155 North Wacker
Architect: HED
Installer: Christopher Glass and Aluminum
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Certification: LEED Gold
VS1-g, which uses a glass mullion in lieu of an extruded aluminum blade, was selected for the renovation of two down town Chicago lobby facades. Unique to VS1-g+ is the ability to achieve all glass walls with un-spliced, full height glass fins spanning in this case 50' clear, a record for Chicago and the US. The glass fin is 32” deep, quadruple laminated, 2” thick and is comprised of low iron, tempered glass with SG interlayers. The fins even at that depth literally “disappear” visually when viewing the wall from the exterior.
This project also required the removal of existing one-way tensioned cable glass walls. iG provided the structural analysis, jacking assemblies, custom brackets and method statement to detention the cables and safely remove them readying for the installation of the new ultra transparent walls. At all levels this project embodies the technical depth of the Innovation Glass LLC team to rise to the innovative occasion to create excellent architecture.
