Truckee-Tin Garage
The successful, award-winning adaptive reuse of transforming a garage into office and retail space. The building incorporates the original corrugated galvanized metal for siding and the structure’s original dimensions, even down to the pitch of the roof.
Metal garage doors were replaced with large windows, the old roof was replace with Cor-ten steel and the dirt floor updated to a slab. To create a commercially viable building, additional square footage was required, but had to be done within Truckee’s Historic requirements. MWA expanded the structure by burrowing into the adjacent slope and adding on a two-story, wood-sided annex. In the end, we were able to expand the original 1,900 SF to the new 4,190 SF across the two buildings. The finished product is a pleasing design that tenants also appreciate for its spaciousness and energy-saving orientation
| Location: | Truckee |
| Style: | Industrial |
| Builder: | Geney/Gassiot General Contractors |
| Landscape Designer: | LJM Design Group |
| Architect: | Mike Mason, MWA, Inc with Gerry Rodriguez |
| Square Feet: | 4,910 |
It is with great pleasure that I recommend you for your wonderful skills as a designer, architect, and job supervisor. When I hired MWA as my architectural and design firm for my residential remodel in Nevada City, California, I couldn’t believe how efficient your company was in both guiding the project to a very quick permitting process, but more importantly a superb design concept. Working with you and Kurt Reinkens was a total gift for me. First of all, our many meetings were so efficiently handled from both the detail of setting the agendas, to your suggestions, notes, photos, and summaries of the sessions by the next day. Your talents and skillsets really kept the design process right on track! Also, I was amazed at your computer and internet shopping skills regarding all of the many choices such as Fergusons lighting, appliances, Kitchen and bath fixtures, granite choices, etc. In every case you made my shopping (and I really don’t like to shop much) efficient and rewarding. You not only designed our work flow charts accurately but you made the difference in
keeping us stress free on the timeline you created for the job. What a pleasure working with a very smart and together professional!
Love to you, and thanks for truly making my mega remodel come out so beautifully.
keeping us stress free on the timeline you created for the job. What a pleasure working with a very smart and together professional!
Love to you, and thanks for truly making my mega remodel come out so beautifully.
Jeff Leiter