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| Architect | Otto Wagner |
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| Location | Vienna, Austria map | ||||
| Date | 1904 to 1912 timeline | ||||
| Building Type | bank | ||||
| Construction System | concrete and glass | ||||
| Climate | temperate | ||||
| Context | urban | ||||
| Style | Early Modern | ||||
| Notes | Solid-looking exterior, light interior with glazed vault. by competition, 1903. | ||||
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| Discussion | Post Office Savings Bank Commentary
"Wagner's Post Office Bank was won in competition in 1903 and erected in two stages, 1904-06 and 1910-12. The Hall roof, completed as part of the first stage in 1906, was a major innovation although only a small part of the vast project. It covered the centrally positioned public space in the trapezoidal-shaped, six-storey building. The glazed vault was suspended from cables in the original competition design and a larger area was involved, but in the final design, a secondary roof was incorporated above the curved ceiling. The floor to the Hall was also finished in glass to allow light to penetrate rooms below." — Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. p26-7. | ||||
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Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. geometry diagram, p191. binuclear diagram, p203. — Updated edition available at Amazon.com Howard Davis. Slides from photographer's collection. PCD.2260.1012.1702.006. PCD.2260.1012.1702.005. PCD.2260.1012.1702.004. PCD.2260.1012.1702.003. PCD.2260.1012.1702.003. PCD.2260.1012.1702.002. PCD.2260.1012.1702.001 Sir Banister Fletcher. Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture. 18th ed., revised by J.C. Palmes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. ISBN 684-14207-4. NA200.F63. photo, p1216. — The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com Kenneth Frampton. Modern Architecture 1851-1945. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1983. ISBN 0-8478-0506-9. LC 83-61363. NA642.F7 1983. first floor plan, p124. — Available at Amazon.com John Julius Norwich, ed. Great Architecture of the World. London: Mitchell Beazley Publishers, 1975. interior photo, p228. Reprint edition: Da Capo Press, April 1991. ISBN 0-3068-0436-0. — An accessible, inspiring and informative overview of world architecture, with lots of full-color cutaway drawings, and clear explanations. Available at Amazon.com Dennis Sharp, ed. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture. New York: Whitney Library of Design, an imprint of Watson-Guptil Publications, 1991. ISBN 0-8230-2539-X. interior photo, p161. Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. New York: Facts on File, 1990. ISBN 0-8160-2438-3. NA680.S517. interior photo, vault, p26. — Available at Amazon.com Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com
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