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The latest in curtain wall technology, Innovation Glass news, and more.

Hybrid Point-Supported Facade Technology
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Hybrid Point-Supported Facade Technology

Quietly since 2006, a new curtain wall solution strategy has entered the built environment to offer better solutions to modern building envelope requirements: Hybrid Point-Supported.

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Renovations by Innovation Glass
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Renovations by Innovation Glass

Innovation Glass offers renovation services with our entire suite of curtain wall technology. VS1 is extremely well suited for building rehab projects as it is responsive to existing structural conditions and able to accommodate significant in-plane movements and large vertical live loads.

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Spring News and Projects Update
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Spring News and Projects Update

A newly launched custom projects page on the website, a sustainability workshop in NYC, VS1-g installations, and recently completed projects! Read more about all the latest VS1 news.

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VS1 Detail Feature: Faceted and Folded Walls
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VS1 Detail Feature: Faceted and Folded Walls

The many design freedoms VS1 offers designers includes the creation of multi-faceted facades: an exterior building surface with 3-dimensional texture created by multiple fold lines in the exterior skin. The results can lead to bespoke architecture as seen below whilst still achieving excellent value for the owner by using the VS1 technology.

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Featured VS1 Detail: Segmented Walls
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Featured VS1 Detail: Segmented Walls

Among the many attributes of VS1 is the ability to create segmented walls. A segmented wall utilizes incremental flat glass segments to achieve a curved, stepped, or sawtooth aesthetic. For curved walls flat glass panels are possible in lieu of costly hot bent glass. 

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Reducing Embodied Carbon in Facade Design
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Reducing Embodied Carbon in Facade Design

While many sustainability efforts have focused on the "operational" carbon footprint of buildings—energy used for heating, cooling, and lighting—our industry is now also focusing on "embodied carbon," the carbon footprint of building materials themselves.

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VS1, a Tribute to the Classic Kit of Parts: LEGO
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VS1, a Tribute to the Classic Kit of Parts: LEGO

Influenced by many years of collecting and building LEGO®, Innovation Glass CEO Franz Safford invented a uniform kit of parts to allow for standardization of a new building methodology while also encouraging design freedom for the architect.

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