Residential | Zahner

The Bellslip Greenpoint Landing

Located on the historic Greenpoint Landing, The Bellslip, situated along the East River, showcases Zahner’s ability to produce a unique interior finish for this 30-story luxury apartment tower overlooking Brooklyn and Manhattan. The design is on the ground floor and acts as both a lobby and a public gathering space.

Leong Leong brought in Zahner to help develop a unique profile for an aluminum extrusion that would follow the curvature of the interior walls of this luxury apartment Tower in Brooklyn, NY. Zahner provided expertise and guidance to develop the extrusion profile, connection details, and finish. Zahner provided lengths of the extrusion to the onsite installer, which cut the extrusions on site for existing field conditions. Zahner also fabricated and delivered trim with a matching finish for the doors and end conditions.

The Leong Leong-designed lobby features curving, extruded aluminum metal walls.

PHOTO © NAHO KUBOTA

Original design rendering of the extruded aluminum wall paneling.

Curved anodized aluminum metal paneling covers the curved walls of the lobby interior.

PHOTO © NAHO KUBOTA

174 North Eleventh

July 27, 2017/in Exterior Architecture Highrise, Renovation, Residential Brooklyn--New York, New York City Kutnicki Bernstein Architects Green M 2017 /by cmorris

178 North Eleventh is mixed-use residential renovation designed by Kutnicki Bernstein Architects. The building features an antique patina on copper sheets provided by Zahner.

The seven-story building is a former button factory and manufacturing warehouse, developed by Great Point Properties to serve the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. The building’s facade is divided between two distinct blocks of various sized blue-green copper panels produced on Star Blue copper, a standard antiqued copper patina developed by Zahner.

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Daeyang Gallery

The firm has developed a growing number of works with Zahner, starting with the the Studio Libeskind-designed Contemporary Jewish Museum in which WRNS served as Architect of Record. Since then, Zahner has worked with WRNS on a number of projects, develop their unique design concepts into custom architectural systems, featured below.

Facade for 178 North Eleventh with antique copper patina in Brooklyn, New York.

Detail of the custom facade for 178 North Eleventh with antique copper patina in Brooklyn, New York.

Detail of the antique copper patina in Brooklyn, New York.

Serenity Residence

July 18, 2017/in Exterior Architecture Residential Carmel--California Wallace E. Cunningham M 2016 /by cmorris

Serenity; Carmel Highlands, California

Serenity is a Wallace Cunningham-designed residence in the Carmel Highlands of California. Zahner provided the home with a bespoke stainless steel enclosure, and supplied the engineering, fabrication, and installation of the residence’s custom stainless steel scope.

The surface of the roof is finished in Angel Hair stainless steel with standing seam hardware. Zahner provided the same Angel Hair finish throughout the interior and exterior stainless steel surfaces. This includes the residential exterior and interior fascia. It also includes the garage door cladding and other architectural accents as part of the residential architecture.

The artistic approach brought by Wallace E. Cunningham’s residential design is described by Brad Towle of Sotheby’s International Realty:

Architecturally shaped like a butterfly, the ocean dances below the home, rainbows of light twirl through the glass walls, and the majesty of nature embraces your soul upon arrival. The style mimics exuberance of Italian Baroque and simplicity of Japanese minimalism.

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AERIAL AND INTERIOR FOOTAGE OF THE SERENITY RESIDENCE DESIGNED BY WALLACE E. CUNNINGHAM.

FILM COURTESY OF SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY.

Exterior of Serenity residence by Wallace E. Cunningham.

East elevation of Serenity residence by Wallace E. Cunningham.

Standing seam custom roof system by Zahner.

Interior fascia in stainless steel provides an ambient reflectivity.

Glass and stainless steel meet to provide a bold interior space.

Interior of Serenity residence by Wallace E. Cunningham.

Interior stainless steel accents frame the spaces of the Serenity residence.

Interior stainless steel fascia divides the kitchen fenestration.

Artesia

May 12, 2017/in Art & Sculpture, Landscape Architecture Residential Mexico, Mexico City Hendrix + Studio, Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos Jan Hendrix M 2014 /by cmorris

Artesia Campos Eliseos

Artesia is a luxury residential complex in Mexico City which runs along the Campos Eliseos boulevard in Polanco. The residence’s ground levels feature permanent artworks by Jan Hendrix which were manufactured by Zahner. Working with Hendrix+Studio, the team developed a concept which fits into the overall architectural vision by Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos.

The artwork by Hendrix is a permanent art installation made up of a series of massive perforated columns. Each column is made using mirror-polish aluminum, perforated to exacting standards based on the illustrated drawings by Hendrix+Studio. The aluminum plates were perforated using a mill process and connected using with custom-joinery. The forms are further polished to achieve a uniform mirror finish.

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Patio de las Jacarandas

Patio de Las Jacarandas is a Jan Hendrix and Hendrix Studio-designed work of public art in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The project's metal canopy was developed and fabricated by Zahner in water-jet cut aluminum.

Detail of the aluminum forms at the Artesia residential complex.

Perforated aluminum columns adorn the entrance of Artesia.

Zahner fabrication of the perforated aluminum column forms in Kansas City.

Hamptons Beach House

March 21, 2017/in Exterior Architecture, Interior Architecture Passive Security, Residential Hamptons--New York Aamodt/Plumb Grey S 2013 /by cmorris

Hamptons Beach House Residence on Long Island, New York

Hamptons Beach House is private residence designed by Aamodt / Plumb which features a protective aluminum plate screen facade fabricated by Zahner. The residence is located on a narrow barrier island on the south shore of Long Island, an hour and a half from Manhattan.

The property is exposed to Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Shinnecock Bay on the other. Extreme coastal weather conditions meant that the design had to reconcile the desire to openly experience the landscape with a real need for protection.

The solution was to create a tough exterior shell with an open, light-filled interior. Intricate shadow patterns, created by water-jet cut metal screens, move through the house as the day unfolds. More than ornament, the screens protect double height windows from hurricane force winds.

Hamptons Beach House residence designed by Aamodt / Plumb

Ridges Residence

February 22, 2017/in Interior Architecture Residential Las Vegas--Nevada Make Studios Nathan Weber Black, Blue-grey S 2016 Related Work /by cmorris

The Ridges Residence in Las Vegas, Nevada

The Ridges Residence is a private home featuring Zahner-manufactured interior metal artwork designed by Make Studios. Located in The Ridges, a neighborhood of Las Vegas, the project includes a carbon-steel perforated wall art feature which Zahner provided as a supply-only to Make Studios.

Working collaboratively with Zahner’s ImageWall team, the designers and artists at Make Studios worked with Blue Heron to develop a “Carbon Canvas” concept, showcasing artistic imagery through perforated metal. The owner of the residence had a fondness for the city of Pittsburgh, so the artwork shows a aerial view of the city’s downtown area. The artwork is manufactured in a designer-specified alloy of hot-rolled steel, a material long associated with the Pennsylvania city.

The carbon-steel alloy was manufactured by Zahner using ImageWall. The custom perforated steel surface was then delivered and installed by Make Studios, and coated in tung oil. The artwork is recessed in the living room and kitchen area of the interior residential project.

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Interior view of the Ridges Residence artwall.

Turbulence House

February 1, 2017/in Exterior Architecture Residential Abiquiu--New Mexico, Vicenza--Italy Steven Holl Architects White S 2002, 2005 /by cmorris

An Artistic Guesthouse

Designed by Steven Holl Architects and manufactured using Zahner form-building technologies, Turbulence House functions as a guest home for artists Richard Tuttle and Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge.

Steven Holl likens the design to “the tip of an iceberg indicating a much larger mass below. The form allows turbulent wind to blow through its center.” The stressed skin and aluminum rib construction was digitally prefabricated in Kansas City and assembled on site in Abiquiu, New Mexico.

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Building the Curved Form

The architect initially provided Zahner with a small-scale physical model. Using 3D scanning capabilities, the team developed a digital model in CAD system Pro Engineer. (Today, the company uses a more sophisticated 3DEXPERIENCE platform.)

Zahner engineers used this model to refine the form into ZEPPS assemblies, the Zahner system for building sculptural forms. Typically, the ZEPPS system exists as a secondary structure to a structural steel primary support. For Turbulence House, the ZEPPS assemblies serve as the primary structure, which required additional engineering for full integration.

A total of 31 pre-fabricated metal assemblies, each with a unique shape, form the “shell” of the house. Galvalume, an alloy of zinc and aluminum, was used to create the building skin.

A second version of Turbulence House was installed indoors during an exhibition at the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza, Italy. It is now permanently displayed on the grounds of a private company in northeastern Italy.

Steven Holl watercolor painting of the Turbulence House.

Physical model by Steven Holl Architects for the Turbulence House.

3D Model of the scanned physical model for Turbulence House.

ZEPPS conversion of the model, color-coded into individual ZEPPS assemblies.

Turbulence House with partial cladding installed.

A section of the ZEPPS is lifted into the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza, Italy.

Walker Tower at 210 West 18th Street

Walker Tower is a residential high-rise in New York City constructed by architect Ralph Thomas Walker in 1929. For its historic renovation in 2011, Zahner provided custom manufactured architectural details, which can be seen throughout its interior and exterior spaces.

Working under CetraRuddy architects and the JDS real estate team, engineers and fabricators at Zahner assisted the project team’s unique design challenges. The original building served as offices for New York Telephone Company, so the design team’s challenge was to transform this building into luxury residences for the 21st century and beyond.

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We greatly admire Walker’s original Art Deco entrance of nickel and brass sunbursts and electrical motifs. We extended this aesthetic into the lobby through a rich experience of materials. Even Fred Astaire would not seem out of step in such a space.

John CetraFounding Principal.atcategory

As a historic building, it was important to maintain and reintroduce bronze and nickel silver features throughout the building. Zahner provided brass medallions, bronze leaf in glass, and nickel silver. These features included sliding glass door system for the interior lobby, elevator and door transoms, custom door and sidelites, and chevron mullion inserts for both the lobby, vestibule and exterior.