Cha-am

Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) on Friday approved a security plan for the upcoming summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with 18,000 personnel to be deployed to maintain order at and around the summit venues in the Thai seaside resorts of Cha-am and Hua Hin.

With one day to go before the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, people in this coastal province believe the name of their resort district of Cha-am should be getting better recognition from the government.

Duangrit Bunnag says there is no longer one, single trend in the design world. The world has become so big that there is no one particular target group. But to complete a contemporary building, architect Duangrit thinks beyond context, design and uniqueness; he looks at the ecology.