In the late 1970s, Karen Torres’ parents built a home in Truckee’s Tahoe Donner subdivision, where she and her brother Steve made countless special memories during their childhood. So when Karen and her husband Joe Naylor decided to buy a vacation home in the Sierra...
For a family who had vacationed in an unspoiled Lake Tahoe community for years, the driving forces behind creating their own Tahoe home were threefold: location, legacy and character....
Buildings don’t just appear. We know this, of course, but the owners of one of the newest additions to the ski-in, ski-out Martis 25 community—John and Maggie—are especially aware of the fact that bringing a home from concept to design to construction takes considerable energy...
Behind each awe-inspiring home project is an accomplished team—professionals at the top of their game whose talents coalesce in a collective effort to achieve greatness. As former competitive athletes, Robert and Becca Gallery are no strangers to this team dynamic, nor do they take for...
In winter, Sugar Bowl Village becomes snowbound, its homes accessible only by snowcat or snowmobile. Deep snowdrifts often cover a home’s first floor, leaving nothing but white visible through the lower windows. Access is limited, so once at the house, residents should be prepared not...
When a couple from Southern California were looking to build a new home at Lake Tahoe, they found a lot with a teardown house at the end of a cul-de-sac on a southwest-facing slope above Incline Village, where views of the lake fall out below...
As Greek philosopher Heraclitus famously said, “Change is the only constant in life,” and that certainly holds true for a transitional-style Martis Camp masterpiece that experienced a few twists and turns on its way to fruition. ...
For folks fortunate enough to purchase a house with a plan to fully gut and remodel, the challenge is often not “what,” but “how” to get the look and feel they seek. Fortuitously, Scott Shipman and Rhea Hernandez found the right team to help them...
For years, the Town of Truckee debated what to do with an empty parcel on Donner Pass Road. The hope was to revitalize this area in its own unique style rather than borrowing the historic look of downtown. At the time, the property was owned...
In the summer of 2018, architect Keith Kelly hiked through a heavily forested 20-acre lot on the far backside of Tahoe Donner. The trees—mostly firs and pine, some cedar—were dense, tall. It was quiet, save for the wind blowing across the mountain landscape. After a...