Banking hall of the Austrian Postal Savings Bank.
"Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi dissolved the Lower House on Monday(Aug. 8) and called a general election for Sept. 11 a few hours after the Upper House voted down the postal privatization bills." Much ado about postal privatization in Japan brought a post office to mind which was the Postal Savings Bank in Vienna. It is the most important work of Otto Wagner. Designed in 1903. The first period of construction: 1904-06, the second period of construction; 1910-12.
The soft light turns around the entire hall from the translucent glass of the ceiling and from the glass components of the floor. The ducts of air-conditioning system which made of aluminum, the most advanced material at that time, that are an active service now. We can see germination of conpenporary architecture at the point of view of not only the design but also architectural materials such as steel, glass, and aluminum.
Which Oesterreichische Postsparkasse AG founded in 1883 was completely privatized as the Austria Postal Savings Bank in August 2000. |
