western psyche it became representative of all Chinese furniture.

Even today, most Malaysians prefer the elaborately carved, heavy teakwood or rosewood furniture inlaid with mother-of-pearl or semiprecious stones or even jade. Personally, I also like this style of flamboyant, eye-catching and often spectacular furniture that commands instant attention and respect! I have an entire set consisting of settees, chairs and side tables elaborately and expensively carved with coiling dragons and chilin handles, assorted phoenixes, Buddhas, lohans, Eight Immortals and floral displays of mother-of-pearl! I love them and they occupy the central space in my condo. I sit on the 3-seater settee while I work as Dedione Kee the darling French poodle sits (usually sleeps) on my right while a stack of 'To Do' press kits and magazines are piled on my left.

I don't care if purists declare I am a philistine with bourgeois taste of the newly rich!

Well, I am never the sort to take such things lying down so I condemn my opponents as deadly boring with no colour sense and if they are so concerned about minimalistic purity and simple harmony, they should squat and sit on the floor cross-legged like the ancient Chinese did and sleep on woven reeds and porcelain pillows instead of Dreamland, Dunlopillo and memory foam mattresses.

Having said that, I must admit I do admire Ming furniture for their, yes, simplicity and sleekness that look so good in contemporary homes. Of course I would not buy them to decorate my house but I must say they look so stylish they could well be copies and replicates made yesterday as they blend in so well with modern homes.

Ming furniture are devoid of ornamentation and nails as they are so well hand crafted each joint fits each other perfectly. There are no carvings of dragons nor plaques of marble or inlays. Made of the revered huanghuali wood (hence the name of this furniture genre) or zitan wood, these Ming furniture find favour with collectors weary of ornate decoration and ostentatious displays of wealth.

So those enamored with this sensibility must pencil in 3 to 25 November and book a flight to London, the greatest city on this planet, to view and buy a superb collection of Chinese furniture featuring huanghuali, the most coveted of all Southeast Asian hardwoods.


ESKENAZI TO SHOW CHINESE HUANGHUALI FURNITURE IN NOVEMBER

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Huanghuali table with recessed legs



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Pair of huanghuali side tables

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Stunning huanghuali round corner cabinet


A superb private collection of Chinese furniture, all made of the South-east Asian hardwood called huanghuali, will be exhibited at Eskenazi, one of the world’s leading dealers in Chinese works of art, at 10 Clifford Street, London W1, from Thursday 3 to Friday 25 November 2011. The exhibition will coincide with the 14th Asian Art in London from 3 to 12 November 2011, an annual event that unites London’s Asian art dealers, major auction houses and societies in a series of selling exhibitions, auctions, receptions, lectures and seminars that attract visitors from around the world.

The history of Chinese furniture dates back some two and a half thousand years, the designs gradually evolving over the centuries and reaching their apex in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties from 1600 to 1700, the classic period from which come all the pieces in the Eskenazi exhibition. At this time a convergence of styles, newly available imported exotic hardwoods such as huanghuali and zitan and an affluent scholar and merchant class led to the creation of some of the finest furniture ever made. Although created hundreds of years ago, its clean modernist lines make it extremely popular today with both western and Chinese collectors.


The ancient Chinese, in common with other cultures, knelt or sat cross-legged on woven mats surrounded by such furnishings as low tables, screens and armrests. Raised seating began to be developed during the 2nd century AD with the spread of Buddhism from India. Stools proliferated through every level of Chinese society and were not solely the seat of the wealthy – while they could convey rank and importance they also served as a more intimate form of seating whereby scholars could sit together on the same level. Stools were also the most varied and used forms of Chinese furniture and among the examples to be shown by Eskenazi is a rare pair of huanghuali stools (deng).

There are two very important chairs in the exhibition, both showing the traditional soft seat construction, each an example of a highly desirable type. One is a high ‘yoke-back’ armchair (sichutouguanmaoyi), so called because of the curving elements projecting from the top rail and the other is a ‘horseshoeback’ armchair, its descriptive name self-explanatory, finely carved with a crane inside a roundel on the back splat. There are two similar, substantial round-corner cabinets (yuanjiaogui) made of beautifully figured panels of huanghuali, both with internal drawers and shelves, one constructed with a central stile separating the doors, the other without.

The range of tables include some very rare types. All demonstrate the mastery of the Chinese craftsman over his material and the highly skilled joinery essential to create these seemingly unfussy, light but sturdy, strong yet elegant utilitarian works of art that have survived for hundreds of years without a screw or a nail in their construction. Of the tables, the small Ming wine table with its decorative burlwood panel (that would have been cut from a large, diseased growth on another, different type of tree), the extremely rare pair of side tables with their ‘wraparound’ elements (banzhuo) and the large, beautifully balanced painting table with its openwork apron (tiaozhou) are particularly worthy of mention.

The joinery system and decorative styles of Song furniture laid the foundation for the technical and aesthetic perfection of the classical furniture of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties made from the new exceptionally durable and beautiful South-east Asian imported hardwoods. Valued for their natural beauty, the expensive, richly-grained hardwoods were finished with only wax. This classic furniture is characterised by simple, elegant structures with fluid lines, balanced proportions and concealed joints. As the supply of imported hardwoods was depleted during the late 1700s, the high technical and artistic standards of the previous two centuries were largely lost. The pure and simple lines and integrity of classical Chinese furniture gave way in the 19th century to a greater concern with ornament for its own sake.

Eskenazi’s exhibitions are always eagerly awaited for the beauty and rarity of the objects and this elegant furniture is no exception. Since the family business was founded in Milan in 1925, the Eskenazi name has become synonymous with expertise in oriental art. Giuseppe Eskenazi, who has been head of the business for over 40 years, has an unrivalled reputation for his knowledge and love of the subject and clients have included over seventy of the world’s major museums as well as private collectors.

Exhibition title: Chinese huanghuali furniture from a private collection

Dates: 3 to Friday 25 November 2011

Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9.30 am to 5.30 pm

Saturday 12 & 19 November, 10 am to 1 pm

During Asian Art in London:

Saturday 5 November & Sunday 6 November, 10 am to 5 pm

Catalogue: The exhibition will be accompanied by a scholarly, fully illustrated catalogue.

Price £25, $40 (plus p&p)


Tuesday, July 26, 2011

MISS AND MR MALAYSIA CAMPUS FINALS ON 7 AUGUST 2011 AT KL LIVE CENTRE

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WELL, WELL, FINALLY A CONTEST EXCLUSIVELY FOR BRAINY ONES! TOO BAD I COULD NOT TAKE PART AS I AM A JUDGE FOR THE FINALS ON 7 AUGUST 2011 AT KL LIVE CENTRE!
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Organiser and director of ADelicious Entertainment, the producer of Miss and Mr Malaysia Campus 2011 awarding a prize to a lucky winner at the semi-finals.


COME ONE, COME ALL! RM 150 FOR A 8-COURSE DINNER AND RM 80 FOR FREE SEATING UPSTAIRS! CONTACT JESSIE AT 012-2286 524 FOR TICKETS AND DETAILS. IT WILL BE A FUN, GLAMOROUS EVENING AND I AM STILL DECIDING WHETHER TO WEAR FEATHERS OR CRYSTALS...
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Finalist Nabill Muhammad sees the world from a new angle as this is not trick photography! See the fire extinguisher as proof. If he wins, his world will turn upside down for sure.


FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A TAILORMADE PAGEANT RESERVED ONLY FOR UNDERGRADUATES FROM MALAYSIAN CAMPUSES!
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Makeover at SNIPS Salon
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The ladies too enjoyed a makeover at SNIPS Salon
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At rehearsal. Life is just fun and games ain't it
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Keep Slim centre visit by contestants
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Enthusiastic crowd cheering their heroes and heroines
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Fashion show by contestants featuring the collection from Albert Oliver and William
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Lovely ladies with brains
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Celebrity host Dylan Liong at semi-finals
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The finalists
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Ryan, singer Christel from France, Johnny Chong and You Leong
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Lydia, Chaw Mun Mun and Caryn
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Brains and brawns; Johnny Chong, Soo Xu Ze and Karl
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Nabill Muhammad is among the youngest at 18 and tallest at 183cm
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Bulging muscles and loaded brains?
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Joyce Leong wants to set good example and be a nutritionist. She certainly looks well fed and well endowed so she will succeed in her profession!



WHAT A BRILLIANT IDEA! I WONDER WHY NO ONE BOTHERED TO ORGANISE SUCH A WORTHY, EVEN POLITICALLY CORRECT CONTEST SINCE ALL STUDENTS MUST HAVE BRAINS TO HAVE PASSED EXAMS AND ENTER AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING, COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY!

If there is a criteria for brains, being officially enrolled as an undergraduate is proof positive the student must definitely be in possession of grey matter. Or how else can he or she succeed in enrolling as student and have access to campus life?

And so Miss and Mr Malaysia Campus is a contest whose time has come!

The usual Miss Malaysia, Mr Malaysia, Model of the Year, Ford Supermodel of the Year and any number of beauty titles are open to any Malaysian regardless of education but Miss and Mr Malaysia Campus requires participants to be registered students in any local campus.

BRAVO FOR BEAUTIES WITH BRAINS!

Of course I always thought it would be a brilliant idea to organise such a contest reserved exclusively for undergrads only and sounded the idea to a few friends but did anyone bother?

It fell on organiser Adrian Winson, himself a good looker and current Mr Southeast Asia 2011/12 to take up the challenge! Kudos to him! And more power to him for inviting me to be a judge at the finals on Sunday 7 August 2011. Adrian Winson knows good taste and experience and expertise when he sees one!

I am really looking forward to judging the contest as over the years, I have judged various Miss Malaysia pageants as well as model competitions so I too can spot potential winners from a hundred paces!

More so when the Miss and Mr Malaysian Campus 2011 will showcase both intellect and physical beauty and I must admit I am a spectacular example!

Finally, a beauty contest that involves brains! No more snide remarks about brainless beauties or blur brawns as all participants for the upcoming Miss and Mr Malaysia Campus 2011/12 finals are undergraduates from local institutes of higher education.

Explains Adrian Winson, director of contest producer ADelicious Entertainment, “Sometimes there are unflattering remarks about beauty pageant winners and models being ‘dumb blondes’. Some Miss Malaysia contestants, winners and models are indeed very vain but most are educated and intelligent! It is so unfair to brand everyone in this industry as being flippant and shallow people interested only in their own looks and forever complaining about a new pimple or gym rules!

"This is unfair so I conceived the idea of a contest restricted only to male and female students from Malaysian campuses! After all, being enrolled in a college or university means the students must have brains so the winners will be beauties with brains. No one can now dispute their academic qualifications!”

Miss and Mr Malaysia Campus is an extension of the traditional Prom Queen and King for graduating high school students or Campus Queen and King for freshies. So while not new, this is the first time a proper pageant is being organised and finalists include those doing a second degree and Master’s.

Adrian Winson should know about skewed perceptions and prejudice as he is the current Mr South East Asia 2011/12. He recalls, “Once I was chatting with a banker at a cocktail. When he discovered I was Mr South East Asia he suddenly spoke in simple, basic English! He must thought I was unable to understand him if he spoke normally! There is always a bias against male models or Miss Malaysias so now there is a beauty pageant expressly created for brainy contestants.”

The response was encouraging. “Over 260 applied. We vetted and selected 60 for the audition and 33 made it for the semi-finals. Now there are 11 girls and 12 boys for the finals this 7 August 2011 at KL Live Centre.”

Yes there is one girl less. There should be 12 girls and 12 boys but a damsel broke a rule and was booted out and Adrian Winson was adamant there should be no replacement to be fair to all. So now the 11 female finalists stand a slightly improved chance!

Rules are more relaxed as this is neither a beauty nor model contest. “As long as he or she is a registered student, the other criteria are minimum height of 5ft 5 inches, ages between 18 and 28 and nice looks. Extra-curricular activities count and height, physique and good looks will be an advantage. This is not an academic examination so a top or average student stands an equal chance.”

If you notice, all things being equal, those who are taller, with fab bodies, kissable faces and pearly white, even teeth will win. Be it a beauty title, contract, promotion or the person of his or her dream! In China, some desperadoes will even go to the risky length of physically lengthening their legs! Yes,s uch surgery is possible and you can be up to 6 cm or more taller! The only downside is that you will have to stay in bed for around 6 months. Worse, if your feng shui is bad, one leg may be slightly longer than the other! This procedure involves surgically breaking your knees and then forcing the ligaments and muscles to slowly regrow but as they do so, your legs are slowly stretched so they will be longer once the muscles are reattached!

I am 178 cm and wish I am 180 or 183 or even a towering 185! So I guess shorties hovering at 160 for men and 150 for women must really be grinding their teeth each time some tall folks walk past them. My advice is to concentrate on their good points until no one notices their, er, shortcomings so to speak!

I did think of doing my nose but a sensible friend remarked for all I know, my nose is the generator or bringer of good luck and once it becomes sharper and less bulbous, my luck may change for the worse! But wrinkles and saggy skin from old age is another matter and once I look haggard, old and crumply, I will rush to Bangkok for plastic surgery!

Says 18 year old, 183cm and 75 kg finalist Nabill Muhammad, a Business Management student from SEGI College, Subang Jaya. He is so handsome and tall I almost suspected him of having done his face and lengthened his legs. But he is only 18 and still growing so I guess his looks are entirely natural and God-given. Well, my pearly white and perfect teeth was Dr Sean Paul-given! If you want Hollywood superstar teeth, go see him at Living Well Centre at Starhill, Phileo Damansara and Great Eastern Mall...but I digress. Back to Nabill! “I took part because I want exposure to promote my career as model. This is my first time in a contest and my options are open. I am excited and well prepared so I hope for the best. Since I am still young, I plan to just enjoy myself and the experience of being on stage. I am confident to win one of the titles but you never know until your name is announced! I want to see how far I can go.”

Jocelyn Leong, 22 yrs, 177 cm, 55 kg, says, “I am studying Food Science and Nutrition from Universiti Sedaya and plan to be a nutritionist or food pharmacist. I am a part time model so taking part in Miss Malaysia Campus seems a logical step. The experience can only help my career and add confidence to me. I hope to improve myself and learn from this contest. I am looking forward to the finals and want to set an example that you can have your cake and eat it too!”

Architecture student You Leong, 20 yrs, 180 cm, 60 kg from Limkokwing University of Creative Technology wants to juggle being an architect and actor/model. “I will graduate as architect, then shelve it to be an actor and model. I can work as architect once I pass 30!” He has appeared in a TV commercial for Lip Ice with Lisa Surihani and as an extra with dialogue in the forthcoming Malay movie ‘Azura’.

The winners will receive a USA made crown and sceptre worth RM 9,000 and prizes worth RM 250,000 for winners and subsidiary title holders.

The female winner will participate in Miss University World Korea in Seoul next year while the male winner will compete in a yet to be finalised contest.

MISS AND MR MALAYSIA CAMPUS FINALS AT KL LIVE CENTRE, JALAN SULTAN ISMAIL FROM 6.30PM. RM 150 FOR 8 COURSE DINNER. RM 80 FREE SEATING UPSTAIRS. CONTACT JESSIE 012 2286 524

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MAHANAKHORN THE NEW RITZ CARLTON RESIDENCES IN BANGKOK

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BANGKOK'S MAHA NAKHON'S CONDOS--- FROM RM 3.2 MILLION FOR 120 SQ METRE SIMPLEX TO RM 18 MILLION FOR THE 700 SQ METRE SKY DUPLEX PENTHOUSE
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The soon to be built Mahanakhon is just about the last word in super high class condominium equivalent to KL's The Binjai which flaunts a RM 50 million, 4 storey penthouse which I wrote 2 months back. The most expensive condo in MahaNakhon is less than half of what The Binjai wants for its Super Penthouse offering a direct, full frontal view of Petronas Twin Towers.
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Your eyrie in the sky
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Commanding views are yours from any of these Sky Boxes


Mahanakhon's architecture is so staggeringly stunning and revolutionary it was the talk of Bangkok for months when it was launched last year. Feng shui believers may faint as the building looks as if parts have just been bombed or a jet plane had just crashed into it! Yes, September 11 does come to mind!

Then again, I.M Pei's glass pyramid in the Louvre Courtyard received mcuh condemnation when it was built but now it is a world famous icon. If you compare The Binjai's architecture with Maha Nakhon's spectacular structure, you may opt for the latter as The Binjai's exterior is so normal, ordinary and bland you can barely differentiate it from the slew of identikit buildings sprouting at the periphery of KLCC! I had tea with a friend at Cascades Poolside at Mandarin Oriental facing the Park and could barely see Binjai for more of the same buildings lining the skyline.

Still, Maha Nakhon may not appeal to traditional Thais as the top, middle and lower portions all look as if they are crumbling and in the process of collapsing and breaking apart! I love the architecture as I am avant garde to the core but I may consider checking with Lillian Too, the world famous feng shui master, whether it is good luck for me to move and live in the crumbly section which has protruding balconies and rooms jutting out with no physical support beneath since these so-called Sky Boxes are securely attached to the main building.

Of course when you examine the architectural plans up close, the shattered looking parts are just a medley of inyer-connected and disjointed, multiple-level terraces, balconies and apartment blocks stacked atop each other. Only from a distance does it look unfinished or under construction.

I also hope the terraces do not overlook each other and that certain condos are not facing each other. Imagine the horror of walking in your livingroom fully dressed or naked in full or partial view of your neighbours. It is one thing lazing on your balcony in full view of your neighbour whose balcony overlooks yours in a low-cost, public apartment block. If you paid RM 150,000, you cannot complain if your bedroom looks straight into your neighbour's bedroom, toilet or carpark. It is a different kettle of fish if you paid RM 3 million only to end up with a lower balcony with an adjoining upper balcony looking down on yours. Privacy is paramount and I want my personal space with no possibility of anyone watching me even though I am fully dressed and reading the Bible.

I have a friend who paid RM 4 million for an exclusive condo only to have her living room and 2 bedrooms facing her neighbour's living room and 2 bedrooms barely 20 feet away! She tells me she and her neighbour are so sick of having to smile and nod politely several times a day they have made a pact to ignore each other although they remain on good terms! "The tedium of having to smile and acknowledge each other several times a day was killing us!"
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The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Bangkok

The Height of Luxury in Bangkok’s Tallest New Architectural Landmark

The 194 extraordinary, branded condominiums in the dramatic MahaNakhon architectural landmark, soaring 313 metres (1,027 ft) over 77 floors in the heart of Bangkok’s Central Business District is guaranteed to be the last word in luxury in the heart of City of Angels.

Its unsurpassed decadence and dramatic architecture with expensive and expansive terraces, plunge pools and breathtaking ‘Sky Boxes’ with sweeping panoramic views make Maha Nakhon the most talked-about address in Bangkok and already there are buyers from many Southeast Asian nations. One of my rich friends have bought a Sky Box so at least I am guaranteed a stay there once completed.

The Ritz-Carlton residences and Ritz-Carlton Skyboxes with 5-star amenities will be one of Bangkok’s most luxurious and prestigious developments when completed in 2014. With highly-customised design over single-storey and duplex layouts, they range from 1,200 to 8,500 sq ft.

Named after the Thai word for ‘metropolis’, MahaNakhon is a mixed-use development also featuring 10,000 square metres (110,000 sq ft) of luxury retail space (MahaNakhon Terraces) along with signature restaurants, cafes and a 24-hour market.

The project incorporates a free-standing seven-storey building called ‘The Cube and outdoor plaza ‘MahaNakhon Square’ – along with the 150-room Bangkok Edition boutique hotel, operated by Marriott International.


Thailand’s first architectural landmark in Bangkok’s CBD is directly linked to the Chong Nonsi station of the BTS Skytrain and planned Bangkok BRT on Narathiwat Ratchanakharin Road.


Strategically located between the Chao Phraya River and Lumpini Park, it is surrounded by several luxury hotels and residences, Grade A offices, world class shopping and international hospitals.


MahaNakhon is being developed as a joint-venture between the Thai company Pace Development Co., Ltd. and Israel-based Industrial Buildings Corporation PLC. Construction is now underway, with completion scheduled for 2014.


With prices starting at THB 250,000 per sqm, the Ritz-Carlton Residences will be among the most expensive leases in Bangkok.

The tower's startling design is by internationally-renowned German architect Ole Scheeren, partner of the design firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture.


He is renowned for one of Asia’s most ambitious and distinctive skyscrapers, Beijing’s enormous, cubist CCTV (China Central Television) Building, which dominates the city’s skyline.


His latest monolith is shaped like a prism, but with rough spirals and cuboidal surfaces cut into the side. With its distinctive “pixellated” appearance, MahaNakhon offers residents a rare bird’s eye view of the city and Chao Phraya River.


The architect himself compares it to a Tower of Babel, the inspiration for Fritz Lang’s 1926 filmatic vision of an expressionistic and futuristic city.

PACE Development Co., Ltd. is a renowned property developer in Thailand focusing exclusively on residential properties in prime locations with innovative designs.

PACE Development CEO Mr. Sorapoj Techakraisri said: ”The major attraction of MahaNakhon is the first ever opportunity for a residential development to enjoy the world-renowned Ritz-Carlton experience, defined not only by sophisticated style and sumptuous furnishings, but also impeccable services – from housekeeping and dedicated concierge to valet services and gourmet dining.

“This legendary experience is enhanced by masterly interior design and imaginative layouts of highly-customised single level and duplex homes that range from 1,200 square feet to 8,500 square feet, with ceilings up to 3.4 metres in simplexes and over 7 metres in duplexes.”

With a strong economic outlook, active real estate market and comparatively reasonable currency rate in Asia, Thailand is a sought-after market for investors.

“For purchasers looking for a self-living residence, MahaNakhon is an ideal option given its prime location in the city-heart as well as top-class management provided by The Ritz-Carlton brand. For investors, this is certainly a valuable investment opportunity given the reliable brand of PACE and the reasonable price of the project,” said Ms Rebecca Shum, Executive Director, Investment & Project Marketing of CB Richard Ellis, the sales agent of MahaNakhon.

For an appointment to preview The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Bangkok contact:

Ms Rebecca Shum +852 9099 9884 / email rebecca.shum@cbre.com.hk or Yvonne Kwok on +852 2820 2804 / email vonne.kwok@cbre.com.hk