NATIONAL BANK ‘The National Bank building marks a strategic point in the city's street network. It stands at the large crossing of the North-South axis of Churchill Road and the East-West connection between the Palace hill and the Old Airport. The round form and raised platform indicate the bank building's claim towards monumentality. ‘The bank consists of two concentric volumes - a oylinder and a dome. From the outside the cylindrical form is built of a continuous chain of 20 similar segments. ‘These concrete parts are shaped through two parabolic cut-outs with a larger one from the bottom and a smaller one from the top, thus forming H-shapes. ‘The holes left from the construction process of pouring the concrete elements in moulds are closed with a regular pattem of brass elements. The thin, elegant window profiles are of similar material From the inside the dome is the dominating space. Between the cylinder and the dome are the offices and bank counters. In the centre of the dome are two circular stairs that lead in an almost ceremonial way to the safe. The dome is constructed of V-shaped concrete elements that are stacked with decreasing height and inereasing til ‘The National Bank’s functions and spaces are arranged in a concentric form, an echo of the traditional built forms of huts and churches, which follow similar a shape and layout.