The Elephant Building or Chang Building is a high-rise building located on Paholyothin Road & Ratchadaphisek Road in Bangkok

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

, Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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It lies in the North Bangkok Business District and 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....

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The building is one of the most famous buildings in Bangkok

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

 because it has the characteristics of an elephant

Elephant

Elephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct...

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The building has 32 floors and is 102 metres (335ft.) high, it was completed in 1997.
The elephant building consists of 7 parts:

• Tower A (Office)
• Tower B (Office)
• Tower C {Residential)
• Top Floor (Luxurious residential suites)
• Recreation Ground (Swimming Pool & Gardens)
• Shopping Plaza, Bank & post office
• Parking garage

Nearby attractions

On the opposite lies 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,...

, further down the road you can find Index Living Mall

Index Living Mall

Index Living Mall Co. Ltd. is a Thailand-based furniture retailer owned by Index Interfurn Group. With a concept of a "special mall" entirely devoted to displaying and selling the company's furniture, the company opened its first branch in December 2002 at Future Park Rangsit in suburban Bangkok...

, Tesco Lotus

Tesco Lotus

thumb|right|200px|Tesco Lotus Hypermarket, Lat Phrao Branch]]Tesco Lotus is a hypermarket chain in Thailand, Cambodia and China . In Thailand, the stores are operated by Ek-Chai Distribution System Co., Ltd....

 & Central Plaza Lat Phrao

External links

• Official site
• Building information at Emporis
  Emporis
  Emporis GmbH is a real estate data mining company with headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. The company collects and publishes data and photographs of buildings worldwide....