The complex will be erected on the former territory of the gardens of the British Embassy, hence its name - Central Embassy ("central embassy"). According to Leavit herself, for whom this is the first job after leaving Future Systems, the complex will be the "first modern building" in the capital of Thailand, and will also set a new standard in both retail and hotel business (in particular, the hotel will apply for category "6 stars").
A seven-storey podium with a shopping center and a 30-storey hotel tower are merged into a single streamlined volume, spiraling around the atriums and green terraces.
This complex form is obtained by processing traditional motives of Thai architecture with computer programs, in particular, through the use of parametric modeling. Such a combination of national heritage and modern technologies seems to the architect significant for this project.
Another legacy - Leavith's collaboration with Ian Kaplitsky at Future Systems and their joint project for the Selfridges department store in Birmingham - is reminiscent of the cladding of the building's facades with round ceramic discs in different shades, set at different angles and intervals. The Central Embassy complex will be ready by 2013.
