Solow Building [SEP] architect
Solow Building
The Solow Building, located at 9 West 57th Street, is a Manhattan skyscraper built in 1974 and designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. It is located just west of Fifth Avenue between 57th and 58th Street, next to the Bergdorf Goodman department store and the Plaza Hotel. 
At 50 stories and in height, it is the 71st tallest building in New York. For decades, the building's only nearby competitor in height was the GM Building, located one block north and east.
Administrative Affairs.
The Consulate General in Munich is the third largest U.S. diplomatic post in Germany after Berlin and Frankfort.
Architecture.
The consulate is located in a custom-built office building, the last of the signature modernist U.S. Consulates built in Germany in the 1950s still in service. The work of renowned Bavarian architect Sep Ruf, the building is considered a historic monument. As the main building from 1958 is raised on concrete stilts, the original look was airy and light. Security measures, added several times