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The North American Copper Awards has recognized Zahner's copper metal-work for the Waipolu Gallery in Oahu, Hawaii.

Zahner completed the New Academic Building at Cooper Union in New York City. See the time-lapse construction video at Videos & Downloads.

President and CEO Bill Zahner is featured in the August Issue of Wired Magazine, where he has now been dubbed, the "Alpha Geek" of Metal. Read Article

The NASCAR Hall of Fame project reached 1,000,000 man-hours without a "lost-time" accident milestone recently. In recognition for Zahner's achievement TBEKD presented a plaque to Zahner
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Bill Zahner named an Honorary Member of the American Institute of Architects.

Introducing the Hands of the Artist™ division, where Zahner engineers and craftsmen produce projects for artists.

Fisher Center

Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

Located at the north end of Bard College in upstate New York amongst the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, Fisher Center is a project designed Frank Gehry Partners, LLC, completed in 2003. After nearly 20 years of collaboration, Zahner and Frank Gehry enjoy a dynamic working relationship that continues to evolve and push the boundaries of what is possible to design and build.

Model of Fisher Center

The Fisher Center represents an example of recent work by Frank Gehry where the structure is exposed from beneath and around, like his Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, Chicago. Although this kind of deconstructive architecture is often criticized, we like it because it shows off our signature structural product, the ZEPPS™ Process, series of systems designed by Zahner to enable efficient construction of complex forms. The ZEPPS™ Process eliminates several construction steps because it requires no additional supports or finishing due to its exclusively structural aluminum components. Over 3,200 stainless sheets were installed on top of 710 unique ZEPPS™ Panels -- each panel interlocks with the next to form the dynamic but uniform surface of the roof and sides.

The entire profiled surface of each structure was clad with 16 ga Angel Hair™ Stainless steel. The stainless steel skins were lapped and fastened using a custom-engineered counter-sunk fastener.

Fisher Center, during construction.

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Working in CATIA and Pro-Engineer and utilizing Gehry Partners master model, Zahner developed a workable surface using the ZEPPS™ Process to form the walls and roof of this dynamic set of structures. The panels consist of a high strength aluminum frame structure profiled to form the shape desired by the architect. Per the architects request, the interior side of the panel was left uncovered to expose the intricate framing members. Along with standard EIFS walls and glazing, the ZEP panel systems formed the entire wall and portions of the roof structure.

Fisher Finished at Sunset