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The second VS1 Home, built on a Hudson Valley mountaintop looking west over the Catskill mountains of New York.

The VS1 Study House Nr. 1 is the global headquarters of Innovation Glass LLC and the Safford residence. IT showcases strengths and attributes of the VS1 building envelope technology.

VS1 was selected for the feature courtyard stairwell façade of the new headquarter campus of First Bank in Missouri. The glass curtain wall is adjacent to a four-story master staircase and composed of two spans—32 feet on the bottom and 34 feet on the top—anchored at the midpoint of the wall.

VS1 is uniquely suited to accommodate the long spans and jumbo glass sizes of airport projects at excellent value. The VS1 technology is well suited to accommodate the high wind loads standard at airports and has passed the ASTM E 1886/1996 certification test for small and large missile impact. VS1 is an ideal choice to […]

This is the first-ever castellated extruded aluminum mullion in the facade market, being used in the 47′ entrance facade of the George Bush Intercontinental Airport Terminal B. Castellations are cut into extruded aluminum profiles. For Houston Airport TB, the cut-outs are rounded rectangles, but they can theoretically be any shape or design.

Showcases two VS1 installations: a 30′ wall and a 40′ wall. VS1 mullions can be easily positioned on the exterior of a facade and allow designers to create strong vertical accents while creating a flush interior wall.

VS1 glass wall façade using horizontal cables aligned with floor slabs to break up a large vertical span. This transfers the high cable prestress forces into the floor diaphragms which already have inherent stiffness thereby eliminating costly secondary structure typically required for two-way cable net facades. The vertical glass wall loads are transferred to the […]

VS1-G was used for the lobby. The three-ply, full-height glass fin is made up of three layers of low iron ½” fully tempered glass with a Sentryglas (SG) interlayer. The fin clear spans (no splice) 30’ at the tallest point. The entire façade (fin and both face glass panels) is hung from the structure above […]

31’ VS1-A220 lobby curtain wall replaces the typical offset between the VS1 mullion and the face glass with a continuous vertical aluminum cassette. Toggle clips connect to the IGU within the cassette channel, allowing for standard IGUs to be used. The cassette system methodology is known industry-wide for simplicity of installation. It is also cost-effective […]