Company Trip - X2 Kui Buri

Company Trip – X2 Kui Buri

The entire Steven J. Leach Bangkok office temporarily closed the office, took a much needed and well deserved break, then went off on a company trip. All the staff, joined by their families, stayed together at the exclusive X2 Kui Buri Resort in Prachuab Kirikhan. > Read More

Tree Planting in Petchburi Province

Tree Planting in Petchburi Province

As part of its environmental stewardship program, Steven J. Leach + Associates (SL+A) recently took part in a planting activity at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park (SIEP) in Petchburi province. Inaugurated in 2003 the park is envisioned to become an international learning center on energy, natural and environmental resources. > Read More

Mercy Center in Khlong Toey

Mercy Center in Khlong Toey

Steven J. Leach + Associates joined luxury property developer, Raimon Land at the formal opening of recently completed Baan Mercy Ruamjai Pattana. Located in the Khlong Toey district of Bangkok, Mercy Center was completed for the Human Development Foundation to house underprivileged children from that area. Khlong Toey has long been known for its substandard living conditions serving as home to many of Bangkok’s urban poor. > Read More

Property Report Feature Article

Property Report Feature Article

Our very own Managing Partner, Donal T. Coyne, was featured in the April 2009 issue of Property Report magazine’s Thailand edition. In this interview by Stephen Small we’re given a very sincere distillation of the current building situation and emerging industry trends for Thailand. We also get a taste of Mr. Coyne’s unpretentious wit and his blend of metaphors.

Here are a few excerpts from that interview: > Read More

Second LEED AP

Second LEED AP

Please join SL+A Bangkok in congratulating our second LEED AP in our office.

Khun Somsak Jidmon recently passed the professional accreditation exam and joins the growing number of LEED AP’s who are part of the Steven Leach Group’s sustainable design team. There are several more members of our staff who are studying to take this same exam and we are hoping that they all pass. > Read More

Sattaya Residence

Sattaya Residence

We are currently pitching for a large private residence (approximately 2,000 m²) on a huge plot of land, 7 rai (11,200 m²) located in the province of Nakhonnayok. The family runs one of the preeminent poultry businesses in Thailand and is acknowledged as a major supplier of eggs. > Read More

Thistle Hotel, Jahore Bahru

Thistle Hotel, Jahore Bahru

Congratulations to the Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok offices!

After an impressive collaborative design presentation, headed by our Bangkok office, we were recently awarded the major renovation works for the Thistle Hotel in Jahore Bahru, Malaysia. Formerly a Hyatt Regency Hotel now under the ownership and management of the Guoman Group. > Read More

New LEED AP

New LEED AP

SL+A Bangkok is pleased to announce that we have our first LEED AP here.

The USGBC Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system is a third-party evaluation and certification process for projects attempting to attain the highest standards in green building and environmentally focused practices. A LEED AP is an accredited professional who is able to organize and guide projects through this stringent process. > Read More

SL+A Christmas Party

SL+A Christmas Party

SL+A Bangkok celebrated Christmas with a bang! Well not so much with a bang as with the crash of bowling pins and the clink of glasses.

Our annual year-end get together was held at Blu-O Bowling, located on the top floor of MBK. The festivities began in the early evening with a delicious meal of traditional Thai fare, followed by an inspirational speech by managing director, Donal T. Coyne. > Read More

Top Ten Architects 2008

Top Ten Architects 2008

Let us celebrate the remarkable accomplishments and the great responsibilities of the leading ten architectural firms

BCI Asia, the publisher of FuturArc, aims to improve built environments by assembling the principals of Top Ten firms with green building academics and practitioners from around the world as we as representatives of large property development companies, engineering firms and building technology providers. > Read More