All VS1 Projects
Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill
Designed by Bauman Lyon Architects
This renovated mill-turned-museum features a super transparent VS1 installation. “Derby’s Silk Mill is the site of the world’s first factory and a part of Derwent Valley Mills Unesco World Heritage Site.”
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➥ Historical Renovation · Toggle Fittings ❍ VS1-A
Kaposvar
➤ More about this glass lobby curtain wall in Hungary
➥ Toggle Fittings · Triple IGU ❍ VS1-A110
One Illinois Center
Designed by Goettsch Partners, installed by Ventana
This project involved the lobby renovation-upgrade using the direct glaze version of the VS1 system which eliminates the gap between the inside surface of the glass and the face of the mullion.
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➥ Direct Glaze · Long Span ❍ VS1-A230
American Century Investment
Designed by HOK, installed by Flynn Midwest
A 24' VS1-G lobby facade using full-height unspliced fins will replace the original entryway of this American Century office building. The roof of an all-glass vestibule cantilevers to the exterior to create a canopy.
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➥ All-Glass Vestibule · Canopy ❍ VS1-G
Anderson Towers - Avenue of the Stars
Designed by Montalba Architects, installed by Trü Architectural
This project features two VS1 curtain wall installations: at 1800, a 26' ground floor wall using 8" T-shaped mullion; and at 1900, two 20' entry facades using 10" t -shaped mullions.
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❍ VS1-A
St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
Designed by TR,i Architects, installed by NGG Ltd
The entry wall is a folded 24' VS1 facade with an all-glass fold line supported by 10" heavy bullet-shaped mullion. The design goal was to symbolize Kristallnacht and the theme of shattered glass.
➤ Read more about this all-glass faceted atrium in St. Louis
➥ Faceted Facades · ❍ VS1-A
Brookhaven National Lab
Designed by Gensler, installed by Action Store Fronts
This project features two VS1 installations: a 30' wall and a 40' wall, each utilizing our 12¾" mullion on the building's exterior.
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➥ Long Spans · Exterior Mullions ❍ VS1-A
Travis County Civil and Family Courts
Designed by Gensler, installed by Harmon
The mullions are unspliced, spanning the full height and supporting extra wide glass with bays that are 10-foot on center. The all-glass corner, a standard VS1 detail, is supported by a tension rod.
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➥ All-Glass Corners · Jumbo Glass Sizes · Long Spans ❍ VS1-A
541 North Fairbanks Court
IG’s role was to engineer new head and base anchors, supply replacement parts and define the rehabilitation method for the glazing contractor. This included removing a lower portion of the mullion and replacing it with new 316 stainless steel base anchors.
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❍ Bespoke
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.
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➥ Complex Geometry · Exterior Mullions · Slanted Mullions ❍ VS1-A
Dartmouth Irving Center
Designed by Goody Clancy, installed by R&R Windows
The feature wall of the building is a 50-foot high dual VS1 facade that is proud of the brick facade creating a "glass box" aesthetic. The internal and external walls are supported by a single 10-inch rectangular mullion within the air cavity.
➤ Read more about the thermal performance of this dual wall
➥ Dual Wall · Shading Elements · ❍ 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.
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➥ Complex Geometry · Curved Glass ❍ VS1-A
155 North Wacker
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
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
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➥ Exterior Mullions · Complex Geometry · Offset Glass Joints · Slanted Facades & Mullions ❍ VS1-A100
eleven50 Eastlake
Designed by Gensler, installed by Permasteelisa
VS1 was selected for two facades on the new 1150 Eastlake Avenue, Seattle development. Both scopes are 21-foot clear spans of curved glass which are supported by the 10-inch heavy VS1 mullion.
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➥ Curved Glass· Segmented Wall ❍ VS1-A100
Friar Development Center
Designed by Perkins Eastman, installed by Massey Glass
VS1 mullions are used on the interior in some locations, and on the exterior in other areas. In one section, exterior-facing mullions are offset 12” from the mullion.
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➥ All-Glass Vestibule · Exterior Mullions · Shading Elements ❍ VS1-A
Clowes Memorial Hall Renovation
Designed by Browning Day, installed by Architectural Glass & Metal
This project is a performance hall renovation featuring the addition of a VS1 facade.
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❍ VS1-A
Press Glass HQ
Designed by Dewbury, installed by Charlotte Glass
The feature facade of this trusted partner’s HQ is composed of 10' x 20' IGU panels with all-glass corners, a standard VS1 detail.
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➥ Jumbo Glass Sizes ❍ VS1-A
International Tech Park Pune
ITPP features the first implementation of VS1-G in Asia. Three VS1-G installations, totaling 7,440 square feet in area, will serve as the building’s lobby facades. The walls are all 21’ clear spans with five-foot fin spacing.
➤ Read more about this glass fin curtain wall project in India
➥ Long Spans ❍ VS1-G100
United House
A VS1 lobby welcomes visitors to the headquarters of United Enterprises, a Dhaka-based infrastructure company.
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➥ Canopy · Jumbo Glass ❍ VS1-A