All VS1 Projects
New York Red Bulls Training Complex
Designed by Gensler, installed by Clear View Architectural Metal & Glass
This training facility will bring the Red Bulls organization’s youth academy and professional programs together in one multi-use complex. VS1 has brought to life another design by the team at Gensler.
➤ Read more about these Gensler-designed glass curtain walls
➥ Long Span · Segmented Wall · Slanted Facade ❍ VS1-A
Fort Wayne Airport
Designed by Mead & Hunt, installed by National Glass & Hardware
This VS1 installation achieves a 10-degree outward slant over a 29' span. VS1 needs minimal deviation from the standard details to accommodate unique designs such as this.
➤ Read more about this tilted “smart glass” curtain wall
➥ Electrochromic Glass · Slanted Facade ❍ VS1-A
St. Regis Chicago
Designed by Studio Gang, installed by AGW.
At the base of the tower, a 10-story glass cube protrudes from the structure. A unique exoskeletal frustum geometry is achieved by the use of a two-way VS1 jumbo mullion structure with internal star nodes.
➤ Read more about this truly unique glass atrium curtain wall
➥ Complex Geometry · Exterior Mullions · Slanted Mullions ❍ VS1-A
QA Tower
Designed by Mrinmoy Consultants
The floor-to-floor rotation is 6.6 degrees, and the ground-to-roof rotation is nearly 90 degrees. The 11'8" by 3'11" panels are cold bent so that one corner is 5.3" off-plane from the other three.
➤ Learn more about this twisting glass tower facade
➥ Complex Geometry · Curved Glass ❍ VS1-A
Resorts World Casino
Designed by Perkins Eastman, installed by Massey’s Plate Glass & Aluminum
12.75"-deep exterior mullions are radially arranged to create a facade on an inverted conical surface with an elliptical base. The mullions are sloping in both section and elevation
➤ Read more about this geometrically unique curtain wall
➥ Exterior Mullions · Complex Geometry · Offset Glass Joints · Slanted Facades & Mullions ❍ VS1-A100
V&A Museum Dundee
Designed by Kengo Kuma, installed by Glass Solutions UK
VS1 was used by Glass Solutions, a subsidiary of Saint Gobain, for seven facades on the exterior. Due to the building's location on the mouth of the River Tay, the walls were built to withstand large waves.
➤ Read more about these Kengo Kuma–designed facades
➥ Toggle Fittings · Triple IGU
Nippert Stadium at University of Cincinnati
Designed by Heery International, installed by Cupples Intl.
The curved geometry of the building called for a cladding system that responded to the transitional nature of the resulting surface geometry. VS1 solved the conditions.
➤ Read more about this innovative stadium curtain wall design
➥ Alternate Material Integration · Shading Elements · Slanted Facade & Mullions ❍ VS1-A
Ryan Center at Northwestern University
Designed by Goettsch Partners, installed by Harmon
VS1 was used for two scopes at this music school on Lake Michigan: a fanning atrium wall and an acoustically isolated theater wall.
➤ Read more about this iconic building in Chicago
➥ Acoustic Isolation · Hybrid Tension Cable · Facade-Skylight Transition
Central Bank of Ireland
Designed by Henry J. Lyons
Two atrium VS1 end walls transition into a glass roof to create a transparent spine to this civic building in Dublin. A dramatic triangular wall curtain wall geometry was developed with the architect.
➤ Read more about this feature atrium glass wall
➥ Complex geometry · Slanted mullions ❍ VS1-A110
Manhattan College Kelly Commons
Designed by Perkins Eastman, installed by Cherry Hill Glass
The feature curtain wall above the north entry to the building is a sloping wall—sill in, head out—with VS1 fittings mounted to steel framing.
➤ Read more about this glass curtain wall in The Bronx→
➥ Slanted Facade ❍ VS1-A100
Uva Nestum Pool Enclosure
The Uva Nestum Wine & Spa in Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria features a VS1 pool enclosure. The installation is complex in its geometry, featuring sloping glass roofs and walls, and seamless all-glass transitions from wall to canopy.
➤ Read more about this all-glass pool enclosure in Bulgaria→
➥ Skylight · Slanted Facade ❍ VS1-A110
Earl Shapiro Hall at University of Chicago Lab School
Designed by Valerio Dewalt Train, installed by Trainor Glass
Exterior bent aluminum perforated painted fins create a texture based on the Fibonacci sequence to communicate the educational purpose of the building.
➤ Read more about this unique glass building envelope
➥ Shading Elements · Complex geometry · Slanted Mullions ❍ VS1-A