Meet Eric Spry, AIA

“Architecture is not imposed upon the desert; it emerges from the rhythm of its sunlight and stone.”

Eric Spry is the founder of Spry Architecture, a Phoenix-based firm specializing in modern custom homes throughout Arizona. His architectural career spans more than four decades, beginning at age fifteen when he designed his first award-winning home.

In 1992, Eric moved from Michigan to Carefree, Arizona, where he began working with architect Charles Foreman Johnson. He later spent six years working alongside Arizona AIA Gold Medal recipient Gordon Rogers, who became both a mentor and close friend. During those years, Eric contributed to several award-winning residences, including the Jacobs, Naporano, and Ackerman homes, each recognized as an Arizona AIA Home of the Year.

In 2004, he established Spry Architecture to pursue an independent architectural vision centered on modern residential design and a more personal collaboration with clients.

Eric's creative interests extend beyond architecture into fine-art photography and writing. As an award-winning photographer and published writer, he explores many of the same qualities that inform his buildings: light, proportion, texture, composition, and the subtle relationships that give places their character.

His architectural work has been recognized through awards, publications, and television features, including Phoenix Home & Garden, Architectural Digest, and HGTV.

For Eric, the most rewarding part of architecture remains the process of discovery—finding the particular design that belongs to both the people who will live in a home and the land on which it stands.