Austrian Postal Savings Bank building

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The Austrian Postal Savings Bank building is a landmark early 20th-century Vienna structure celebrated as a masterpiece of modernist architecture by Otto Wagner, noted for its functional design and innovative use of materials.

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instanceOf Art Nouveau architecture work
architectural landmark
bank building
building
modernist architecture work
alsoKnownAs Austrian Postal Savings Bank NERFINISHED
Österreichische Postsparkasse NERFINISHED
Österreichische Postsparkassenamt NERFINISHED
architect Otto Wagner NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Art Nouveau
Modern architecture
Vienna Secession NERFINISHED
client Österreichische Postsparkasse NERFINISHED
constructionEnd 1906
constructionStart 1904
country Austria
designPrinciple emphasis on rational planning
functionalism
integration of structure and ornament
floorCount 7
function postal savings bank headquarters
hasComponent customer service counters
main banking hall
office wings
hasInteriorFeature custom-designed furniture by Otto Wagner
daylit main hall
glass and steel floor supports
open-plan office spaces
hasNearbyFeature Danube Canal NERFINISHED
Ringstrasse NERFINISHED
heritageStatus protected historic monument
influenced development of modern office building design
influencedBy industrial materials and engineering
locatedInCity Vienna NERFINISHED
locatedInDistrict Innere Stadt NERFINISHED
materialUsed aluminum
glass
marble
reinforced concrete
steel
notableFeature aluminum bolts on façade
large central banking hall with glass roof
modular façade panels
visible structural grid
openingDate 1906
roofType glass roof
significance key work of early modern architecture
landmark of Vienna Secession movement
masterpiece of Otto Wagner
streetAddress Georg-Coch-Platz 2

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Otto Wagner notableWork Austrian Postal Savings Bank building
Secession architecture hasNotableExample Austrian Postal Savings Bank building
this entity surface form: Postal Savings Bank building in Vienna