Most, if not all, of remarkable buildings of ancient Thai architecture in this South East Asian country are the temple structures, exhibiting pure or mixtures of Buddhist, Khmer, Indian, Lanna, Sino and European elements of the Thai culture.
A showcase for ancient or traditional Thai architecture is the Wat Phra Kaew, built in the 18th century, aka the Temple of Emerald Buddha, when Thailand was still the independent Kingdom of Siam. This Buddhist temple mixed foreign and traditional elements and had created a unique architectural beauty.
Modern Thai architecture has the Baiyoke Tower II in Bangkok, one of the world's tallest buildings, at 343 metres (1126 feet), and the tallest building in Thailand with a tower has a skywalk on the 77th level from which to take in striking views of the city, as well as a hotel set up in 1998 and a shopping complex.