Postal Savings Bank

The Postal Savings Bank building features colorful ceramic bees perched on its roof, guarding honeycombed tiles. Designed by Odon Lechner in nineteen hundred, this structure broke away from the traditional, rigid architecture of Budapest at the time. Lechner mixed Hungarian folk motifs with Art Nouveau curves, creating a facade that looks like a giant, patterned quilt. The government bank officials actually hated the design, arguing that the playful, vibrant aesthetic lacked the necessary seriousness for a financial institution.