Zahner Metal Conservation is a fifth generation metal working company—created and founded by L. William Zahner as a facet of the larger A.Zahner Company to Conserve, Maintain and Restore metal surfaces, sculptures—public and private art collection across the United States. 

FOUNDER + PRESIDENT

L. WILLIAM ZAHNER,

Zahner Metal Conservation founder and chairman, has been conducting restoration of metal sculptures for over thirty years. Regularly called upon for advice and recommendations, Zahner has worked with numerous conservators, curators and arts professionals from many of the most acclaimed fine art institutions in the United States.

Zahner currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of A. Zahner Company, the innovative engineering and metal fabrication company responsible for the creation of facades by high-profile designers such as Frank Gehry, Cesar Pelli, and Thom Mayne. 

Zahner is the author of seven books on architectural metal and metallurgy, and has contributed to several others.

L. WILLIAM ZAHNER BIBLIOGRAPHY

Zahner, L, Architectural Metals: A Guide to the Selection, Specification and Performance, New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1995.

Zahner, L, Architectural Metal Surfaces, New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2005.

Kolarevic, Manufacturing Material Effects – Rethinking Design, New York, Routledge, 2008.

‘On Making’ Volume 5, 2005, The Catholic University of America, 2005.

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OUR TEAM

  • KatZahner

    KAT ZAHNER

    Head Conservation Technician

  • DanGierer

    DAN GIERER

    Advance Manufacturing Engineer

  • SeanKelley

    SEAN KELLEY

    Art Business Development

OUR PARTNERS

SARAH’S MOBILE POWER WASHING

clean large scale sculptures on-site, metal and stone sculpture bases, stone walkways, and custom jobs

CASTILLEJA FURNITURE

furniture repairs, wood conservation, wood sculpture, on-site structural and welding repairs