I have always loved this building and learned not that long ago that it was designed by the famous Hungarian architect Ödön Lechner -- as I am so taken with his work, I guess it shouldn't have come as a surprise to me. I've shot bits and pieces of it in the past but could never seem to get the whole building. Today the sky was blue and the sun in an OK place. I thought it was under renovation, but as it's been this way for the past year and a half, am beginning to believe that the construction wall was erected around the base because the facade is falling.

Masterpieces by Lechner include the Geology Institute http://www.pbase.com/helenpb/image/130482111, the Postal Savings Bank http://www.pbase.com/helenpb/image/130678536, Szent Laszlo Church http://www.pbase.com/helenpb/image/130490945, a villa http://www.pbase.com/helenpb/image/130489212, Kecskemet City Hall http://www.pbase.com/helenpb/image/130648750 and the Applied Arts Museum http://www.pbase.com/image/128557313.

Information on Lechner is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ödön_Lechner