Current Projects

Los Angeles Police Department Fallen Officers Memorial

Kansas City Police escourted the Memorial to City limits, at which point the U.S. Department of Transportation took over escourting the 32-foot-long and 12-foot, 3-inch high brass wall towards LA.  

Cooper Union
Innovative solutions in perforated stainless for the New Academic Building. View More

Curbed NY: View Article 1 / Article 2

Cooper Union
The Civic Value of a Bold Statement View More

Bartle Hall
Sculptural metal skin on a Loading Dock. View More

Zahner to receive a Capstone Award sponsored by the Kansas City Business Journal for Bartle Hall North Dock

Capstone Awards Luncheon Friday, April 3rd View More

The Ohr Okeefe Museum
Biloxi is back on track. Zahner furnished and installed the first four 'Pod' Structures. View More

NASCAR Hall of Fame
Zahner is underway on the new NASCAR Headquarters building in Charlotte, NC.
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The Many Faces of Thom Mayne's 41 Cooper Square
Released: December 2009

The East Village is a New York City neighborhood with a complicated vibe. It's a place where restaurant equipment wholesalers and ancient brick walk-ups rub shoulders with spanking new condo towers ... more

State of the Cooper Union
Released: December 2009

New Yorkers take good things for granted. We accept the city's virtues as entitlements and are vocal about its imperfections—we complain, or kvetch, in the native parlance, with passionate expertis ... more

Stucco Garage in S.F. is a Work of Art
Released: November 2009

Anybody with eyes can see that Northern California is awash in a sea of stucco. It's the drab default of last resort, spread like wallpaper across buildings where nobody really cares about design.< ... more

The Semantic Metal Surface, by Bill Zahner
Released: October 2009

When defining a logic to use a particular surface material, various aesthetic qualities such as color, texture, patterns and boundaries are often considered. In our pursuit to arrive at materials  ... more

Fabricating with a Digital Foundation: Architectural metal fabricator embraces the 3-D model approach
Released: September 2009

A Shop floor technician at Zahner Co. powers up a laptop - a mundane sight, until you consider what he's about to view. He opens a dynamic PDF, zooms in, rotates the image, and uncovers cross sect ... more

Taubman Wins a Prestigious 2009 International Architecture Award
Released: September 2009

Chicago, Illinois. . . The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. and co-presented by The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studie ... more

The Civic Value of a Bold Statement
Released: June 2009

We’ll have to wait to find out exactly what the end of the Age of Excess means for architecture in New York. Yes, the glut of high-concept luxury towers was wearisome. But some great civic works we ... more

Wyly Theater
Released: March 2009

Art and engineering merged last week as The Dallas Morning News' photographers toured the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre and the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, two of the main venues at the Da ... more

Taubman Museum of Art
Released: December 2008

Located on a prominent corner of Roanoke’s downtown, the Taubman Museum of Art creates a gateway to the city for visitors arriving from US I581. As Roanoke’s most contemporary structure, the buildi ... more

Columbia to Finish Section of Campus, 113 Years Later
Released: December 2008

Columbia University is finally completing the northwest corner of its six-block main campus in Morningside Heights, 113 years after construction began there.

It is doing so with a 14-stor ... more

Bartle Hall Loading Dock Goes from Drab to Dramatic
Released: November 2008

The north loading dock of Bartle Hall, an ugly entry point to downtown for 30-plus years, has been radically transformed to not only look good but also function better.

The $7.3 million p ... more

Turret-Press Tools Create Works of Art
Released: August 2008

Special tooling allows A. Zahner Co. to create custom panels that clad some of the most famous museums and art house in North America.

The Fabricating / Manufacturing Division of A. Zah ... more

EMP: Experience Music Project
Released: May 2008

Anyone who says they’ve never wanted to be a rock star is either lying or in denial. The desire to pick up a guitar and wail is just as much human nature as the need to breathe. It is an innate urg ... more

Seven Outstanding Professionals Tapped for Hon. AIA
Released: February 2007

L. William Zahner, Hon. AIA, is the fourth generation of his family to lead the A. Zahner Company, which has supplied high-quality architectural metal products and services for more than 100 yea ... more

Zahner listed as
Released: October 2006

"The Pitch", Kansas City's independent news magazine has come out with their annual Best Of Kansas City.  This year, A. Zahner Company was recognized as "The Best Thing Made in Kansas City". 

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A. Zahner Company featured in Star Magazine
Released: October 2006

The September 17, 2006 edition of the Kansas City Star's Star Magazine features A. Zahner Company, with an article entitled "The Hands of the Artist".

Last year a docent at San Francisco's  ... more

“Streams: Data Driven Fabrications Connecting with Indiana’s White River.”
Released: April 2006

Collections of sticks, leaves and stones from Indiana’s White River fill the Ball glass jars that dot the windowsills in Prof. Kevin Klinger’s classroom. Two canoes rest at the front of the room, i ... more

De Young Museum makes the cover of "Architectural Record"
Released: November 2005

The November, 2005 issue of "Architectural Record" magazine has placed the New de Young Museum on their cover and, in a section devoted to museum projects around the world, between pages 104 - 115. ... more

The Hunter Museum of Art featured in "Architectural Record"
Released: November 2005

The November 2005 issue of "Architectural Record" magazine features the Hunter Museum of Art by Randall Stout [see pages 122 – 129] in a section devoted to museum projects around the world.

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Sheet-Metal Magicians - Metropolis - October 2005
Released: October 2005

An obscure company is fast becoming the go-to fabricator for facade and structural innovation.

On a glaringly bright June afternoon in Kansas City, I
find myself standin ... more

Water Treatment Facility featured in two architectural magazines
Released: October 2005

Both the October 2005 issues of “Architecture” and "Architectural Record" magazines highlight a Steven Holl designed project.

A water purification facility, located in Connecticut, was to  ... more

Dallas / Fort Worth Terminal D featured in “Architectural Record”
Released: October 2005

The October 2005 issue of "Architectural Record" magazine contains two Zahner projects and one is the new DFW Terminal D project. 

A project of this size requires the efforts of many  ... more

Turbulence House featured in "Architectural Record"
Released: April 2005

Every year, the April issue of "Architectural Record" magazine focuses on residential projects and 2005’s issue has Steven Holl’s  “Turbulence House” on pages 182 – 187. 

This pr ... more

The Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park featured in "Architectural Record"
Released: January 2005

The January 2005 issue of “Architectural Record” features Zahner’s ZEPP System and our angel hairTM finish shingle cladding system.  The band shell, found on pages 136 – 145, is one of Gehry P ... more

MIT Stata Center featured in “Architectural Record”
Released: August 2004

“Architectural Record" magazine's August 2004 issue features Gehry Partners’  designed MIT Stata Center on pages 97 - 111.  Zahner designed, engineered, fabricated and installed the modul ... more

Zahner introduces custom patinas on zinc.
Released: March 2004

As one can see when viewing the November 2005 issue of "Architectural Record" magazine, the Hunter Museum of Art by Randall Stout [see pages 122 – 129] features a custom patina on zinc that has qui ... more

Business Week recognizes Apple’s Soho Flagship store.
Released: January 2004

Apple Computer’s Flagship Store, located in the Soho area of New York City receives a national design award when it was recognized by “Business Week” magazine as one of the best interior spaces of  ... more

Apple’s Soho Flagship store featured in "Architectural Record"
Released: November 2003

Apple Computer’s Flagship Store, located in the Soho area of New York City was featured in the  October, 2003 issue of "Architectural Record.”

Working with the Berkley office of Bohlin ... more

Click to view ZAHNER Hands of the Artist Site

William Zahner, the CEO of Kansas City-based A. Zahner Co., looks at metal in ways that only an expert would, “It involves the way light interfaces with that surface and the aesthetic that’s achieved, and the functionality of the surface.”
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The new crown at Royals stadium is ready for opening day.
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The Wyly Theatre in Dallas, designed by REX/OMA, is going to be one of the world's most innovative theatre facilities.
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Bill Zahner is named an Honorary Member of the American Institute of Architects See More
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John Wiley & Sons Inc. publishes second book by L. William Zahner entitled
Architectural Metal Surfaces

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