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

VS1 was selected to wrap all four elevations of the existing M1 Bank building in Kansas City, Missouri. The architect’s design goal for a “glass box” aesthetic was achieved using aluminum VS1 blade mullions and all-glass corners, which are a standard VS1 detail.

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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.

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

Read more about this new glass wall lobby in the Boston Seaport

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.

Key Details: All-Glass Vestibules · All-Glass Corners · Toggle Fittings · LEED Platinum

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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