Sept 2020: Architectkidd has completed the design of a horse-riding school in Bangkok. Named The Hay Equestrian Center & Eatery, the design is located on the outskirts of the city in Ekachai Soi 131. The main intention is to design a place that is friendly for both horses and people. Emphasis is made to create […]
Completed Projects
Light Space
May 2018: Located 200 km west of Bangkok, Hua Hin is a resort town where people go to escape the big city. Architectkidd’s design for the Palayana Hotel in Hua Hin aims to maximize its natural qualities and to create a place to escape from the chaos of urban life. The Palayana tasked Architectkidd to […]
Play Based Architecture
March 2018: Architectkidd’s design for the Apple Tree Kindergarten is a new school for children between the ages of 1.5 to 5 years. The school aims to foster a positive and stimulating environment that inspires and enables holistic development through play-based learning. Simplicity, Clarity and User-Friendliness were the key concepts of Architectkidd’s design. The building […]
Permeable Shopping Center
April 2017: As part of a wider urban plan for the surrounding area in Bangkok, Architectkidd renovated a retail development occupying a large space at the busy intersection in the city. Taking an opportunity to question the typical closed “big box” model of shopping centers, the design aimed to create a more dynamic presence as […]
Live Wires
February 2016: Architectkidd has completed Now 26, a building using steel tubing as its primary material. The building – a production studio and offices for the television station Now 26 – is a renovation of an existing structure. During the initial stage of the project, the removal of the old cladding exposed the existing steel structure […]
Essence in an Eatery
October 2015: “ABC represents the starting point, the most basic essence of eating,” according to restaurateur Pakamon “Nina” Somboonvechakarn. The goal is to combine creativity along with high-quality ingredients to give taste and nutrition to the menu. For the design of the ABC Eatery, Architectkidd devised various techniques to filter natural light into the interior space. […]
Telescopic Spaces
October 2015: Architectkidd has completed the flagship store for a fashion hand bag label. With this retail design in Bangkok, the aim was to challenge some of the limitations posed by conventional spaces. Instead of a fixed layout, the design is composed of three rectangular frames that form the overall enclosure. These frames are nested […]
Swiss Tropical
April 2015: Architectkidd in collaboration with Peter Hedrich has completed the design of this house in Bang Saray. Located near the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, this house is formed by the tropical conditions of South East Asia as well as the values of its owners, a Swiss family living in the region. The house […]
Curved Steel Fabrications
February 2015: For a recent interior design project, Architectkidd designed a steel screen for the lobby of a high rise residential building complex. The intricate pattern is made from steel plates that were individually curved. Each of the plates were then completed with a hand-finished copper coating. The challenge during the fabrication was bending the steel […]
Bangkok Flat
February 2015: This project is a design of an apartment unit in an early-generation residential high-rise in Bangkok. The design makes use of existing attributes & found conditions. The building’s location, while in the middle of the city, is away from the main roads and adjacent to one of Bangkok’s largest waterways, or ‘klongs’. As a […]
Layered Structures
February 2014: For the Hong Kong Shenzen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism / Architecture (UABB), four Bangkok design practices were invited to collectively design a piece of architecture along the waterfront area of Kowloon. The design for a viewing platform for the Biennale grew out of discussions between Architectkidd, Chat Architects, Studiomake, and Thingsmatter. Together our goal […]
Food & Archaeology: Peter’s Pan Restaurant Opens
December 2012: Good ingredients. Rare antiques. Local materials. These are the main elements for Architectkidd’s design of Peter’s Pan restaurant on Sukhumvit 20. On display are the amazing collection of antiquities collected by Peter, the owner & head chef. Some of the artifacts, such as the clay vessels, are over 2,000 years old. We were […]
Bridgestone Pavilion
January 2012: The BOI Fair (Board of Investment Fair) aims to highlight Thailand’s rebuilding efforts after last year’s floods. In addition to public events, activities and venues, over 40 companies and organizations have constructed pavilions to showcase their products and technologies. Architectkidd developed the building design for the Bridgestone Pavilion. The Bridgestone Pavilion aims to […]
Hard Rock Cafe: Design Summary
October 2011: The Hard Rock Cafe in Bangkok is now complete and open to the public. Architectkidd and Prinda Puranananda designed the restaurant with the aim to re-connect Hard Rock back to its core values: music combined with food and drink to create a dynamic experience. Inspiration 1 – Music Experience:We started by thinking about […]
VR Museum Opens
September 2011: The VR Museum at the King Power Complex is now open to the public. It is named after founder Vichai Raksriaksorn and contains one of the most comprehensive collections of classical Buddhist art in Asia. The inaugural exhibition is titled “Journey of the Buddha”. The exhibition includes Buddha statues from the 2nd to […]
A Different Kind of Food Court
September 2011: Architectkidd was recently commissioned by the food management company Fooditude to develop a food court for a new mega-shopping complex (40,000+ sqm) outside of Bangkok. With this project, we asked: Is it possible to introduce some aspects of a public space within the strict boundaries of a commercial shopping environment? As fixtures in […]
Hard Rock Cafe Launches
September 2011: The Hard Rock Cafe in Bangkok officially re-opens today with a launch party.Architectkidd was on hand to take part in the event. Apparently it is a Hard Rock ‘tradition’ to celebrate the launching with something called a ‘guitar smash’. After the ceremony outside, there was a performance by Thai Music Superstar Da Endorphine […]
Parco Condo
April 2011: Parco is Supreme’s first high-rise condominium project. Architectkidd designed the interior of the recently completed showcase unit for prospective buyers. Eschewing the ‘theme-based’ approach that is common to many new condo developments today, we proposed to develop a more subtle direction towards the design. As much as possible, we made use of natural and longer-lasting materials combined […]
Architecture Biennial Beijing
October 2010: Over 50 emerging practices from around the world have been invited to participate in this year’s Architecture Biennial in Beijing. Architectkidd has contributed a few of our projects for this event, which comprises of exhibitions, student work and a symposium focusing on advanced digital design in architecture. The exhibition is the fourth in […]
Design Plant Hut
September 2010: For a temporary meeting space, Architectkidd has converted an empty floor of their shophouse using palm leaves as the primary material. The space is currently being used as a venue for designers. Architect Chat Chuenruddmol of Chat Architects has brought together a group of independent designers and architects to discuss the design scene […]
Hand Made Facades
July 2010: We’re not quite facade engineering specialists, but we have been using our curiosity as motivation to investigate possibilities and materials in buildings. In the process, we hope to develop designs that are not strictly limited to functional or technical criteria. In this recent project, we have created a new 3-storey facade using hand-made […]
Klong Toey Boxes
May 2010: For the design of our food retail project, we commissioned people living in the nearby Klong Toey slum to build a wooden installation for Tessa Cafe, a gourmet food shop in the upscale K-Village shopping complex in Bangkok. Searching for alternatives to standard techniques for interior fit-outs and construction, we approached a community […]
Speckled Superstructures
April 2010: Our work on the Lightmos showroom is now completed, and the building has been receiving some coverage from web and print publications. Among the popular designer sources, there is Archdaily and Contemporist. Also, Dezeen showed the furniture designs that came from the building’s facade materials. There is ArchThai, Minimalismi, and interestingly, Trendhunter, […]
Smooth Reception
March 2009: The Thai Obayashi wood reception counter is now installed in the company’s headquarters building on Rachadamri Road. This counter is the final piece for this project, which involves the renovation of the office building’s interior spaces. What was interesting for us was that there was a high level of collaboration and experimentation compared to other commercial projects. In […]
A Thin Office Building
January 2009: Construction has been completed and staff have moved in to the new headquarters of Bewcon, a leading electrical and mechanical contractor in Thailand. The design is characterized by 2 thin parallel buildings that are connected by the main stairway. The arrangement of the office space emerged after studying various options based on the […]
Office Light Boxes
November 2008: For the renovation for one division of the Thai Oil Group in Bangkok, we designed oversized “Light Boxes” to provide appropriate lighting for office functions without having to remove the existing ceiling. Share on Facebook
T House in “Houses by Thai Architects”
November 2008: To mark the publication of the book “Houses by Thai Architects: Volume 1”, an event took place at the Thai Creative and Design Center (TCDC). Jariyawadee and Udomsak were invited to present the T House project in Khao Yai. How would we describe the design of this 400 square meter house? As a […]
Green Walls
May 2008: The headquarters for Goodwill has been completed. The building provides a new workplace environment for administrative staff and engineers who build and maintain the industrial kitchen equipment that the company provides to its clients. In developing the design for the workplace environment, we studied the possibilities for applying soft landscape for every architectural surface of this building. We developed details to provide […]