Industrial & Manufacturing
DTE Dearborn Central Energy Plant
DTE Dearborn Central Energy Plant is a new energy plant on Ford Motor Company’s campus in Dearborn, Michigan. The new facility is part of a modernization of the campus. OPN approached Zahner as a design assist partner to help “beautify” the new Central Energy Plant by adding a series of twisted fins developed to clad...
Nissan Styling Studio
Nissan Styling Studio and Technology Center Nissan Design America commissioned Luce et Studio to design an elegant courtyard for the Nissan Design Group, where the company’s design team could privately showcase its new technologies and concept cars. Zahner worked with partners Wallace Engineering and Turner Construction to produce the courtyard for the campus. Completed in 2005,...
Lake Whitney
Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park Designed by Steven Holl Architects, this project features a custom facade and roof system developed by Zahner. The building is a long key-hole or water droplet shaped structure which measure 360 feet in length. The project pumps 15 million gallons a day for the South Central Connecticut Regional Water...
Kansas City Star
Kansas City Star Production Facility The production facility for the Kansas City Star includes a locally manufactured, custom-patinated copper, created by Zahner for the building’s facade. The new production facility for the Kansas City Star was designed and developed by The Austin Company, an engineering design firm specializing in large-scale industrial facilities. Zahner developed a preweathered copper...
Crosstown Substation
Crosstown Substation Renovation for the KCP&L The architects at Pendulum developed a synthesizing design which combines elements of public art, architecture, and kinetic motion-based visual arts to create a low-profile barrier wall wrapping the KCP&L Substation. Prior to the new design, the corner of 18th and Locust was deteriorating. KCP&L replaced the wall with a...
