Grace Farms: Randy Stratman describes how the roof’s dual curves are made.
Earlier this month, Grace Farms unveiled The River building in New Canaan, Connecticut. Designed by SANAA with Handel Architects serving as the executive architect, the building features a subtle dual-curving aluminum roof by Zahner.
The Atlantic: Zahner KC!
The Atlantic Monthly covers Zahner’s contribution to architecture in a visit from writer Kriston Capps.
Hacking a Robot to make Louvered Facades
Update: Our friends at Virginia Tech reached out to Zahner to share some of the similar innovations for automated manufacture of shading systems. In 2010, Zahner worked with Virginia Tech on the Lumenhaus project whose laser-cut tabs were pushed by hand. In 2012, Nathan King and Jonathan Grinham published Automating Eclipsis, a research paper outlining a method for automation, as well as a proof of conceptvideo of their method using a robot to automate the tabbed panel system.
Video: Massive Violin Bow
The recently completed Donor Signage to the San Diego Central Library includes a larger-than-life orchestral bow sculpture, which was manufactured by Zahner.
Standord’s McMurtry Building Features Zahner Zinc
The Diller Scofidio + Renfro-designed McMurtry Building in Palo Alto, which opened in October 2015, showcases Zahner metalwork.