In the 1880s, the town of Truckee was a boisterous, rough-and-tumble Western community. Travelers arrived via stagecoach, wagon or the Transcontinental Railroad, completed just over a decade earlier in 1869. The town’s two dozen or so saloons stayed busy, as did Jibboom Street’s red-light district...
When people build new homes at Tahoe, they often opt for the traditional rustic look that characterizes many of the existing houses around the lake. But one couple decided to go in a decidedly different direction when drafting plans for their dream home at Martis...
The mythical Shangri-La is a paradise set apart from the mundane world, a place where residents enjoy a youthful exuberance and find refuge from the rigors and demands of life outside its borders. When Clear Creek Tahoe’s Director of Sales, Georgia Chase, compares the upscale...
Avid campers and explorers of the Sierra Nevada for some four and a half decades, Bay Area residents Patrick and Lori Dempsey were recently retired and ready to make Tahoe their full-time home. They started by purchasing an upslope lot on a quiet cul-de-sac in...
When David Walker became CEO of the Nevada Museum of Art in 2007, he and his wife Darby set out to find their new permanent residence. They soon fell in love with a contemporary home designed by architect Carlin Williams. Built in 2005, the 2,495-square-foot...
It’s called a “truth window,” and it’s practically obligatory for this type of construction. Appearing as a framed photo at first glance, a rectangular cutout left unplastered and covered by glass provides a sneak peek into the walls of this home, where an environmentally friendly yet...
Located on the Nevada side of Tahoe’s South Shore, Tahoe Beach Club is composed of a series of full-ownership condominiums as well as a clubhouse, beach access and amenities like a fitness center, kids’ zone and spa—all reasons why a Bay Area family purchased a...
Scott Gillespie, principal and founder of Truckee’s SANDBOX Studio, has designed homes larger than this 6,870-square-foot Clear Creek Tahoe retreat. He has not, however, designed a great room bigger than the social hub of what the owners affectionately refer to as the “Grizzly on the...
Architect Donald Fugina uses a rhetorical question to best describe the home he designed at 269 Redding Way in Clear Creek Tahoe: “What is more elegant than nature itself?”...
In the world of architecture and design, there are homes where a bold element or stunning interior feature takes center stage. Then there are homes where a truly great team knows the power of staying out of the way....