M&T Bank

Exterior - M&T Bank
One M&T Plaza, , Main Street at North Division, Buffalo, NY

Erected:
1964-1966

Architect:
Minoru Yamasaki assisted by Duane Lyman and Associates

Style:
International

General contractor:
John W. Cowper Co.

Steel supplier:
Bethlehem Steel Co.

Floors:
21

Plaza Sculpture:
Harry Bertoia

Exterior building material:

3300 tons of V-50 tubular steel for columns
2700 tons of additional steel
High density white marble concrete
First two floors are faced with white Taconic (from Vermont) and green marble.

Total cost:
$12 million

Bank founded:
Manufacturers and Traders Bank (photo) founded by Pascal Pratt and Bronson Rumsey in Buffalo in 1856

Earlier buildings on the site:

1887-88 Richmond Hotel
1889-? Iroquois Hotel
? -1940 Gerrans Building
1940-1964 Bond Clothing Co. Building

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Architects and M&T executives	The core - March 1966	March 18, 1966	May 10, 1967

	Bottom floor: white marble facing. Upper floors: high density concrete with smaller pores (self-cleaning during rain)	4,000 windows glazed with heat-absorbing glass extending from floor to ceiling on each floor	High density white marble concrete with smaller pores. The precast concrete facade is embedded with chips and dust of white Georgia marble and white silica sand ground to a satin finish

Spandrel panels: bronze-toned, anodized aluminum with a slender rose-bud vase design embossed on it	Main entrance with Bertoia fountain in foreground plaza	Bertoia fountain	Bertoia fountain

Northern (Eagle St.) side. Note decorative Italian green marble	Rear (East elevation, Washington St.) of building with extruding "spine" which contains elevator shaft, heating eqt., plumbing, etc.	Rear (Washington St.) of building	Rear (East elevation, Washington St.) of building with extruding "spine" which contains elevator shaft, heating eqt., plumbing, etc.

Rear (East elevation, Washington St.) entrance

2015 photo

2016 photo

Minoru Yamasaki’s One M&T Bank Building, an outstanding example of an International style office building.

With the M&T Building, Yamasaki incorporated a design that was later fully realized in his design for the World Trade Center in New York. The building’s vertical support-columned exterior with larger, elongated windows at the top floors allow for expansive, open work spaces with no interior columns.

The base of the building has a white and green marble exterior while only white marble is used on the upper.

M&T Bank Building is part of the City’s iconic architectural legacy.

- 2013 Preservation Ready Survey of Buildings Downtown, Northland and Fougeron/Urban Survey Areas Section 4, p. 30 (online May 2016)

Special thanks to M&T Manager Corporate Communications C. Michael Zabel for his assistance

web site consulting by ingenious, inc.

Erected:	1964-1966
Architect:	Minoru Yamasaki assisted by Duane Lyman and Associates
Style:	International
General contractor:	John W. Cowper Co.
Steel supplier:	Bethlehem Steel Co.
Floors:	21
Plaza Sculpture:	Harry Bertoia
Exterior building material:	3300 tons of V-50 tubular steel for columns 2700 tons of additional steel High density white marble concrete First two floors are faced with white Taconic (from Vermont) and green marble.
Total cost:	$12 million
Bank founded:	Manufacturers and Traders Bank (photo) founded by Pascal Pratt and Bronson Rumsey in Buffalo in 1856
Earlier buildings on the site:	1887-88 Richmond Hotel 1889-? Iroquois Hotel ? -1940 Gerrans Building 1940-1964 Bond Clothing Co. Building