Case STudies

Discover how NYU’s Paulson Center uses fire rated glazing to transform below-grade spaces in a vertical campus. Learn how early design collaboration created safer, brighter, code-compliant underground facilities.

Because having an open, transparent lab design was crucial in promoting collaboration, boosting creativity and potentially achieving LEED, WELL Building, and Fitwel certifications, the design team used fire rated glass in several communal areas while meeting all safety and fire requirements.

A key element in achieving LEED Sustainability and WELL Building principles for the new Cayuga Park Medical Office Building was incorporating fire-rated glass in the building's centrally located, two-hour stairwell.

In New York, developers and their architects are using cantelevered always looking for new strategies to realize the maximum potential of their real estate developments. Fire rated glass helps preserve views and meet fire and life safety code requirements.

In designing the new Dudley and Lambertus Halls at Purdue University, BSA LifeStructures used clear fire rated glazing to create open and inviting 2-hour stairwells.  Incorporating  transparency in these fire rated locations also provided safety and security, encouraging everyday use.

Sophisticated. Elegant. Iconic. These are some of the words being used to describe One Vanderbilt Avenue, the 77-story skyscraper that has redefined the Manhattan skyline. At 1,401 feet tall, it is the tallest office tower in Midtown, with a prime location just steps from another world-famous architectural icon, Grand Central Terminal. SAFTI FIRST provided clear, USA-made, fire resistive, low-iron glass and framing systems to this monumental project.

SAFTI FIRST provided a unique, artistic 2-hour fire resistive glass floor to the new Union Square Station in San Francisco. This glass floor acts as a lightwell and designed to improve wayfinding by welcoming commuters into the concourse level while meeting all the fire rated code requirements. Because SAFTI FIRST’s products are proudly USA-made, it met the Buy America requirements of the project as well.

SuperLite II-XLM 120 clear butt-glazed walls with 9 ft. GPX Builders Series 90 minute Temperature Rise doors creates a light-filled, transparent 2-hour stairwell that is on-brand with Waste Management’s new Houston Headquarters.