119 years ago . headquarters kansas city united states key people l. william zahner president . number of employees 200 12 31 2009 website azahner.com zahner or a. zahner company is an architectural metal & glass company located in kansas city missouri . contents 1 history and company information 2 notable architectural projects 3 notable art and design projects 4 further reading 5 references 6 external links history and company information edit zahner headquarters in kansas city . zahner was founded in 1897 by andrew zahner as eagle cornice works serving the region with decorative cornice works and repair . in 1913 the company became a. zahner sheet metal company and over the course of the century would produce metal work from industrial kitchen tables to metal work on buildings . in 1989 andrew zahner s great grandson l. william zahner iii became company president and is credited with transforming the company from a regional sheet metal contractor into a national architectural metals and facades producer . he also guided the company towards producing works by artists as well as architects . 1 during the past thirty years the company produced the exteriors for notable structures including the de young museum in san francisco california the experience music project in seattle washington and is producing the upcoming national september 11 memorial & museum in new york city . 2 the firm is involved in the development of architectural metal systems as well as patinas and other surface treatments on metal . zahner holds five patents which pertain to the architectural metals industry 3 4 5 6 7 zahner president and ceo l. william zahner serves as the industry liaison for the national architectural committee of smacna and in 2006 was awarded the copper medal associazone italiana di metallurgia aim . 8 on january 21 2011 companies zahner and kme announced a joint venture zahner kme . the venture will offer engineering and building services to architects in the european market . 9 notable architectural projects edit frank gehry s pritzker pavilion . de young museum in san francisco designed by herzog & de meuron . photo of the hunter museum of american art designed by randall stout . detail of 41 cooper square designed by morphosis . american heritage center in laramie wyoming designed by antoine predock 1993 . weisman art museum in minneapolis minnesota designed by frank gehry 1993 . independence temple in independence missouri designed by gyo obata 1994 . 10 museum of science & industry in tampa florida designed by antoine predock 1995 . maggie s center in dundee scotland designed by frank gehry 1995 . experience music project in seattle washington designed by frank gehry 2000 . museum of glass in tacoma washington designed by arthur erickson 2002 . flagship apple store in soho new york city designed by bohlin cywinski jackson 2002 . robert hoag rawlings public library in pueblo colorado designed by antoine predock 2003 . tacoma art museum in tacoma washington designed by antoine predock 2003 . pritzker pavilion in chicago s millennium park illinois designed by frank gehry 2004 . 11 dfw airport terminal d in irving texas . designed by corgan associates 2005 . turbulence house new mexico designed by steven holl 2005 . 12 de young museum in san francisco s golden gate park california designed by herzog & de meuron 2005 . 13 hunter museum of american art in chattanooga tennessee designed by randall stout 2005 . 40 bond a residential project in new york new york designed by herzog & de meuron 2006 . wayne l. morse united states courthouse eugene oregon designed by morphosis 2006 . contemporary jewish museum in san francisco s yerba buena gardens district designed by daniel libeskind 2008 . 14 trinity river audubon center in dallas texas designed by antoine predock 2008 . bok center in tulsa oklahoma designed by cesar pelli 2008 . taubman museum of art in roanoke virginia designed by randall stout 2008 . 41 cooper square the new academic building at cooper union new york new york designed by morphosis 2009 . winspear opera house in dallas texas designed by foster and partners 2009 . wyly theater in dallas texas designed by oma rex . art gallery of alberta edmonton alberta designed by randall stout 2010 . nascar hall of fame charlotte north carolina designed by pei cobb freed 2010 . irving convention center at las colinas in irving texas designed by rmjm hillier 2011 . zahner north dock expansion in kansas city missouri designed by crawford architects 2011 . kauffman center for the performing arts in kansas city missouri designed by moshe safdie 2011 . dream downtown in new york city designed by handel architects 2011 . miami intermodal center in miami florida designed by perez & perez 2011 . spaceport america in truth or consequences new mexico designed by foster & partners 2011 . 15 national september 11 memorial & museum in new york city designed by sn hetta 2011 . liverpool interlomas in mexico city designed by rojkind arquitectos 2011 . mccoy federal building in jackson mississippi designed by schwartz and silver 2012 . sidra medical center in doha qatar designed by pelli clarke pelli 2012 . moca cleveland ohio designed by fma 2012 . broad art museum in east lansing michigan designed by zaha hadid 2012 . basra sports city in basra iraq designed by 360 architects 2013 . cornell nyc tech on roosevelt island nyc designed by morphosis 2013 . emerson college in los angeles california designed by morphosis 2014 . notable art and design projects edit sky stations by r. m. fisher ; owned by the city of kansas city missouri ; 1993 . 1 3 5 7 9 11 by sol lewitt ; owned by the nelson atkins museum in kansas city missouri ; 1995 . 16 issey miyake by gordon kipping & frank gehry in tribeca new york city 2001 . 17 one sun 34 moons by walter de maria ; owned by the nelson atkins museum in kansas city missouri ; 2002 . glass ceiling by dale chihuly ; owned by the museum of glass tacoma washington ; 2002 . national museum of the american indian interior artwork designed by ramona sakiestewa washington d.c. 2004 . 18 oculus by reilly hoffman ; permanent collection of topper johns 2006 . microcosm by leo villareal ; permanent collection of the nerman museum of contemporary art in overland park kansas ; 2007 . winds of aphrodite by suikang zhao ; owned by the city of kansas city missouri ; 2008 . lapd memorial to fallen officers by gensler ; owned by the los angeles police foundation california ; 2009 . 19 art wall at doha by jan hendrix ; and the architects at legorreta & legorreta doha qatar ; 2010 . further reading edit lecuyer annette w. march 31 1999 . steel and beyond . birkh user architecture . p. 144 . isbn 3 7643 6494 7 . seven outstanding professionals tapped for honorary aia pdf . aiarchitect . 2007 02 01 . retrieved 2010 11 30 . hall peter 2005 10 01 . sheet metal magicians pdf . metropolis . retrieved 2010 11 30 . kalay yehuda e. ; william j. mitchell may 1 2004 . architecture s new media principles theories and methods of computer aided design . mit press . p. 556 . isbn 0 262 11284 1 . kjeldsen kjeld may 1 2004 . frank o. gehry arkitekturens vaerksteder the architect . mit press . p. 128 . isbn 87 90029 35 6 . references edit firm builds reputation for creative work . telegraph herald dubuque . 2004 11 07 . retrieved 2010 04 06 . sheet metal magicians . metropolis . retrieved 2010 11 12 . u.s. patent 5 272 849 roof covering system . u.s. patent 5 394 666 inverted seam roof covering system . u.s. patent 7 210 273 panel attachment system . u.s. patent 7 434 366 i beam with curved flanges . u.s. patent 7 212 688 computer program and method for converting an image to machine control data . zahner awards and recognition . zahner . retrieved 2010 04 06 . zahner kme . kme . retrieved 2011 01 25 . marlene birkman & carole jerome july 16 2010 . gyo obata architect clients reflections . images publishing . p. 240 . isbn 1 86470 379 2 . sharoff robert 2004 . better than perfect the making of chicago s millennium park . walsh construction company . alejandro baham n ; patricia p rez ; alex campello april 17 2008 . inspired by nature plants the building botany connection . w. w. norton & company . p. 111 . isbn 0 393 73251 7 . killory christine ; ren davids november 29 2007 . detail in process . princeton architectural press . p. 208 . isbn 1 56898 718 8 . studio daniel libeskind . contemporary jewish museum . retrieved 2008 07 28 . jerry lamartina february 2011 . architectural metal firm forges expansion . commercial journal formerly cj midwest . mvsc q 330.9778 c734m . 7 2 22 25 . 39536 . scott deborah emont 1999 . modern sculpture at the nelson atkins museum of art an anniversary celebration . kansas city nelson atkins museum of art . p. 54 . isbn 0 942614 31 3 . coates nigel december 28 2004 . collidoscope new interior design . collins design . p. 204 . isbn 1 85669 388 0 . blue spruce duane april 1 2005 . spirit of a native place . national geographic . p. 26 . isbn 0 7922 8214 0 . zavis alexandra lapd memorial for fallen officers finds its way home los angeles times september 23 2009 accessed december 1 2010 . external links edit companies portal zahner website zahner kme in joint venture hands of the artist zahner art projects v t e zahner buildings with zahner facades and metalwork 41 cooper square anaheim ice art gallery of alberta contemporary jewish museum dee and charles wyly theatre disney village artwall at doha education city student center eli and edythe broad art museum emp museum gehry tower hunter museum of american art jay pritzker pavilion m. h. de young memorial museum margot and bill winspear opera house modern art museum of fort worth museum of glass nascar hall of fame national september 11 memorial & museum ohr o keefe museum of art ray and maria stata center rosenthal center for contemporary art taubman museum of art team disney trinity river audubon center wayne l. morse united states courthouse weatherhead school of management weisman art museum architects zahner works with tadao ando ralph appelbaum associates gensler zaha hadid steven holl rem koolhaas daniel libeskind thom mayne morphosis gyo obata pei cobb freed & partners antoine predock sn hetta randall stout artists zahner works with dale chihuly walter de maria sol lewitt zhao suikang leo villareal associated with frank gehry herzog & de meuron kme group permasteelisa retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title zahner & oldid 724081357 categories architecture firms based in missouricompanies based in kansas city missouricompanies established in 1897 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what 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