Houston--Texas

FKP Architects, now a part of CannonDesign, engaged Zahner to create a perforated façade that provides required ventilation on the University of Houston-Clear Lake central power plant extension.

The ImageWall landscape image depicting branches from a large oak tree, which is the predominate tree on the University of Houston-Clear Lake campus, is on the east elevation of the central plant expansion.

This Imagewall application includes panels fabricated from Champagne Anodized Aluminum and features Zahner’s Cross-Seam Perf™ technology. The Drop & Lock™ system was the best hardware solution, with the mullions spanning the height of the openings and panels were easily installed by the University’s preferred installer.

ImageWall installation on the Clear Lake Central Plant building.

Photo by Tejas Doshi | ARKO

The tree canopy pattern on the ImageWall panels echoes the finish on the building facade and the landscaping nearby.

Photo by Tejas Doshi | ARKO

Cross-Seam Perf™ eliminates unperforated borders around each panel, which can obscure imagery on a large panel grid.

Photo by Tejas Doshi | ARKO

Zahner's Drop & Lock™ panel hardware was used for mounting the perforated ImageWall panels.

Photo by Tejas Doshi | ARKO

The prepared photo, looking up through tree branches, that was used to create the ImageWall perforation layout.

The prepared photo that was used to create the ImageWall perforation layout.

Completed ImageWall installation.

Photo by Tejas Doshi | ARKO

Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston, Texas

The Hyatt Regency Houston is a new hotel development designed by Gensler which includes several features made using Zahner engineering and fabrication. Among the features provided by Zahner: a massive art wall at the building’s porte-cochère, steel signage at its entrance, and a series of interior lobby partition walls screen dividers manufactured in Solanum Steel.

These architectural details are part of the new 260,000-square-foot, 14-story Hyatt Regency Hotel. Located next to the Houston Galleria, the new construction builds on an existing two-story retail building which was partially demolished and integrated into the new design.

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Hyatt Regency Houston

Art wall, fabricated in Solanum Steel and aluminum, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston.

The Hyatt River Art Wall

The artist team responsible for developing the art wall Lester Yuen, Michael Gajevsky and Nancy Nodler. Yuen worked closely with L. William Zahner to develop the artwork, using polished aluminum plate to show a topographical section of the Buffalo Bayou river in Houston, Texas.

The artwork is located under the covered driveway entrance for the hotel. The base layers of the artwork are made using plate aluminum and clad in a final layer of weathering steel with a preweathered finish. Each plate was cut using automated CNC machinery at Zahner. These have a polished edge and are secured below the final layer of Solanum Steel.

Gensler partnered with Zahner’s Design Assist team at the project’s inception to ensure that the project could be developed within the client’s budget. In addition to reducing the overall cost, this process also improved the end quality of the details.