The authors of Kirigami House, the architectural partnership of John Sparano and Anne Mooney, are based in Salt Lake City and have built several inventive houses in the scenic wonderland of Utah. However, when a client invited them to design a second home in the ski resort of Powder Mountain, Sparano was awed by the undulating expanse of virgin snow and the challenge of building there. It seemed like making the first stroke on a blank canvas.
