VS1 Office & Retail Projects

Designed by KPF, to be installed by Harmon

This new building will welcome visitors with a 30’ VS1 facade on four elevations. Exterior mullions create strong vertical accents while the all-glass corners, a standard VS1 detail, contribute to the high transparency of the facade.

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➥ All-Glass Corners · Long Spans ❍ VS1-A

Designed by GFF, installed by Harmon

The remarkable transparency of VS1-G200—which swaps a structural glass fin for the original aluminum mullion and uses no visible metal fittings—helps to visually taper the building’s silhouette down to its core at the lobby level.

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➥ Long Spans ❍ VS1-G200

Designed by Stucky Vitale, installed by Christopher Glass & Aluminum

The curving façade was created to be the feature entrance for this upscale retail mall, and the design was achieved with the standard VS1 aluminum system and patch fittings.

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➥ Curved Glass ❍ VS1-A

Designed by Gensler, installed by Lunstrum Windows

VS1 can accommodate long spans without the need for secondary structural reinforcement, and thus Innovation Glass was able to achieve Gensler’s vision and accomplish the 28’ span with the slender 10” VS1 bullet mullion.

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➥ Seismic Drift Adaptations · Targeting LEED Zero ❍ VS1-A

Designed by Kengo Kuma, installed by Harmon

As you travel around this Kengo Kuma-designed building, the façade’s glass fin steps up from the first floor to the second floor through a series of integrated interior/exterior landscaped steps. Also integrated into the façade are two all-glass vestibules.

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➥ All-Glass Vestibules ❍ VS1-G

Designed by Elkus Manfredi, installed by Massey’s Plate Glass

❝ This building has achieved LEED Platinum certification and employs strategies to cope with rising sea levels.❞ -Elkus Manfredi Architects

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➥ All-Glass Corners · LEED Platinum ❍ VS1-A

Designed by HED Architecture, installed by Christopher Glass & Aluminum

The two facades at 155 N Wacker were achieved with un-spliced, full height glass fins spanning 50' clear, a record for Chicago and the US.

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➥ Long Span ❍ VS1-G

Designed by Hicock Cole, installed by PCC Construction

VS1-A110 was selected for the renovation of this office tower lobby.

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➥ All-Glass Corners · Toggle Fittings ❍ VS1-A110

Designed by Ross Barney, installed by Christopher Glass & Aluminum

Built on the site of the classic Rock N Roll McDonalds, the new location is a 19,000-square-foot timber, steel, and glass building occupying an entire city block.

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➥ All-Glass Corners · All-Glass Vestibules · Toggle Fittings ❍ VS1-A110

Designed by Arup

The Sky UK headquarters in Osterley, West London, is the tallest commercial timber frame structure in England. The interior multi-floor staircase is adjacent to a three-story VS1 wall which clear spans over 40’.

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➥ BREEAM Certified · Exterior mullions · Long spans ❍ VS1-A110

Designed by WRNS, installed by Steel Encounters

A unique set of design parameters presented by the architectural design team at WRNS Studios resulted in the new VS1 mullion design. 42' openings required production of an extra deep 12.75” mullion with thicker walls that would resist lateral buckling loads.

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➥ Exterior Mullions · Long Span · Seismic Drift Adaptations ❍ VS1-A