Gonowabie Road. The steep and skinny one-way street that snakes down to the shores of Crystal Bay can be a tongue-twister to pronounce, tricky to navigate and a tough spot to build. But for a local couple seeking to build a lakefront home for their...
Located on a corner lot in Martis Camp, the Hermitage House is a timber-and-stone treasure that offers elevated panoramas of the Sierra Crest. The owners—a married couple with a young son—envisioned a transitional-style mountain home that felt contemporary without being over the top....
Tom and Peggy Hall lived in a beautiful home off of Washoe Valley’s Franktown Road, but for years they’d been talking about moving “closer to town,” says Peggy. In 2014, Tom bought a couple of Reno lots at a Washoe County tax sale. “Peg asked...
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....