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10 Zahner Projects in Chicago

On Thursday June 28, 2014 thousands of Architects from all over the United States will spend a few intense days learning about what’s new in architecture at the Chicago AIA Convention. Here’s a few projects that they might not know about in Chicago which were completed by Zahner.

10 Zahner Projects in Chicago

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1. Sears Tower

Zahner design-engineered and produced the interior metal of the then Sears Tower during its renovation at the end of the 20th Century. It looks as good today as it did twenty years ago.
Zahner design-engineered and produced the interior metal of the then Sears Tower during its renovation at the end of the 20th Century. It looks as good today as it did twenty years ago.*
PHOTO © A. ZAHNER COMPANY.

2. Pritzker Pavilion

Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park. Zahner engineered and manufactured the complex canopy system.
Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park. Zahner engineered and manufactured the complex canopy system.
PHOTO © A. ZAHNER COMPANY.

3. One Eleven

Zahner is working with Handel Architects to produce a stunning multi-story facade for the entrance to One Eleven Wacker Drive.
PHOTO © A. ZAHNER COMPANY.

4. 65 East Goethe

The Lucien Lagrange-designed 65 E. Goethe Building with Zinc Roof, an example of how traditions in architecture can benefit from modern scale fabrication and engineering technologies.
The Lucien Lagrange-designed 65 E. Goethe Building with Zinc Roof, an example of how traditions in architecture can benefit from modern scale fabrication and engineering technologies.
PHOTO © A. ZAHNER COMPANY.

5. Harold Washington Library

The Harold Washington Library Rooftop Cornice and Art Assemblies, produced by Zahner in Kansas City and shipped to downtown Chicago.
The Harold Washington Library Rooftop Cornice and Art Assemblies, produced by Zahner in Kansas City and shipped to downtown Chicago.
PHOTO © A. ZAHNER COMPANY.

6. The American Medical Association Building

The American Medical Association in Chicago is a good example of how cast aluminum patterns can be custom-designed for elegant effect.
The American Medical Association in Chicago is a good example of how cast aluminum patterns can be custom-designed for elegant effect.
PHOTO © A. ZAHNER COMPANY.

7. Starbucks Roastery

This Zahner fabriated 56-foot cask painted aluminum cask stands as the centerpiece of the Starbucks Roastery Chicago. Designed to mimic an hourglass, the roasted beans are the grains of sand. The skin itself is perforated to reveal views of freshly roasted coffee moving through tubes in all directions.
Robert Chase Heishman | ARKO.

8. Burberry on Michigan Avenue

Zahner produced the complex facade for the new Burberry Flagship in Chicago, a deep-set fully developed facade integrated with exterior lighting systems.
Zahner produced the complex facade for the new Burberry Flagship in Chicago, a deep-set fully developed facade integrated with exterior lighting systems.
PHOTO © A. ZAHNER COMPANY.

9. 120 North La Salle

120 North La Salle, an example of the kind of small scale and custom work Zahner has done for exterior and interior metal design and fabrication.
120 North La Salle, an example of the kind of small scale and custom work Zahner has done for exterior and interior metal design and fabrication.
PHOTO © A. ZAHNER COMPANY.

10. Pritzker Column Covers

Zahner also produced the six-feet-diameter column cladding which encircle the perimeter of the Millennium park.
Zahner also produced the six-feet-diameter column cladding which encircle the perimeter of the Millennium park.
PHOTO © A. ZAHNER COMPANY.

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