About the Book

This is Bangkok like you have never seen it before.  The author takes you on an architectural adventure through the bustling streets and busy canals of this regal city. Dr Bracken’s well-researched insights and his beautiful sketches will heighten your appreciation of Bangkok’s palaces, temples, monuments, pavilions, markets, public buildings and many other quaint corners.

     In this revised edition of the book, existing walks have been modified to incorporate Bangkok’s continuous urban development and new walks added. Many illustrations have also been redrawn to provide a better appreciation of the building facades.

About the Author

Gregory Byrne Bracken is from Ireland and is a Fellow of the International Institute of Asian Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands. He has a Ph.D. from the Architecture Faculty of the Technical University of Delft, also in the Netherlands, where he got his Masters of Science Degree in Urbanism (graduating cum laude) in 2004. He received a Diploma in Architecture from Bolton Street College of Technology, Dublin and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Architecture from Trinity College Dublin, both in 1992 (graduating with Distinction in Thesis). Prior to undertaking postgraduate studies in the Netherlands, Dr Bracken worked as an architect in Bangkok and Singapore, travelling extensively throughout Asia. He is the author and illustrator of the other books in the Walking Tour series, namely Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur (this last title was co-written with his sister Audrey Southgate). He is married and lives in Amsterdam.