diff --git a/vortex-array/src/arrays/varbinview/build_views.rs b/vortex-array/src/arrays/varbinview/build_views.rs
index 87f5c84706b..2325185b0e9 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/arrays/varbinview/build_views.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/arrays/varbinview/build_views.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ pub fn offsets_to_lengths<P: NativePType>(offsets: &[P]) -> Buffer<P> {
 /// Maximum number of buffer bytes that can be referenced by a single `BinaryView`
 pub const MAX_BUFFER_LEN: usize = i32::MAX as usize;
 
-/// Split a large buffer of input `bytes` holding string data
+/// Build `BinaryView`s from a contiguous byte buffer and per-element lengths.
+///
+/// When total data exceeds `max_buffer_len` (2 GiB), buffers are split to ensure
+/// offsets fit in `u32`.
 pub fn build_views<P: NativePType + AsPrimitive<usize>>(
     start_buf_index: u32,
     max_buffer_len: usize,
@@ -32,28 +35,30 @@ pub fn build_views<P: NativePType + AsPrimitive<usize>>(
     lens: &[P],
 ) -> (Vec<ByteBuffer>, Buffer<BinaryView>) {
     let mut views = BufferMut::<BinaryView>::with_capacity(lens.len());
+    let views_dst = views.spare_capacity_mut().as_mut_ptr().cast::<BinaryView>();
 
     let mut buffers = Vec::new();
     let mut buf_index = start_buf_index;
-
     let mut offset = 0;
-    for &len in lens {
+    let mut bytes_ptr = bytes.as_slice().as_ptr();
+
+    for (i, &len) in lens.iter().enumerate() {
         let len = len.as_();
         assert!(len <= max_buffer_len, "values cannot exceed max_buffer_len");
 
         if (offset + len) > max_buffer_len {
-            // Roll the buffer every 2GiB, to avoid overflowing VarBinView offset field
             let rest = bytes.split_off(offset);
-
             buffers.push(bytes.freeze());
             buf_index += 1;
             offset = 0;
-
             bytes = rest;
+            bytes_ptr = bytes.as_slice().as_ptr();
         }
-        let view = BinaryView::make_view(&bytes[offset..][..len], buf_index, offset.as_());
-        // SAFETY: we reserved the right capacity beforehand
-        unsafe { views.push_unchecked(view) };
+
+        // SAFETY: we reserved capacity for lens.len() views and i < lens.len().
+        // The split check above keeps offsets within max_buffer_len; the lengths
+        // describe bytes sequentially, so offset + len fits in the current byte buffer.
+        unsafe { write_view(views_dst, i, bytes_ptr, len, buf_index, offset) };
         offset += len;
     }
 
@@ -61,9 +66,26 @@ pub fn build_views<P: NativePType + AsPrimitive<usize>>(
         buffers.push(bytes.freeze());
     }
 
+    // SAFETY: the loop writes exactly lens.len() views into the reserved capacity.
+    unsafe { views.set_len(lens.len()) };
+
     (buffers, views.freeze())
 }
 
+#[inline(always)]
+unsafe fn write_view(
+    views_dst: *mut BinaryView,
+    view_index: usize,
+    bytes_ptr: *const u8,
+    len: usize,
+    buf_index: u32,
+    offset: usize,
+) {
+    let value = unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(bytes_ptr.add(offset), len) };
+    let view = BinaryView::make_view(value, buf_index, offset.as_());
+    unsafe { views_dst.add(view_index).write(view) };
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use vortex_buffer::ByteBuffer;