All VS1 Projects
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
TKTS Booth
Designed by Perkins Eastman, installed by Shuldiner
This iconic landmark in New York City’s Times Square is the first all-glass structural envelope in the United States and one of the only ones in the world. This project was one of the most valued collaborative experiences of Franz Safford’s career and it enabled him to work closely with Nicholas Leahy, now co-CEO of Perkins Eastman.
➤ Read more about this NYC cultural landmark in Times Square
➥ All-Glass Structures ❍ Bespoke
Deutsche Bank Center
Designed by SOM, installed by ASI and W&W Glass
Formerly the Time Warner Center, this facade is one of the largest cable net walls in the world at 130’. Each cable is pre-tensioned to very high forces to limit the maximum wall deflection to L/50.
➤ Read more about this iconic New York City facade
➥ Safford as Principal in Charge ❍ Bespoke
Station Place
Designed by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates
The headquarters of the Security and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC features a hyperbolic shaped tension cable net structure, the first of its kind ever built.
Read more about this hyperbolic shaped tension cable net wall
➥ Safford as Principal in Charge ❍ Bespoke
Eskind Biomedical Library
Designed by Hastings Architecture, installed by Harmon Inc
The steel tension truss glass facade was the first structure of its kind built in the US after the completion of the Louvre Pyramid in Paris. Many iterations of the original Vanderbilt project were subsequently built by ASI and led to the development of highly transparent facades that could be scaled to span great heights.
➤ Read more about this early custom glass curtain wall project
➥ Safford as Principal in Charge ❍ Bespoke