Canyon House
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ARCHITECTURAL TEAM | John Sparano, Anne Mooney, Seth Striefel, Nathan Webster
PHOTOGRAPHY | Dustin Aksland, Bryan Allen, Dennis Mecham
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2020 | “30 Jaw-Dropping Homes in the Mountain West,” Dwell Magazine, March 2020
2019 | “Emigration Canyon Residence,” Archello, 2019
2018 | "Emigration Canyon Residence by Sparano + Mooney Architecture," 88DesignBox, September 2018
2018 | "Emigration Canyon Residence in Utah," e-architect, September 2018
2016 | "Modern Mountain House in a Utah Canyon", by Lucy Call, Houzz, September 2016
2016 | "Five of the Best Houses in Utah", Dezeen, August 2016
2013 | “Comfort Zone: A Magnetic House”, Sierra Magazine, July/August 2013
2013 | “Emigration Canyon Home is First Recipient of LEED Silver Green Home Certification”, Jetson Green, February 2013
2013 | “Canyon House”, Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture, published by Phaidon Press Ltd.: New York, 2013
2010 | "Canyon Residence - Salt Lake City, USA", Hinge Magazine (Hong Kong), July/August 2010 (cover story)
2010 | "The New Pioneers", Dwell, July/August 2010
2010 | “Pro Portfolio: A New Steel Home as Rugged as the Land”, LA Times, July 2010
Located in Emigration Canyon just above Salt Lake City, Utah, this contemporary family residence of 2,500 square feet was designed for a couple with young children. The home was sited to capture expansive canyon views while offering a series of gathering and entertainment spaces for the family, both indoors and out. The great room opens to the canyon with a 30’ operable wall to transform the space into an outdoor room. The warm colors of weathered Corten steel cladding combine with board-formed concrete and glass for a textured, contextual, low-maintenance and modern material palette. The house earned the first LEED Silver green home certification in Utah with energy-efficient and sustainable design features throughout.
The cladding is recycled steel shingles that turn a deep rust color and match the fall foliage colors in the mountain canyon. Natural light is brought into the house with Solatube skylights and heat is provided through an energy-efficient in-floor radiant heating system. The design required minimum excavation of the site and allowed for the retention of many of the native oak trees on the lot. The modern house was designed by Sparano + Mooney Architecture for long-term flexibility with a lower floor multi-use space to house guests, a home office, a playroom or an art studio. Native, drought-tolerant landscaping elements irrigated with a rainwater catchment system compliment the architecture and further tie the home to its canyon setting.
The project has been featured in numerous design publications, including Dwell, and has earned multiple awards for design excellence.
