The company completed many commercial projects from bowling centers to shoe stores during the 1950s and 60s, often in the googie style [2] .
Kanner served as president of the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
Los Angeles Times architecture critic described Kanner's firm as a “highly personal practice” creating scrupulously crafted projects.” Comparing the firm to more famous “starchitects,” Whiteson described them as part of a “ [3] ” creating everyday buildings that “set the style for much of what is being built around us” Kanner also advised Los Angeles mayors Tom Bradley and Richard Riordan on redevelopment projects.
Kanner served as president of the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
[4] Kanner was inspired by architects of the Bauhaus school and Los Angeles modernists Richard Neutra and Rudolph Schindler.