Zahner or A. Zahner Company is an architectural metal & glass company located in

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History and Company Information

Zahner was founded in 1897 by Andrew Zahner as ''Eagle Cornice Works'', serving the region with decorative cornice works and repair. In 1913, the company became A. Zahner Sheet Metal Company, and over the course of the century would produce metal-work from industrial kitchen tables to metal work on buildings. In 1989, Andrew Zahner's great-grandson, L. William Zahner III became company president, and is credited with transforming the company from a regional sheet-metal contractor into a national architectural metals and facades producer. He also guided the company towards producing works by artists as well as architects. During the past thirty years, the company produced the exteriors for notable structures including the

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, the Experience Music Project in

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, and is producing the upcoming

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. The firm is involved in the development of architectural metal systems as well as patinas and other surface treatments on metal. Zahner holds five patents which pertain to the Architectural Metals industry Zahner President and CEO L. William Zahner serves as the Industry Liaison for the National Architectural Committee of SMACNA, and in 2006, was awarded the Copper Medal, Associazone Italiana di Metallurgia (AIM). On January 21, 2011, companies Zahner and KME announced a joint venture, ''Zahner-KME''. The venture will offer engineering and building services to architects in the European Market. On December 3, 2024 Armstrong World Industries announced that it has acquired A. Zahner Company.

Notable Architectural Projects

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, in Laramie, Wyoming, designed by

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, 1993. *

Weisman Art Museum Weisman Art Museum is an art museum at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 1934 as University Gallery, the museum was originally housed in an upper floor of the university's Northrop Auditorium. In 1993, the museum ...

, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, designed by

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, 1993. *

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, in Independence, Missouri, designed by

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, 1994. * Museum of Science & Industry, in Tampa, Florida, designed by

, 1995. * Maggie's Center, in Dundee, Scotland, designed by

, 1995. * Experience Music Project, in Seattle, Washington, designed by

, 2000. * Museum of Glass, in Tacoma, Washington, designed by

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, 2002. *Flagship

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in Soho, New York City, designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 2002. *Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library, in Pueblo, Colorado, designed by

, 2003. * Tacoma Art Museum, in Tacoma, Washington, designed by

, 2003. * Pritzker Pavilion, in Chicago's Millennium Park, Illinois, designed by

, 2004. * DFW Airport Terminal D, in Irving, Texas. Designed by Corgan Associates, 2005. *Turbulence House, New Mexico, designed by

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, 2005. *

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, in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, California, designed by

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, 2005. * Hunter Museum of American Art, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, designed by Randall Stout, 2005. * 40 Bond, a residential project in

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, designed by

, 2006. * Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse, Eugene, Oregon, designed by

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, 2006. * Contemporary Jewish Museum, in San Francisco's Yerba Buena Gardens district, designed by

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, 2008. * Trinity River Audubon Center, in Dallas, Texas, designed by

, 2008. *

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, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, designed by

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, 2008. *

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, in Roanoke, Virginia, designed by Randall Stout, 2008. * 41 Cooper Square, The New Academic Building at Cooper Union,

, designed by

, 2009. * Winspear Opera House, in Dallas, Texas, designed by

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, 2009. * Wyly Theater, in Dallas, Texas, designed by OMA/ REX. *

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, designed by Randall Stout, 2010. *

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, designed by Pei Cobb Freed, 2010. * Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas, in Irving, Texas, designed by RMJM Hillier, 2011. *Zahner North Dock Expansion, in Kansas City, Missouri, designed by Crawford Architects, 2011. *

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, in Kansas City, Missouri, designed by

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, 2011. *Dream Downtown, in New York City, designed by Handel Architects, 2011. *

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, in Miami, Florida, designed by Perez & Perez, 2011. * Spaceport America, in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, designed by Foster & Partners, 2011. *

, in New York City, designed by

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, 2011. *

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, in Mexico City, designed by Rojkind Arquitectos, 2011. *McCoy Federal Building, in Jackson, Mississippi, designed by Schwartz and Silver, 2012. * Sidra Medical Center, in Doha, Qatar, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli, 2012. * MOCA Cleveland, Ohio, designed by FMA, 2012. * Broad Art Museum, in East Lansing, Michigan, designed by

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, 2012. * Basra Sports City, in Basra, Iraq, designed by 360 Architects, 2013. *

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, on Roosevelt Island, NYC, designed by

, 2013. *

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, in Los Angeles, California, designed by

, 2014.

Notable Art and Design Projects

*''Sky Stations'', by R. M. Fisher; owned by the City of Kansas City, Missouri; 1993. *''1 3 5 7 9 11'', by

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; owned by the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Missouri; 1995. *'Issey Miyake,' by Gordon Kipping &

, in Tribeca, New York City, 2001. *''One Sun, 34 Moons'', by Walter de Maria; owned by the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Missouri; 2002. *''Glass Ceiling'', by

Dale Chihuly Dale Chihuly ( ; born September 20, 1941) is an American glass artist and entrepreneur. He is well known in the field of Glassblowing, blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture". Early life Dale Patrick Chihuly was born on ...

; owned by the Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington; 2002. *''

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'', interior artwork designed by Ramona Sakiestewa, Washington, D.C., 2004. *"Oculus", by Reilly Hoffman; Permanent Collection of Topper Johns, 2006. *''Microcosm'', by Leo Villareal; Permanent Collection of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, Kansas; 2007. *''Winds of Aphrodite'', by Suikang Zhao; owned by the City of Kansas City, Missouri; 2008. * LAPD Memorial to Fallen Officers, by

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; owned by the Los Angeles Police Foundation, California; 2009.Zavis, Alexandr
"LAPD memorial for fallen officers finds its way home"
''Los Angeles Times'', September 23, 2009, accessed December 1, 2010. *''Art Wall at Doha'', by

Jan Hendrix Jan Hendrix (born 1949) is a Dutch-born artist who has lived and worked in Mexico since 1978. Hendrix received the Order of the Aztec Eagle from the Mexican government for his work in art and architecture. Art All projects start with drawing a ...

; and the architects at Legorreta & Legorreta, Doha, Qatar; 2010.

References

External links

- Zahner website- Zahner-KME in Joint VentureHands of the Artist - Zahner Art Projects
{{Zahner Architecture firms based in Missouri Companies based in Kansas City, Missouri Design companies established in 1897 1897 establishments in Missouri American companies established in 1897

History and Company Information

Notable Architectural Projects

Notable Art and Design Projects

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