Mrigadayavan Palace (1924)*

Artist/Designer: King Vajiravudh , Ercole Manfredi

Project Location: Thailand

Figure 1: King Vajiravudh and Ercole Manfredi, Maruekhathaiyawan Palace. Source: Juha Lappalainen, Maruekhathaiyawan Palace is on the coast between Cha-Am and Hua Hin. 2012, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )

Figure 2: King Vajiravudh and Ercole Manfredi, Maruekhathaiyawan Palace. Source: Juha Lappalainen, Maruekhathaiyawan Palace is on the coast between Cha-Am and Hua Hin. 2012, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )

Figure 3: King Vajiravudh and Ercole Manfredi, Maruekhathaiyawan Palace. Source: walk by lens, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )

Figure 4: King Vajiravudh and Ercole Manfredi, Maruekhathaiyawan Palace. Source: walk by lens, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )

Figure 5: King Vajiravudh and Ercole Manfredi, Maruekhathaiyawan Palace. Source: walk by lens, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )

Style/Period(s):
Vernacular

Primary Material(s):
Stone, Wood

Function(s):
Government

Related Website(s):

Title(s): Maruekhathaiyawan Palace Teak wood Palace on the beach near Hua Hin; Designer/Architect: King Vajiravudh and Ercole Manfredi; Location: Renown Travel & Tour Agency, 71/261 Ramkhamhaeng Road Soi 164, Bangkok 10510, Thailand. | Accessed : April 7, 2014

Significant Date(s):
20th Century

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print-

Chua, Lawrence. "Building Siam: Leisure, Race, and Nationalism in Modern Thai Architecture, 1910-1973" Ph.D. diss., Cornell University, 2012.

International Conference on Italian -Thai Studies. Italian-Thai Studies from The Nineteenth century to Present to Commemorate the Centennial of King Rama V's First visit to Europe. Bangkok: National Museum, 1997.

Koompong Noobanjong. 2013. The Aesthetics of Power: Architecture, Modernity, and Identity from Siam to Thailand. Bangkok, Thailand: White Lotus Press, 2013.

Additional Information

Building Address
Cha-am, Cha-am, Phetchaburi 76120 Thailand

Supporting Designers/Staff

Ercole Manfredi ((2 July 1883 – 9 June 1973) was hired to finish King Vajiravudh's design

Significant Dates
Constructed between 1923-1924
Lived by the King until 1925

Tags

Thailand, Thai, Royal Architecture, Vacation Home, Italian architect, 20th century, Vernacular Architecture, teakwood

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