Restoration & Renovation
Shafran Planetarium
NATHAN AND FANNYE SHAFRAN PLANETARIUM, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY The Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium in Cleveland, Ohio was designed by architectural engineering firm Westlake Reed Leskosky. Zahner covered the planetarium cone in a custom rose-colored titanium/stainless steel skin, the first outdoor use of the material in North America. Embedded within each panel, fiber-optic lights reference...
Michigan Avenue Plaza
Michigan Avenue Plaza in Chicago, Illinois The addition of a bold red canopy to the decades-old Boulevard Towers at 225 Michigan Avenue has provided the buildings with a new distinctive basing in the Chicago architectural landscape. While the buildings’ original design was completed in the early 1980’s by Fujikawa Johnson Associates (FJA Architects), this project...
Art Gallery of Alberta
Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) is a Canadian Museum in downtown Edmonton which features a Zahner-manufactured curvilinear canopy and building envelope system. The building was designed by Randall Stout Architects with local firm HIP Architects in Edmonton. Zahner’s scope included a massive ribbon of stainless steel which wraps around...
