Truckee, California

Site size: 60,711 square feet

Project size: 5,431 square feet

Program: A family house is integrated into the mountain landscape to offer optimal privacy and tranquility.

Location: The base of the Northstar California Resort near Lake Tahoe, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Solution: The house is conceived in plan as three elongated bars. The largest encompasses the living, dining and kitchen areas, as well as sleeping quarters. A narrow bar of space for services separates the main portion of the house from the third bar'a garage on the northwest side. An insulated concrete wall divides these spaces longitudinally and situates the house within the mountainous terrain.

Construction and materials: A low maintenance steel rain screen and glazing enclose the concrete walls. For further shading and privacy, horizontal steel louvers cover the glazing facing west. For energy efficiency, the south-facing house as natural ventilation, radiantly heated concrete floors, solar-assisted domestic hot water and 100% LED lighting.

Architect:
Faulkner Architects
2115 Fourth Street #A
Berkeley, CA 94710
TEL: 530-582-7400
http://www.faulknerarchitects.com

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Architect:
Faulkner Architects
2115 Fourth Street #A
Berkeley, CA 94710
530.582.7400
530.582.7444 (fax)
www.faulknerarchitects.com

Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit:
Greg Faulkner, AIA, Architect
Darrell Linscott, AIA, Architect
Richard Szitar, Intern Architect
Jenna Shropshire, Technical

Architect of record:
Greg Faulkner, AIA

Interior designer:
CP Interiors
25 East 22nd Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10010
646.723.8588
www.cp-interiors.com

Civil Engineer:
Shaw Engineering
20 Vine Street
Reno, NV 89503
775.329.5559
www.shawengineering.com

Energy Modeling:
MSA Engineering Consultants
4599 Longley Lane
Reno, NV 89502
775.828.4889
www.msa-reno.com

Geo-Technical Engineer:
Holdredge & Kull
10775 Pioneer Trail, Suite 213
Truckee, CA 96161
530.587.5156
www.handk.net

Mechanical Engineer:
Aspen Engineering
5474 Longley Lane, Suite 200
Reno, NV 89511
775.826.6061
www.aspenreno.com

Structural Engineer:
Endrestudio
4053 Harlan Street, Suite 113
Emeryville, CA 94608
510.898.6960
www.endrestudio.com

Consultant(s):
Landscape:
Faulkner Architects

Lighting:
CP Interiors
Faulkner Architects

3D Modeling:
Owen Wright
530.559.2509

General contractor:
Jones Corda Construction
P.O. Box 7410
Tahoe City, CA 96145
530.583.5150
www.jonescorda.com

Photographer(s):
Joe Fletcher Photography
2082 Drake Drive
Oakland, CA 94611
415.216.7948
www.joefletcher.com

  

Products

Structural system
Concrete, Steel frames, Glass

Manufacturer of any structural components unique to this project:
Concrete, Steel, & Wood Frame

Exterior cladding
Metal Panels:
Hot rolled steel

Metal/glass curtain wall:
Thermally broken aluminum frames, Low-e dual glazing

Rainscreen:
Hot rolled steel on steel furring

Precast concrete:
R21 insulated, double width, integrally darkened, fly ash concrete with precision forms and exposed snap ties

Wood:
Western Red Cedar

Moisture barrier:
Kingspan Insulation

Horizontal Stonework:
Pennsylvania Bluestone

Roofing
Built-up roofing:
Modified bitumen 3-ply system with light colored gravel ballast

Windows
Metal frame:
Fleetwood Windows and Doors

Glazing
Skylights:
Crystalite, Inc.

Doors
Entrances:
Custom painted composite wood door

Metal doors:
Fleetwood Windows and Doors

Wood doors:
Rift sawn, ebonized White Oak by Lakeview Millworks

Sliding doors:
Fleetwood Windows and Doors

Glass Pivot Door:
Fleetwood Windows and Doors

Hardware
Locksets:
Baldwin

Pulls:
DP3 Series by Mockett

Entry:
Custom stainless steel pull by Striker Forge

Pivot Door Hardware:
Rixon

Concealed Hinges:
TECTUS by Simonswerk

Tatami Room Sliding Door:
Bartels Barn Hardware and Orbit pulls by Torda

Interior finishes
Acoustical ceilings:
Drop soffit

Cabinetwork and custom woodwork:
Custom cabinets by Creative Wood Images

Paints and stains:
Benjamin Moore, Super White 02

Wall coverings:
Magnetic wallpaper by Weitzner Limited

Paneling:
Rift sawn, ebonized White Oak

Slid surfacing:
Thassos marble, Staturary marble, Caesarstone

Wood Floor:
Rift sawn, ebonized, engineered White Oak

Stone Floor:
Pennsylvania Bluestone

Glass Floor:
Jockimo

Powder Room Wall Tile:
WATERCUBE by Everstone

Guest Bath Wall Tile:
Inca by Ann Sacks

Tatami Bath Wall Tile:
Vestige Cloud Limestone by Artistic Tile

Carpet:
Tatami matsby Tatami Room

Special interior finishes unique to this project:
Silver Leaf finished cabinets

Furnishings
Entry Furniture:
Custom

Living Room Furniture:
Custom, Niedermaier, Switch Modern, The Rug Company

Kitchen Bar Stools:
Powell & Bonnell

Dining Table:
Jun Ho Collection

Dining Chairs:
B&B Italia

Outdoor Furniture:
Dedon

Office furniture:
Eames, Knoll Furniture, Constantini, Holly Hunt

Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:
Shakuff, Foscarini, Koncept

Downlights:
BK Lighting, Element Lighting

Uplights:
Edge Lighting

Exterior:
BK Lighting, Bega

Dimming System or other lighting controls:
Lutron

Plumbing
Exterior water catchment, CAL Green compliant, sans equipment, rainwater fed

Fixtures:
Barclay, Diamond Spas, Dornbracht, Kohler, Raspel, Toto, Wetstyle,

Energy
Energy management or building automation system:
Savant

Solar Assisted Hot Water & Collector:
Lochvinar