When people think of MWA, Inc., they naturally think of spectacular mountain homes. But when the Truckee-based architecture firm was tasked with venturing outside its norm, designing a complex of spas tucked into a boulder-strewn hillside, the MWA team delivered an exceptional amenity that showcases...
The ski-in, ski-out lifestyle never felt so chic. Located in the Mountainside at Northstar community, the Boulders Residences feature all the sleek design elements of today’s mountain modern architecture—but with the incredible convenience of snow removal, courtesy of Mountainside, and numerous chairlifts a snowball’s throw...
What some may have written off as unsalvageable, Natalie and Ryan Schiestel saw as an opportunity to create their “forever home” in one of Tahoe’s most storied communities....
For a family-oriented couple who long dreamed of owning a vacation home on Lake Tahoe, the six-year remodel after locating their ideal lakefront property proved well worth the wait. The sunny lot in Carnelian Bay, which originally housed a trio of small structures built...
Architect Kevin Bryan was golfing at Schaffer’s Mill when he looked up at a boulder-strewn lot and envisioned the perfect orientation for the home he was soon to design. If he nestled the structure into the rock outcropping just so, views would abound up to Northstar...
Farmhouse-style home was designed for year-round vacation living Set on a large plot dotted with pine, fir and aspen trees, Martis Camp Lot 448 was designed to make the most of its mountain surroundings. “The vacation home has an alpine sensibility that speaks to its Northern...
Just inside a door opening to the sheltered exterior stair, a rectangular piece of slate painted with a mountain scene—a bear fishing in a creek—hangs on the wall. The word “WELCOME” is stenciled above the woodsy image in large black letters....
Nestled in the 906-acre Lahontan Golf Club community in Truckee, the Meadow House takes inspiration from its alpine surroundings. Sited at the end of a secluded street, the 2,475-square-foot home’s liberal use of glass affords striking views of the surrounding trees, meadow and ski runs...
On a gently sloping, 3-plus-acre piece of forested property at the northeast edge of Martis Camp, Scandinavian design principles of function and simplicity were folded into Sierra materiality and lifestyle with a heaping tablespoon of family retreat added on top. The outcome is a quiet...
It takes a unique and discerning eye to see potential where others see only impediment. Such is the story with a linear lakefront lot in Lahontan that many others passed on as too restrictive. That is, until Jack Myers, renowned Hawaiian and South San Francisco...