You don’t have to speak Thai to realize that chang means elephant. This Bangkok landmark opened in 1997 and rises 32 stories over the city’s northern business district. Offices fill two of its towers, while apartments and luxury penthouses rest in its other tower and top floor. Eyes and yellow tusks imbue the structure with a cartoonish quality, but its creators took the design process very seriously. The building honors an animal that Thais revere for helping defend the kingdom early in its history.
