It's like weird Buildings
7. The Robot Building Bangkok, Thailand
Bizarrely, this retro looking block has been named as one of the 50 best buildings of the 20th century. It was cooked-up by Thai architect Sumet Jumsai for the Bank of Asia in 1986 to ‘reflect the computerisation of banking’ and as a reaction to the 1980s hi-tech architecture fad. Sumai took inspiration from his son’s toy robot and though they look daft, the exterior features have a job to do. The robot’s two six-metre eyeballs are, in fact, reflective glass windows to meeting and dining rooms and their lids are metallic sunshades
