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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 04/06/2026 14:17:00

An early masterpiece of modern architecture, the Austrian Postal Savings Bank was designed by Otto Wagner and built between 1904 and 1906 as a radical break from the historicist styles that filled the Vienna Ringstrasse. Its facade, clad in thin marble panels fixed with visible aluminium bolts, made a virtue of its materials and construction, announcing a new, honest approach to building that influenced architects across Europe. The interior is the great surprise. The central banking hall is a ...