Sparano + Mooney Architecture

The American architectural firm of Sparano + Mooney inSalt Lake City, Utah and Los Angeles, CA, stands for sustainableand innovative buildings that are harmoniouslyembedded in spectacular mountain landscapes. In thisvolume, architectural critic Michael Webb presents tenprojects with the aid of photographs, drawings, sketchesand texts, visualizing the process by which architecturalideas are conceived and realized. The architects respondin their plans to the overwhelming natural surroundingswith restrained forms and the innovative detailing of materials.The firm's models, sketches, conceptual drafts andfully executed buildings offer thoughtful perspective ondeveloping architecture that thrives on the relationshipbetween concept and place. Accompanying essays relatethe buildings to their regional contexts and also highlightanalogies to Land Art.