Dallas, Texas
Pacific Plaza Park Pavilion
The City of Dallas hired SWA Group to masterplan one of several site in Downtown Dallas since they are experts at understanding the benefits of urban heat island reduction. HKS Line was brought in to work in concert with them, developing geometries and patterns for an elegant open-air pavilion, which draws inspiration from the former...
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas
Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center: The University of Texas at Dallas Overland Partners designed the exterior for the Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas to evoke the movement of a comet in homage to the school’s mascot. Zahner collaborated with the architect and contractor JE Dunn to develop a perforated system informed by orbital paths. Metaphorically, this...
Wyly Theater
Dee & Charles Wyly Theatre Situated in the arts district of downtown Dallas, the critically acclaimed Wyly Theatre was designed by REX Architecture and Rem Koolhaas OMA. Heralded as one of the most intelligently conceived performance centers in the world, the Wyly is designed to accommodate traditional and experimental performances of music, dance, and cinema...
Winspear Opera House
Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House The Winspear Opera House is one of five venues comprising the new Dallas Center for the Performing Arts. Zahner worked on several of them. Zahner was also responsible for the Wyly Theatre, directly across the street from the Winspear Opera House. Zahner produced the canopy which covers the Winspear...
Trinity River
Trinity River Audubon Center Designed by New Mexico-based architectural firm Antoine Predock PC, the new project is connected to one of the largest inner-city forests in the United States. The Building serves as an exhibit hall for both the interior and exterior natural phenomena. Completed in 2008, the project uses a precursor to Solanum Steel, a surface...
