Who We Are?

David L. Manwarren Corporation has been designing and building exciting aquarium, zoo, museum, and educational exhibits for over two decades. We have become internationally known for our innovative creative team and a standard of excellence, second to none.

David Manwarren started the company in 1979, after working for over 10 years as the artistic supervisor for a large habitat installation company. In 1983, after flourishing in the residential market, the company moved on to grander projects, starting with the Los Angeles Zoo. Since that time the company has built over 270 individual Zoological exhibits.

Quality driven innovation is a key reason for our worldwide reputation as a leader among designers, and builders, and builders of leading edge exhibits. Our construction crews, and artisans are constantly developing new techniques and methods for this highly specialized field. Combining these resources with our educational background has produced some of the most spectacular exhibit views for the zoo and aquarium world.

We stand by our product.

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What We Do?

We at the David L. Manwarren Corporation want to thank you for your interest in our company. Our goal is to recreate realistic and beautiful habitats for any given animal species. Whether it's coral pieces or complete exhibits, we are excited over the possibly of becoming part of your team.

As you might know, we have extensive experience in designing and building of many different habitats. We pride ourselves on quality, and are known thoughtout the world as on e of the top exhibit fabricators. We can produce many types of rockwork, trees, and ponds, as well as, many aquatic environments. Such as, coral reefs, underwater glaciers, and shipwrecks, just to name a few.

As you will see, our track record speaks for itself. With over 2 decades as a corporation, we feel that we can assist any design team to develop a quality product, while keeping it cost effective. We have done work all over the globe (one of the few USA contractors to do it successfully).

We have completed design/built projects in China (Beijing and Shanghai), Germany (Berlin - 3 projects), Portugal (Lisbon), Spain (Barcelona and Valencia), Taiwan (2 projects), Netherlands (Rotterdam and Arnheim), and several in the Middle East (including the Kuwait Scientific Center).

We love a challenge.

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