Gerle János: Palaces of Money - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1994)

At the turn of the century it became necessary for banks, which had grown powerful by then, to have such suitably spacious and decorative head offices built that would have a determining effect on the entire cityscape.

The following chapter opens with the bank which was the first to do so.

The Hungarian General Savings Bank designed by Artúr Meinig

(RECONSTRUCTED BY THE CREDIT BANK)

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