SCB Park Plaza
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SCB Park Plaza or Siam Commercial Bank Park Plaza is a high-rise building complex located on Ratchadaphisek Road in Chatuchak
Chatuchak
Chatuchak usually refers to Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok, Thailand, but it may be used to refer to various places around the area:* Chatuchak Park, a public park just north of Chatuchak Weekend Market....

 district Bangkok
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, Thailand
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There are 4 buildings:
  • SCB Park Plaza 1 (37 floors)
  • SCB Park Plaza 2 (24 floors)
  • SCB Park Plaza 3 (24 floors)
  • SCB Park Plaza 4 (12 floors)


The Four Buildings are divided into West and East.

SCB Park Plaza is well known for its Skylight, Roof Panels through the usage of the Curtain Wall system and Aluminium Cladding. As glass is used for the curtain wall, it creates a great advantage where natural light can penetrate deeper within the building. Nonetheless, this glasses are of special quality where it reflects sunlight of the building creating glare at Sunrise and Sunset. Setting beautiful scenery for Bangkok.

SCB Park Plaza Curtain Wall and Aluminium Cladding Developers YHS International Company Limited and Architect Robert G Boughey and Associates Co., Ltd. had helped put together this system. Making SCB Park Plaza to become one of Bangkok's most outstanding high rise building.

Furthermore, SCB Park Plaza and Lao Peng Nguan were two of the first high rise buildings in Bangkok to receive the 'Safety Building Certification'. In which its West Buildings were the first area to receive the R.1 Certification (Safety Building Certification). It became an example of strict compliance to the 'Law for Building Safety Evaluation.' It uses an average of 40 Million Baht from its Budget to invest in Building safety;plus, its safety team.

Present Days, SCB Park houses many leading domestic and foreign companies. Siam Commercial Bank
Siam Commercial Bank
Siam Commercial Bank is a bank from Thailand, based in Bangkok.- History :Established by Royal Charter in 1907, Siam Commercial Bank PCL was Thailand's first bank. At the time of its establishment, the only banks in the country were branch offices of foreign banks...

 has its headquarters in SCB Park Plaza 1. Accordingly, it also rents out the building to about 80% of Foreign companies. For instance, Unilever
Unilever
Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational corporation that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....

 has its headquarters in one of the buildings. The complex was completed in 1996, SCB Park Plaza 1 has a height of 135 m. The complex has also a shopping plaza with restaurants.

Nearby attractions

  • Major Cineplex Ratchayothin
    Major Cineplex Ratchayothin
    Major Cineplex Ratchayothin is an entertainment and shopping complex on Phahonyothin Road in Lat Yao subdistrict, Chatuchak district, Bangkok. Operated by Thailand's largest movie-theater chain, Major Cineplex, it has a 14-screen multiplex cinema, a 38-lane bowling alley, karaoke rooms,...

  • Wind Ratchayothin the new 38 storey condo that is finished in 2009.
  • Suzuki Avenue a local mall for people living in Ratchayothin.
  • Elephant Building
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