SPARANO + MOONEY ARCHITECTURE is a leading architectural and design firm with offices in Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. We are committed to offering sustainable, contemporary architecture to clients throughout the American West who care deeply about design. Our architects are experts at helping develop architecture that will serve generations to come on complex sites throughout the American West.
Whether a new landmark building for your cultural institution or a legacy home for your family, our California or Utah architects will help you realize your vision through architecture and design. Thoughtfully considered and carefully executed designs are delivered through a collaborative process we have honed over two decades of practice.
Our portfolio of contemporary design work can be found throughout California, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and beyond. A wide range of architectural solutions are carefully crafted at multiple scales, from micro off-the-grid projects, to new build work and adaptive re-use of historic and mid-century modern structures, to new institutional, cultural and worship buildings, mixed-use, master planning and urban design projects.
Whether a new landmark building for your cultural institution or a legacy home for your family, our California or Utah architects will help you realize your vision through architecture and design. Thoughtfully considered and carefully executed designs are delivered through a collaborative process we have honed over two decades of practice.
Our portfolio of contemporary design work can be found throughout California, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and beyond. A wide range of architectural solutions are carefully crafted at multiple scales, from micro off-the-grid projects, to new build work and adaptive re-use of historic and mid-century modern structures, to new institutional, cultural and worship buildings, mixed-use, master planning and urban design projects.
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The Southeast has its coastal waters and palm trees. The Northeast has its fall colors along with local areas rich in U.S. history. Every area of the country has its unique features that move and inspire. In Utah, we are home to 5 National Parks featuring both iconic desert landscapes and dramatic Rocky Mountains.
Sparano + Mooney Architecture is a leading design firm based in the American West offering sustainable, contemporary architecture to clients who care deeply about design from offices in Los Angeles, California, and Salt Lake City, Utah. The firm celebrated twenty years of design leadership in 2017, and throughout its history has consistently cultivated a culture of excellence in design and client service as core values.
Sparano + Mooney Architecture principals, John Sparano, FAIA and Anne Mooney, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP have both earned graduate degrees in Architecture: John Sparano was educated in Washington D.C. and in London at the Architectural Association; Anne Mooney studied architecture at Columbia University in New York and at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) in Switzerland and in Los Angeles.
For Sparano + Mooney Architecture, great design is at the heart of our architectural practice. The office is focused on delivering thoughtful, innovative and contemporary design solutions to accommodate a client's visionary, functional and budgetary requirements. The state-of-the-art design practice balances leading edge technologies with timeless sustainable design practices inspired by nature.
From the start of the practice, Sparano + Mooney Architecture has been focused on creating innovative and modern sustainable design solutions for our extraordinary clients. As experts in sustainability in architecture, clients are offered an integrated set of green design services including: sustainable design guidelines and audits, sustainable project planning, passive design and LEED consulting services and LEED certified architecture.
Reviews (9)
Neylan McBaine
Feb 24, 2021
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Jacob Smith
May 31, 2020
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I just called and spoke to the secretary (lady who answered)... After I told her what I need done, she decided that I just need a structural engineer to draw up the plans for permits. Since her office wouldn't be the right fit for that small of a job, she took down my email and sent me a few engineers who could help me. Short & sweet. Much appreciated!
Robert Brower
Nov 16, 2018
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Omar Abou Ismail
May 03, 2018
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Sparano + Mooney Architecture are literally, in my humble opinion, the best World Class architects! They have literally exceeded my expectation in the work that they have done and literally manifested my dream restaurant. Although i'm in a shopping center, once you walk in, you literally are in another world that feels like i'm the only one in the shopping center. A lot of people tell me that they feel they are in Europe, or in LA or New York. Their design is simple, yet elegant, and has a very European touch to it. The sense of feng shui is superb, the way they designed everything, flows so perfectly
David Nuescheler
Oct 01, 2016
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We worked with Sparano Mooney on a complex large residential project and found them very professional and accommodating of the sometimes changing environment. Their designs were absolutely stunning. It seems like they read my minimalistic Swiss mind. The team also brought in an incredible partner to design the landscape in concert with the home on an untouched reserve. We could not imagine a better partner for any of our future projects.
Amy Tibbals
Aug 25, 2016
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We've worked with John and Anne in various capacities at cityhomeCOLLECTIVE. As editor here, I've enthusiastically slapped them with our badge of approval on the website several times and for myriad reasons. Sparano & Mooney Architecture is a firm that stands as tried-and-true testament to the level of talent in Salt Lake City. As such, we've featured their personal residence and commercial projects as "Places of Worship"…a title we reserve for those spaces in our city that warrant the highest of praise. Their holistic approach to each and every project is a refreshing style that perfectly aligns
Lauren B.
Mar 18, 2016
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I have had the pleasure of working with John Sparano and Anne Mooney on several large design projects. They are both some of the nicest people you have ever met. Thorough, creative, think-outside-the-box type of architects that you only dream of working with and learning from. They are extremely honest, forthright, detail-oriented, and have a great sense of accountability and follow through. Each time I have had the opportunity to watch Sparano and Mooney in action, I am beyond impressed and revel in the opportunity to learn from them, their business, and their work ethic. They get to the soul
Steven Spencer
Dec 15, 2015
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I think Sparano & Mooney are the top architects in the state. When I was planning a project a couple years ago I ended up meeting with 10 different offices to see who would be able to work on our project which involved a master plan and small development on a prominent site. The work required a level of skill that I didn’t think most of the firms could handle and I feel like I finally made the right decision when John and Anne were selected. We ended up with a great result – a beautiful phase I is completed – and we can’t wait to start phase 2 with them—GREAT design + they kept the schedule
Fox Creek
Jul 28, 2015
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After interviewing several architectural firms, I hired Sparano + Mooney in September to design a new home. We negotiated a design fee and I put up a large deposit. In early November, in response to my prompting, they finally offered me 5 "concept plans." When I saw their drawings, I was astonished. None of the five plans had any relationship to the available views. In a host of ways, the plans made no sense. I had hired this firm because I thought we would communicate well, that they were listening. These preliminary plans indicated otherwise. I didn't feel I could risk getting any further into
