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Martis Camp-77/78 Martis Camp
Location:Martis Camp
Style:Craftsman
Architect:Kurt Reinkens - MWA, Inc.
Structural Engineer:MWA, Inc.
Builder:Jim Morrison Construction
Landscape Designer:Rare Earth Landscape Construction, and L&P Designworks
Interior Designer:Terry Hurt Interior Design, and Owner
Photographer:Ethan Rohloff
Year Completed:2009
Square Feet:8,616

Runner Up - 2011 Tahoe Quarterly Mountain Home Awards

This project was the very first custom residence built in Martis Camp. It entailed a very aggressive construction schedule of one year for +/-9,000 sq. ft. of refined finishes and hillside building. This home is a perfect blend of the owning couple's tastes: the husband preferred and Arts and Crafts influence with a strong affection for redwood and cherry, the wife preferred modern architecture and furnishings. Both required a regional appropriate approach. The resulting design is spacious, light and airy with a strong connection to the outdoors. The lightness was achieved by an aggressive use of windows including a full wrap-around clerestory on the Great Room. The strong tie to the outdoors was achieved by extensive us of stone flooring in the common areas that flow directly onto terraces on both sides of the home. A custom 20 foot wide by 10 foot tall lift-slide door system frames the view of Mount Rose and the associated alpen glow from the Great Room. The line between indoors and out is purposefully blurred.

The clients desired that a particular stone be used that they had on their Woodside residence dating to the 1960s. We were successful in finding the exact quarry still operating in the Sierras. The use of this stone is prolific on this project and is used to surgically stitch the home to the hillside and offer a timeless quality.

Another goal of the home was to have an intimate feel for a couple yet be able to absorb three full families with children during visits with limited chaos. The isolated master suite with an office and sitting room just off the Great Room and a wing containing three separate guest suites, two bunk rooms, and an enviable rumpus room achieves this goal.

The outdoor terraces with a fireplace to the west and a fire pit to the east and a dining area to the south overlooking a lush lawn hidden from the street are a perfect response to the ever-changing weather conditions at 7,000 ft. elevation.

The use of custom light fixtures, custom furniture, hand-forged ironwork, and a unique tile blend modern and craftsman and is delicately pulled-off.

Due to the size and one-story preference, hallways were inevitable. The unique design solution of creating hipped ceilinged arrival nodes with a sun-lit gallery connecting the two gave the opportunity for a custom detail of having the skylights light the gallery through a suspended ceiling with custom hand crafted light fixtures.

Martis Camp-77/78
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Fireplace
Lift and Slide Door
Exposed Beams With Wood Decking
Exposed Rafters
Wood Decking Ceiling
Quartzite Flooring
Living Room
Clerestory
Divided Lite

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Chimney
Redwood Siding
Composition Asphalt Shingle
Ledge Stone
Hipped
Clerestory
Divided Lite

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Chimney
Redwood Siding
Stone Tile
Composition Asphalt Shingle
Ledge Stone
Gable
Window in Stone

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Firepit
Patio
Redwood Siding
Stone Tile
Exposed Rafters
Ledge Stone
Divided Lite
Single Lite
Window in Stone

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Cabinets
Exposed Beams With Wood Decking
Exposed Rafters
Wood Decking Ceiling
Quartzite Flooring
Dining Room
Kitchen
Window in Stone

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Divided Lite

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Chimney
Fireplace
Patio
Ledge Stone

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Firepit
Patio
Exposed Rafters
Ledge Stone

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Railings
Redwood Siding
Flat Copper Shingle Roofing
Divided Lite

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Fireplace
Living Wall
Exposed Beams With Wood Decking
Exposed Rafters
Wood Decking Ceiling
Living Room
Clerestory
Divided Lite

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Ledge Stone
Exposed Beams With Wood Decking
Exposed Rafters
Wood Decking Ceiling
Quartzite Flooring
Divided Lite

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Timber Trusses
Ledge Stone
Exposed Beams With Painted Plaster Board
Quartzite Flooring

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Chimney
Redwood Siding
Permeable Pavers
Flat Copper Shingle Roofing
Ledge Stone

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Ledge Stone

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Cabinets
Exposed Rafters
Kitchen
Single Lite
Window in Stone

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Fireplace
Built-in Storage
Exposed Beams With Painted Plaster Board
Living Room

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Built-in Storage
Cabinets
Exposed Beams With Painted Plaster Board
Carpet
Bedroom
Bunkroom

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Built-in Storage
Exposed Beams With Painted Plaster Board
Carpet
Bedroom
Bunkroom
Divided Lite

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Cabinets
Exposed Beams With Painted Plaster Board
Bathroom
Master Suite
Divided Lite

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Timber Trusses
Exposed Beams With Painted Plaster Board
Wood Flooring
Bedroom
Master Suite
Divided Lite

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Fireplace
Timber Trusses
Exposed Beams With Painted Plaster Board
Wood Flooring
Bedroom
Master Suite
Divided Lite
Single Lite

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Redwood Siding
Composition Asphalt Shingle
Exposed Rafters
Ledge Stone
Clerestory

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Chimney
Redwood Siding
Exposed Rafters
Ledge Stone
Clerestory

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Ledge Stone
Divided Lite
Window in Stone

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Chimney
Redwood Siding
Concrete Pavers
Exposed Rafters
Ledge Stone

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Exposed Rafters
Ledge Stone

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Railings
Ledge Stone

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Firepit
Ledge Stone

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Firepit
Patio
Stone Tile

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Fireplace
Patio
Redwood Siding
Stone Tile
Composition Asphalt Shingle
Ledge Stone


Kurt Reinkens & Kristi Thompson - Principal Architects
11165 Brockway Road - Truckee, California 96161
Truckee 530.587.6257
info@mwa-truckee.com