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The Steven Spielberg-produced documentary Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero features Snøhetta's September 11th Memorial Museum, stainless steel cladding by Zahner.

Announcing the Zahner-KME joint venture for the European Market. Read the Press Release at the JV site. Zahner-KME in Joint Venture

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The Zahner App is now available for iPhone. Features hundreds of projects by artists and architects. iPhone App

Zahner Campus North Dock Expansion has won the Monsters of Design Honor Award; designed by Crawford Architects' Stephen Colin and Michael O'Donnell.

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

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Announcing the winners for the Biennial ZAHNER + KCAI Art and Sculpture Competition at KCAI.

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Tessellate™ kinetic metal surfaces by Zahner and ABI released: visually stunning and environmentally responsible.

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.
Visit Zahner's Hands of the Artist website

Tacoma Art Museum

The Tacoma Art Museum in downtown Tahoma, Washington

The new Tacoma Art Museum opened in 2003, doubling it's square footage from the old museum and creating new flexible gallery space for it's collection. The collection is primarily composed of traditional works and artwork by Northwest artists. The new building was designed by Antoine Predock , an acclaimed architect with whom Zahner has worked with on numerous occasions.

A particularly interesting part of the project is the "Stone wave" designed by Richard Rhodes of Rhodes Architectural Stone. This courtyard features a concave stone floor which uses mirror-finish stainless to reflect itself in multiplicity. From certain angles, these reflections generate the illusion of sharp, light waves on water.

Predock was inspired by the water and quality of light in Tacoma, which lead him to envision a space “with an element of the Northwest, very quiet and contemplative.” Richard Rhodes brings this vision to life by introducing the element of water and creating a sense of movement with a rigid material. “It is exciting to shape a hard, organic material so that it appears liquid" -- an effect that Zahner finds particularly exciting.

The building features several of Zahner's proprietary systems and processes, including the Inverted Seam™ Wall and Roof panel system. The Inverted Seem™ System is the finest metal roof available world-wide, providing the insulation, rain screen, and water-channeling, all on a virtually smooth and minimal surface. The surface of the museum includes 36,000 square feet of 14ga. Stainless Steel with a Shadow finished surface.

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