This stunning contemporary mountain home is designed by Sandbox Studio in collaboration with Mark Tanner Construction, located in the Martis Camp community of Truckee, California. The award-winning 3,250 square foot home features exposed wood roof purlins, sitting on top of radiused steel beams creates a unique and striking architectural statement. Continue the home tour below to see some incredible design features that will make you wish for your own mountain retreat…
What We Love: This fabulous mountain home offers exquisite design details throughout, with clean, contemporary aesthetics. Overall, there are many fantastic living spaces for both family enjoyment and entertaining in style. We are especially loving the indoor-outdoor connection created through lift and slide doors and the fireside terrace with amazing views… Readers, what do you think, does this home have you wanting your own mountain retreat? Tell us in the Comments!
Note: Have a look at a couple of our favorite home tours that we have featured here on One Kindesign from the architect of this project, Sandbox Studio: Ski lodge blending rustic modern details in Martis Camp and Idyllic mountain farmhouse style retreat in California’s High Sierra.
Above: The dramatic living room, with its soaring ceiling, fireplace and window wall, spills out onto a golf-view terrace, complete with a firepit, sunken custom hot tub and a ski chair hanging from the covered dining/BBQ Terrace roof.
Above: This beautiful living room features pocketing lift and slide glass doors that disappear into the wall, blurring the lines between indoors and out. A stone and concrete fireplace is the focal point of the space.
Above: The kitchen, while somewhat modest in size, is packed with function behind gorgeous custom walnut cabinets. An onyx waterfall on the island is the jewelry of the space.
Above: The poker room shares the backside of the stone and concrete fireplace with the living room. This space also includes a unique custom built wine wall, hidden TV and walnut veneer wall panels.
Above: A custom built-in game/eating nook features storage under the banquette seating. Walnut veneer wall panels adds a striking detail in this space.
Above: An open-style modern staircase is a stunning feature upon entry, with a central steel stringer and thick white oak tread blocks, set against a giant window wall and steel waterfall.
Above: This playful kid’s bunk bedroom and play lounge can accommodate and entertain a bunch of kids on a snowbound day.
Above: The playful kid’s bathroom features a custom trough sink composed of natural stone.
Above: In the nursery of this mountain home, a floor-to-ceiling window wall floods the space with natural light. A dramatic radiused steel and wood ceiling above.
Above: This hallway leads to the master bedroom wing, featuring custom walnut doors and wall finish.
Above: The master bedroom offers a fireplace and private access to a terrace with a hot tub. A dramatic ceiling structure of curved steel beams and uplit purlins with wood above.
Above: The powder bathroom boasts an exquisite but calming melding of materials with its custom floating onyx sink.
Above: Upstairs is the golf view cigar deck, complete with it’s own fireplace – the perfect place to unwind before dinner after playing a round.
Above: The rear of this home looks out onto the golf course, featuring clear grade Western Red Cedar and steel and native stone cladding.
Photos: Vance Fox Photography
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