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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
LocalCollection
Archivision Base to Module 13
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Austrian Postal Savings Bank
Work_PrefTitle
Austrian Postal Savings Bank
Preferred Title
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Alternate Title:
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Österreichische Postsparkasse
Work_AltTitle
Österreichische Postsparkasse
Alternate Title
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Image View:
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Interior, desk and stool designed by Wagner
Image_Title
Interior, desk and stool designed by Wagner
Image View
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Creator:
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Otto Wagner (Austrian architect, 1841-1918)
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Otto Wagner (Austrian architect, 1841-1918)
Creator
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Location:
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site: Vienna, Wien, Austria
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site: Vienna, Wien, Austria
Location
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Location Note:
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Georg Coch-Platz 2
Work_LocationNotes
Georg Coch-Platz 2
Location Note
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GPS:
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48.21 16.380278
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Date:
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1903-1906 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1903-1906 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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Austrian
Work_Culture
Austrian
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Modernist; Sezessionstil; Twentieth century
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Modernist; Sezessionstil; Twentieth century
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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bank (building)
Work_Worktype1
bank (building)
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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architecture
Work_Classification
architecture
Classification
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Material:
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marble; granite; reinforced concrete; aluminum; glass
Work_MaterialDisplay
marble; granite; reinforced concrete; aluminum; glass
Material
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
Work_Technique
construction (assembling)
Technique
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; business, commerce and trade; Secession Movement; furniture
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architectural exteriors; business, commerce and trade; Secession Movement; furniture
Subjects
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Description:
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The design for the Postsparkasse, one of his best-known works, won a competition (1903) and is based on a logical trapezoidal plan with a banking hall at its centre. The six-storey entrance façade, surmounted by a simple Sezessionstil pergola flanked by winged figures, has large windows set in walls faced with white marble with aluminium fixings. The central space of the banking hall (modified 1980s) had a glass vault of stilted elliptical section carried on riveted steel columns, and a floor with glass lenses to light the basement below; aluminum ventilation bollards ranged around the wall added to the illusion of an industrial aesthetic. The bank owed its atmospheric effect to the impression of silver light produced by glass, aluminum and marble. One of the earliest icons of the Modern Movement, it is contemporary with Frank Lloyd Wright's Larkin Building, pre-dates Peter Behrens's Turbinenfabrik in Berlin by several years and marks the achievement of Van der Nüll's concept of a tradition-driven modern architecture of the future. [The building now houses a museum dedicated to Wagner]. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart. com/)
Work_Description_Sou rce
The design for the Postsparkasse, one of his best-known works, won a competition (1903) and is based on a logical trapezoidal plan with a banking hall at its centre. The six-storey entrance façade, surmounted by a simple Sezessionstil pergola flanked by winged figures, has large windows set in walls faced with white marble with aluminium fixings. The central space of the banking hall (modified 1980s) had a glass vault of stilted elliptical section carried on riveted steel columns, and a floor with glass lenses to light the basement below; aluminum ventilation bollards ranged around the wall added to the illusion of an industrial aesthetic. The bank owed its atmospheric effect to the impression of silver light produced by glass, aluminum and marble. One of the earliest icons of the Modern Movement, it is contemporary with Frank Lloyd Wright's Larkin Building, pre-dates Peter Behrens's Turbinenfabrik in Berlin by several years and marks the achievement of Van der Nüll's concept of a tradition-driven modern architecture of the future. [The building now houses a museum dedicated to Wagner]. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart. com/)
Description
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Image Description:
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Otto Wagner’s stool for the Postal Savings Bank used in the Large Banking Hall certainly numbers among the highlights within the history of Viennese furniture. Consisting of five separate bentwood frames and having a perforated plywood seat, the stool was based on a simple construction and not expensive to manufacture (10.50 crowns). The drill holes were covered with aluminum disks, which emphasize the construction and serve as ornamental elements that relate to the scheme of materials chosen for the building.
Image_Description
Otto Wagner’s stool for the Postal Savings Bank used in the Large Banking Hall certainly numbers among the highlights within the history of Viennese furniture. Consisting of five separate bentwood frames and having a perforated plywood seat, the stool was based on a simple construction and not expensive to manufacture (10.50 crowns). The drill holes were covered with aluminum disks, which emphasize the construction and serve as ornamental elements that relate to the scheme of materials chosen for the building.
Image Description
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Nine
LocalCollection
Archivision Addition Module Nine
Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-WO-P-L02
Image_OriginalVendor ID
1A1-WO-P-L02
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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