BANGKOK -- Most first-time visitors to Bangkok find Thailand's capital an overwhelming, chaotic and yet exuberant experience. Nearly 6 million people hustle along concrete canyons and tepid canals, paying their respects to Buddha in countless glittering temples and passing century-old palaces on the way to work, school and home.
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Groundbreaking work focuses on Thai capital's disappearing postwar buildings
Urban planner Walter Koditek's richly illustrated book documents the city's modernist architecture built between the 1950s and 1970s. (All photos courtesy of Walter Koditek)
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