Sixty middle school children shuffle through a white concrete museum gallery flanked by paintings of Indigenous life, woven baskets and beaded bottles—some old, some new. Indigenous art, depicting a life separate from today’s urban culture, connects them to a larger, more magnificent world than they...
Founded in 2014 with a brewery and taproom in Incline Village, and expanded with a pair of buzzy full-service pubs in Incline and Truckee, award-winning Alibi Ale Works is barreling headlong into its next decade of bringing hoppiness to North Tahoe and beyond. We chatted...
This year’s Outstanding Home transcends categories. Historic Restoration, Remodel, Craftsmanship, Tahoe Style? Ultimately, the home’s unique story and top-notch execution captivated the judging panelists, who put it in the spotlight for the 22nd Annual TQ Mountain Home Awards....
Dan and Morrie Carmel’s home appears as a series of glass cubes in the forest. But look closer and the complexities of the architecture emerge, showcasing a house that is not just stunning, but intricately designed and expertly crafted. ...
For a new family house in Martis Camp, the overriding influences at play are consistency and grounding: consistency in materiality and aesthetic, from room to room and from indoor to outdoor, and grounding in place, both within the home and in its forested setting, through...
By some accounts, traditional Tahoe style tended to focus more on the “cabin” and less on the “Tahoe.” The structures that remain may have rustic charm, but many also feature little in the way of windows, giving them a darker feel. What glass they do...
Set on a downsloping lot on Clear Creek Tahoe’s third green, this family home proves that putting trust in the right team can lead to exceptional results. Ryan Marsden sums up his main directive for the design after earning his clients’ faith: “Make it awesome.” ...
A mountain deserves respect, especially from a new house that arises below it. The owner of this Nevada home hails from New England, but he’s always had a reverence for the American West. His sister, an equine veterinarian who now lives in the smaller of...
As a highly regarded project manager with Jim Morrison Construction, Eben Schreiber has built a goodly number of custom luxury homes in the Tahoe area—but a recent Martis Camp project was more than just another 8,296 square feet to add to his portfolio. It was...
Living in the Sierra Nevada is magical, but as mountain residents know, the snow that blankets the landscape in the winter can also collapse a roof, while in the summer, the area’s stately pine trees can turn to kindling....