Solow building

Solow building
	Skyscraper new york city
Solow building
	English Solow building
Construction period	1968-1974
Style	modernism
Materials	steel , stone , concrete , glass
Height	210 m
Storeys	50
Specifications
Architect	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Developer	Sheldon Solow
Location
Address	Manhattan , West 57th Street , 9
Underground	57 th St ( F ), 5 th Av - 59 th St ( N , Q , R )
	Solow building
Emporis	114921
SkyscraperPage	1462
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Structurae
Site	solowresidential.com

The Solow Building is a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan . The facade of the building faces 57th and 58th streets.

The main architect was Gordon Bunshaft from the union of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill . The construction of the building was completed in 1974 ^[1] . The cost of renting premises in a building in 2010-2012 reached $ 2150 per year per m² ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] . Among the tenants of the premises are mostly very expensive companies such as Natixis , Kohlberg Kravis Roberts , Apollo Global Management , Silver Lake Partners and Highland Capital Management and hedge funds.

Content

Owner

The building belongs to billionaire Sheldon Solow, who in the 1960s commissioned the architect Gordon Bunshout to build a tower. The building is privately managed and the lease is owned by Sheldon Solow.

Building Structure

The height of the skyscraper is 210 meters, it has 50 floors.

On the ground floor of the building is the Sheldon Solow Gallery, including works by Franz Klein , Matisse and Giacometti and other artists. The gallery is closed to public access ^[5] .

The concave vertical slope of the facade is similar to another Bunshaf creation - the WR Grace Building, which was also built in 1974 ^[6] .

Criticism

The New York Times newspaper gave the skyscraper an ambiguous assessment ^[7] :

The building is made of excellent materials and contains beautiful details, <...> however, with its awkward shape and huge size, it is roughly imposed on one of the most graceful streets of Midtown Manhattan.
Original text
It is a building of exquisite materials and beautiful details, <...> yet its awkward shape and immense size intrude harshly onto one of midtown Manhattan's most elegant streets.

In response to complaints that the inclined reflective walls of the building reveal the unattractive sides of neighboring historic buildings that were previously shaded, a large red sculpture of figure 9 (house number at address) in front of the building was designed in 1979. The essence of the sculpture was to distract the eyes of passers-by from these unsightly walls. The sculpture was designed by graphic artist Ivan Chermaev . It is made of steel with a thickness of more than 1 cm and weighs about one and a half tons ^[8] .

Gallery

View of a skyscraper from the street
Installation of figure 9 in front of the facade
Solow Building Midtown Panorama

Notes

↑ Carol Vogel. Sotheby's Strategy: One Offer for Two Sales . The New York Times (March 31, 2011). Date of treatment February 20, 2014.
↑ Daniel Geiger. In Pre-Recession Twist, Solow Eyes $ 200-Per-Foot at 9 West 57th Street . The New York Observer (January 5, 2012). Date of treatment February 20, 2014.
↑ Solow Nabs $ 625M for 9 W. 57th Street . The New York Observer (December 28, 2011). Date of treatment February 20, 2014.
↑ Peter Lattman. Private Equity's Elevator Problem . The New York Times (August 12, 2011). Date of treatment February 20, 2014.
↑ Perpetually Closed Gallery | Art Nerd New York (English) (Neopr.) ? . art-nerd.com. Date of appeal September 19, 2018.
↑ Emporis GmbH. WR Grace Building, New York City | 114922 | EMPORIS (neopr.) . www.emporis.com. Date of appeal September 19, 2018.
↑ Paul Goldberger. ARCHITECTURE VIEW; Gordon Bunshaft: A Man Who Died Before His Time? (eng.) . The New York Times (August 19, 1990). Date of treatment February 20, 2014.
↑ Ivan Chermayeff, Tom Geismar, Sagi Haviv. Identify: Basic Principles of Identity Design in the Iconic Trademarks of Chermayeff & Geismar. - F + W Media, Inc., 2011 .-- P. 30. - 256 p. - ISBN 1440310327 .

[1] Carol Vogel. Sotheby's Strategy: One Offer for Two Sales . The New York Times (March 31, 2011). Date of treatment February 20, 2014.

[2] Daniel Geiger. In Pre-Recession Twist, Solow Eyes $ 200-Per-Foot at 9 West 57th Street . The New York Observer (January 5, 2012). Date of treatment February 20, 2014.

[3] Solow Nabs $ 625M for 9 W. 57th Street . The New York Observer (December 28, 2011). Date of treatment February 20, 2014.

[4] Peter Lattman. Private Equity's Elevator Problem . The New York Times (August 12, 2011). Date of treatment February 20, 2014.

[5] Perpetually Closed Gallery | Art Nerd New York (English) (Neopr.) ? . art-nerd.com. Date of appeal September 19, 2018.

[6] Emporis GmbH. WR Grace Building, New York City | 114922 | EMPORIS (neopr.) . www.emporis.com. Date of appeal September 19, 2018.

[7] Paul Goldberger. ARCHITECTURE VIEW; Gordon Bunshaft: A Man Who Died Before His Time? (eng.) . The New York Times (August 19, 1990). Date of treatment February 20, 2014.

[8] Ivan Chermayeff, Tom Geismar, Sagi Haviv. Identify: Basic Principles of Identity Design in the Iconic Trademarks of Chermayeff & Geismar. - F + W Media, Inc., 2011 .-- P. 30. - 256 p. - ISBN 1440310327 .