PRESS RELEASE

Boulder, Colorado: January 5, 2015 - With over 30 years of practice in the Boulder area, notable Boulder architecture firms Stephen Sparn Architects, PC and Sopher Architects LLC have announced the merger of their two companies effective January 1, 2015. As longtime friends and professional colleagues, Adrian and Stephen see the merger of their respective offices to be enriching to both practices, and will result in a more diverse and comprehensive architecture firm. The combined firm, to be known as Sopher Sparn Architects LLC, will offer services in master planning, architectural design, and interior design. The firm will total 15 employees, enhancing its resources to ensure client value and exceptional creative design. The firm’s offices will be located at 1731 15th Street in downtown Boulder.

Adrian Sopher, AIA, is confident about the future of Sopher Sparn Architects LLC and believes the new firm will continue to cultivate the tradition of merging community service and engagement with excellent service to our clients. Sopher says, “We share similar yet complimentary areas of expertise and culture, as well as a vision of how architects can and should engage in their community. Additionally, we have the good fortune of having practices built on compatible project types, client bases, and workloads.”

Stephen Sparn, AIA, expects the firms to complement each other and elevate the combined practice to a new standard of architectural distinction. Sparn states, “We look forward to continuing our unwavering commitment to clients and to creating environments rich with ingenuity, purpose and sustainability. This merger is about two thriving firms joining forces to create an even more robust, competitive and diverse practice.”

About Stephen Sparn Architects, PC

Stephen Sparn Architects is an award winning team of Boulder architects that has delivered innovative planning and design solutions for more than 35 years.  The firm has a diverse portfolio including all forms of residential architecture, mixed-use, urban in-fill, and institutional architecture. Local projects include the Jay Road Family Farm, a net-zero energy custom home, multiple projects for the Boulder Housing Partners, the Broadway Brownstones and the Dairy Center for the Arts.  The Dairy is currently gearing up to embark on a $5M renovation following the approval of Boulder Tax Ballot Item- 2A. 

About Sopher Architects LLC

As principle of the firm, Adrian Sopher has practiced architecture for more than 30 years designing a wide variety of building types including commercial, institutional, health care and master planning projects.  Adrian has demonstrated civic commitment to the City of Boulder by serving on the Boulder Planning Board for 5 years and has been actively involved in the planning of multiple projects in the community.  Most significant of current projects in development by the office is S*PARK, a 10-acre LEED ND Platinum modern urban village that will be comprised of multiple buildings totaling 680,000 square feet of office, retail, restaurant and both affordable and market-rate residential space.