Paul Johansen walks past stone of almost every conceivable shape, size and texture. Slabs of granite as heavy as compact cars, plate-like panels of quartzite and blocks of basalt—all are meticulously stacked in a yard that is the starting point for some of Tahoe’s most...
Like most architects, Clare Walton of Tahoe City’s Walton AE uses numerous tools and methods when starting a new design—sketches, photos, 3-D modeling software—but when a client opted to demonstrate her wishes for a future project with carefully composed shoeboxes, it was a first....
Everyone has been in a neighborhood like this—modestly sized houses, ranging in age from sometime around the Kennedy administration to only a few years old, kids’ toys and bikes resting in a delineated landscape, the familiar taste of suburbia found block after orthogonal block....
American artist Gordon Matta-Clark studied architecture at Cornell University in the 1960s and went on to an unconventional practice that he referred to as “Anarchitecture,” existing somewhere between the world of art and deconstruction. Anarchitecture is described on his Wikipedia page as “a conflation of...
When building a home around a stream, many magical and frustrating things can occur. On the west end of Donner Lake, the magic won out over serious constraints, and a magnificent creekside home displays what happens when patience, simplicity and artistry combine on a unique...
If you want a vacation home where James Bond would live and the Rat Pack would party, you call Ferrugio Design + Associates, the Los Angeles–based high-end interior design firm that worked on a similarly inspired 23,000-square-foot Beverly Hills pad sold to Minecraft creator Markus...
Speak the words “modular construction,” and they are likely to conjure misconceptions in the listener’s mind. Visions of a doublewide house on the back of a big-rig are likely to vie with rows of mobile homes arrayed in a park....
Far above the 13th fairway and across the woodsy creek corridor from the Martis Camp Lodge, a rather perfectly sited, beautifully designed and exquisitely executed mountain home rests on a boulder-strewn hillside....
Schaffer’s Mill, the 475-acre private residential community on the edge of Truckee, sports an award-winning Johnny Miller–John Harbottle–designed golf course, pro shop, clubhouse, swimming pool, tennis courts and spa. And now it’s got a great restaurant, too....
When a Bay Area couple approached Truckee-based Kelly & Stone Architects about building a vacation home in Martis Camp, their requirements were simple and straightforward: They wanted a welcoming and comfortable Old Tahoe–inspired retreat with contemporary touches that would accommodate their growing multi-generational family....