Jim Thompson house

Jim Thompson (American) was an architect prior to WW2. At one point he was posted to Bangkok and after the war he returned there permanently. He was intrigued by the cottage industry of the hand weaving of silk, and he devoted himself to reviving the then long neglected industry. Today he is recognized as being responsible for the industry's growth and the worldwide recognition of Thai silk. He combined 6 teak buildings (2 centuries old) to make a beautiful home (now museum). He mysteriously disappeared one day while on vacation in Malaysia . This guy would have been a huge success as an interior designer in any too capital of the world. Attention to every detail and a perfect combination of Asian- western. I especially loved the saffron colored display niches with similar colored lamp shade (the lamp itself made from a Burmese drum). The niches had been windows that were filled in when the structures were combined.