ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA (July 2023) — The rapid growth of the Tampa Bay area continues with a new addition to the city of St. Petersburg. Award-winning and internationally recognized Sarasota-based design firm, Sweet Sparkman Architecture and Interiors, officially opens the doors of its new office on the city’s vibrant Central Avenue on Friday, July 21st.

Sweet Sparkman has contributed to the development of St. Petersburg for several years, working on projects in the city and its surrounding area. The firm worked on the campus of Eckerd College for a number of years. Recently, creating the design for the St. Petersburg Sanitation Complex, currently in construction. The firm also designed the Largo Fire Station #43 winner of the 2018 Florida West Coast Branch American Public Works Association Project of the Year. Given its ongoing involvement with St. Petersburg, the firm seeks to affirm its commitment to the community with the new office and a local base of operations.

“This endeavor, opening an office here in the heart of St. Pete, is really to cement our dedication to the community, as well as being able to better serve it,” says Todd Sweet, AIA, LEED AP, founding partner for Sweet Sparkman.  

In addition to the firm’s multitude of partnerships for current and future projects in the area, St. Petersburg provides an environment rich with youthful energy and an appetite for innovative design that lends itself well to Sweet Sparkman’s team of bold, inventive designers committed to design excellence.    

“We’re so excited to join such a great city and be a part it on a more intimate, local level,” says Sweet. “The future of this community is bright, and we hope to contribute to it in a larger way.”

About Sweet Sparkman

Sweet Sparkman Architecture and Interiors is a multi-disciplinary architecture, planning, and interiors firm specializing in community-oriented projects and high-end residential. Established in 2002, the award-winning firm has based its success on actively listening to clients’ goals and careful analysis of every parameter of the project, including financial, physical, social, and environmental. Based in Sarasota, Florida, Sweet Sparkman’s international team of bold, inventive, and curious designers propels collective creativity and inspires big ideas.