All Projects
Presented in Chronological Order
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Designed by BIG, installed by Juba Aluminum Products.
65’ vertical clear spans with full-height mullions and no steel reinforcement.
➤ Read more about TPAC’s record-breaking facades
➥ Jumbo Glass · Long Spans · Offset Glass Joints · Seismic Drift Adaptations · Sloping Sill Conditions · Toggle Fittings ❍ VS1-A210
Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music
Designed by COOKFOX, installed by National Glass & Metal
The façade is at the back wall of the stage and clear spans 26 feet with no horizontal mullions. This VS1 installation achieves acoustic isolation from the outdoors while still providing a highly transparent view of the historic campus.
➤ Read more about this sound proof glass curtain wall
➥ Acoustic Isolation ❍ VS1-A
Ralph C Wilson Jr Welcome Center
Designed by GWWO, installed by Hogan Glass
VS1 was selected for the glass perimeter of the new Niagara Falls Welcome Center. The entrance facade spans 16', and the gallery wall reaches 30' clear via a sloping ground elevation transition.
➤ Read more about this glass curtain wall envelope
➥ Bird Safe Glass · Long Spans · Toggle Fittings
Statue of Liberty Museum
Designed by FXCOLLABORATIVE, installed by Josloff Glass
The new Statue of Liberty Museum, which opened in 2019, features two VS1 walls and a VS1 all-glass elevator enclosure.
➤ Read more about this iconic museum project on Liberty Island
➥ All Glass Corners · Bird-Safe Glass · Jumbo Glass Sizes ❍ VS1-A
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
Slover Library
Designed by Newman, installed by Glass Projects Resource
➤ Read more about this stunning glass facade in Norfolk, VA
➥ All-Glass Corners · ❍ VS1-A · RS8.6
Banners at Lincoln Center
This project is in the category of “structural art” as it is comprised of sculpted steel in the literal sense. The end plates that terminated at the intersection of two tapering steel members required a mutli-axial CNC machine of which only a few exist in the US.
➤ Read more about these steel banner structures in NYC
➥ Specialty Steel Structures ❍ Bespoke
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