Thailand's iconic robot building on Sathorn Road is under threat. If the current owner of the heritage building continues with ongoing renovations, it is likely to see its globally renowned design come to an end.
An alliance of cultural, urban design, and building conservation groups has expressed their disagreement with the robot building's owner United Overseas Bank UOB's renovation of the iconic Robot Building, once the headquarters of Bank of Asia. The group said at a press conference on Friday that the renovation would bring an end to the unique design of national artist Sumet Jumsai na Ayudhya.
SCONTE the Society for The Conservation of National Treasure and Earth Docomomo Thai, an NGO dedicated to the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites, and neighborhoods of the modern movement, and a group of people who love the Robot Building jointly staged the press event to release a statement calling for an end to the ongoing renovation that will harm the Robot Building.
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