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....
Nancy and Ned Pike had rented in Tahoe for 30 years, but always wanted their own house on the lake. One day, they were out for a walk when, just a few doors down from their Meeks Bay rental, they saw a neighbor had posted...
When building vacation homes in the Lake Tahoe area, many people opt for log cabins or sleek lodges. But when a married couple from Menlo Park decided to build in Martis Camp, they went for something that was undeniably different—employing a bold color scheme and...
When designing a home for people who like to party, you start with the bar, naturally. At least, that’s how it worked out for the project team of SANDBOX Studio, Mark Tanner Construction and Scott Corridan Design, who collaborated with a Bay Area couple to...
Collin and Andrea Wilkerson had never been to Nevada when they put a deposit on a 2.25-acre lot in Clear Creek Tahoe. It was 2016 and the couple, who live in Hong Kong full time with their two young children, were searching the globe for...