Hungary (Budapest)

The Royal Hungarian Postal Savings Bank (Hungarian Art Nouveau / Secession Style)

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Designed and constructed during the late 19th and early 20th century, specifically built between 1899 and 1901 under the pioneering direction of the prominent Hungarian architect Ödön Lechner (often hailed as the "Hungarian Gaudí") along with Sándor Baumgarten.

Architecturally, it serves as the administrative headquarters for a national institution dedicated to popularizing financial thrift, designed to project a modern economic identity while discarding heavy Historicism in favor of an authentic national design vocabulary.