Spark 43 Architects

03/27/2026

Have you seen the latest episode of "From Dave's Desk?"

Dave joined John on site for a tour of the new City of Kentwood Parks and Recreation Department Community Center. We are 6 months from cutting the ribbon on this project (9/26/26) and the interior spaces are coming together fast. Check out their conversation about the program spaces and a few of the Universal Design strategies the project has implemented.

03/18/2026

Here is a sneak peak into our development project out in Muskegon. There is a flurry of activity on site as the new roof was just wrapped up and the building is tented to remediate some of the legacy hazards. Excited for new construction to get rolling next month!

A nearly 100-year-old building in downtown Muskegon is getting a $6 million makeover, and it's bringing 80 new engineering jobs with it.

03/04/2026

Follow coach Derek as he leads a site tour of the new and expanded Michigan Sports Academies Lakeshore location. This project is several years in the making and it is fun to finally see steel and masonry going up!

03/02/2026

A lot has happened since our last update on the new Community Center for the City of Kentwood and the City of Kentwood Parks and Recreation Department

Temporary weather enclosures are quickly giving way to permanent curtain wall, bringing daylight and transparency to the spaces we’ve been imagining for years. Last week marked a major milestone as the final interior concrete pour for the elevated indoor track was completed. Inside, drywall is being hung, and interior painting is well underway.

What is most rewarding is seeing the design intentions come to life in real time.

The views we carefully framed are coming into focus, and the amount of controlled natural light now filling the building is already transforming the experience of the interior. There’s a noticeable energy on site – not just from the pace of construction, but from the excitement shared by the men and women working every day to bring this vision to life.

We’re getting closer to a space that will serve the community for decades – a place to gather, move, compete, and connect.

More updates soon.

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02/24/2026

Congratulations to our Spark 43 Olympic Trivia medalist winners!!!

Our gold medalist, Kyle Sutton squeezed out a last minute point to pull ahead of Cassi Dudlo (silver).

Megan Murray of earned a respectable bronze medal (but was not present for the medal ceremony - a stand in accepted the medal on her behalf.

Paralympic Trivia starts in three weeks, reach out to us if you would like to participate!

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween everyone! Some of the team dressed up (and then went out for lunch). Question for you all- who wore it best? .dudlo as our very own Jitters the robot, .sutt as Maverick or our founder as ?

10/08/2025

Congratulations to .dudlo for winning the inaugural tournament with a perfect bracket.
Thank you .sutt for starting this and for supplying the winner’s hardware!!!
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09/22/2025

FOX 17 came and took a tour of the progress the team is making at the new City of Kentwood Parks and Recreation Department new Community Center. A little less than a year from now these spaces will be filled with community members enjoying their new building!

https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/wyoming-kentwood-byron-center/kentwoods-nearly-30-million-community-center-progress-with-2026-opening-planned-for-residents

09/11/2025

The City of Kentwood Parks and Recreation Department Community Center project team hit a couple of major milestones this morning on site.

The final roof beam was set AND the first concrete floor was poured. IT. IS. BIG: 20,600 square feet big, installed as a continuous pour, no joints big. The team started at the pour at 4am and continued for more than 5 hours straight before starting to finish and ultimately flooding it.

Shoutout Triangle Associates and Concrete Construction for the long day and commitment to excellence!

07/01/2025

Celebrating 7 incredible years with our team today. Thank you to all of our clients, our consulting architects, designers and engineers, our construction partners and especially our families!

We have had the opportunity to work on some incredible projects over the last 7 years and are really excited about the what is ahead for our studio!

06/27/2025

Real life scale figure .dudlo checking out the joists that just got delivered to the new Kentwood Community Center.

The joists are so long that they have to ship them in half. The halves will be bolted together while suspended in the air and then set in place by two cranes in a highly choreographed dance. Rinse and repeat 23 more times.

Our construction partner Triangle Associates are really moving things along.

04/25/2025

This week we celebrated Earth Day by repotting 18 thriving spider plant sproutlings — all propagated from our original plant, Charlotte. Watching them grow has been such a joy, and now they’re ready to stretch their roots in their own pots. Here’s to nurturing green life, one little plant at a time! 🌱