Lake Tahoe Architecture and Design

Built in 1964, the 2,442-square-foot home comes with refreshed interiors and a lush internal courtyard.

After the pandemic left the wife’s mother feeling isolated, they built her a backyard house by local prefab company Cover.

Innen Studio and Gallois Interiors freshen up a fusty retreat with subtle texture, Nordic furniture, and a color palette that reflects its scenic setting.

The concrete-and-steel home by Faulkner Architects gives one family a refined escape in the mountains of Northern California.

This Donner Lake cabin by Holly Snow Hollenbeck makes the grade with swervy furniture, clever built-ins, and terrazzo galore—and it just hit the market for $1.5M.

Colossus Mfg. revives the living areas and backyard of a Sacramento residence with contrasting colors and materials.

Kele Dobrinski and Christina Valencia transform a blatantly beige travel trailer into a colorful tiny home that lets their family of five explore nature in style and comfort.

Amenities like an outdoor fire pit and a temperature-controlled, floor-to-ceiling wine cabinet make this mountain home perfect for aprés ski relaxation.

Designed by prominent local architect John Harvey Carter, the 1968 home incorporates Japanese design influences and features a large conversation pit with a drop-down fireplace.

Designed in 1980, the partially sunken Sunburst Residence keeps a low profile—and a low carbon footprint.

This arresting Los Angeles–area residence echoes the style of the designer’s Case Study House #16B.

Overlooking the Truckee River, the chalet gets its name from a white stucco facade that blends into the snowy winter landscape.

Far Meadow is a 10-acre property comprised of a modern A-frame, a restored log cabin, and plenty of solitude.

Ryan Tuttle’s airy tiny home in the San Francisco Bay Area has distinct work areas and a surprising amount of storage space.

Faulkner Architects creates an expansive home on a challenging mountain slope.

Heath Ceramics pays tribute to the extraordinary vision of founder Edith Heath with a cozy, rentable cabin that puts the brand’s passion for craftsmanship on display.

Perched lightly on the land, these prefab homes celebrate the beautiful landscapes of Northern California.

Sherry Scott and John Kosich create a weather-ready retreat in the mountains of California.

The Richard and Helen Arens House is one of the best surviving examples of the Mutual Housing Association’s postwar experiment.

The Rat Pack partied here.

We visit AutoCamp’s latest and greatest outpost in Yosemite, where Anacapa Architecture and Geremia Design have joined forces for an Airstream campground that’s both rugged and...

Food blogger and commercial director Claire Thomas honors this Brentwood home’s heartwarming history.

A design duo reimagines a neglected Spanish Revival in Sacramento, adding light, color, and graphic tile.

A Bay Area single mom priced out of the rental market takes matters into her own hands and constructs a tiny home for herself and her teenage daughter.

Neutra alert: A midcentury modern time capsule just hit market for the first time ever.

Located in Reno, the house evokes an abstract sculpture made of raw materials.

Featuring sweeping ocean and city views—and a cool midcentury sense of style—this historic home is now on the market.

Outside Tahoe National Forest, one family's vacation home takes the shape of a modern farmhouse and acts as a gallery for the owner's art collection.

This soaring Lake Tahoe abode constantly references its sylvan setting, from the polished concrete floors that glisten like water to the strips of light that demarcate space.

After a complete revamp, a 300-square-foot camper becomes a full-time residence for a family of four.

A Northern California retreat immerses into the landscape with the guidance of shadow and light.

Designed by visionary architect Harry Gesner and updated by Griffin Enright, this breezy post-and-beam residence boasts upscale amenities.

Designed by Case Study architect Thornton Abell, the Siskin House in Brentwood, Los Angeles, is an International Style stunner of glass, steel, and concrete.

Old photos of a Neutra home in its heyday inspire a plan for its rebirth.

In Truckee, California, the charred cedar–clad Martis Camp 141 celebrates its mountainous surroundings.

Architect Ken Meffan's ten-years-in-the-making home is in the tiny Northern California town of Rough and Ready—a term that might as aptly refer to the house itself.