VS1 Study House Nr. 1

2016

May 4

Architect: Franz Safford and Janus Welton
Contractor: Around the House LLC
Location: Hudson Valley, NY

“In 2013, Safford purchased a property near Tivoli and began work to bring VS1 to the residential market. His own 4,200-square-foot home and Innovation Glass’s headquarters would be the model.

Living in the home, Safford says, has been glorious—especially when the weather’s intense. ‘There was one heavy rainstorm that was so dramatic that it looked like I was inside a waterfall,’ he recalls. ‘I grabbed my camera to film and suddenly the waterfall disappeared and was replaced by all this green. A tree had snapped and landed on the roof. All it did was make a little thud—no crash, no cracks.’”