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Featured Project |
Lahontan
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An award winning, private golf club community near North Lake Tahoe featuring
a variety of year-round family recreational activities including an
eighteen-hole golf course. Surrounded by 7200-acres of Sierra parkland,
Lahontan community buildings are reminiscent of Lake Tahoe's historic
grand estates and summer lodges.
Lahontan's master architectural plan is based on respect and consideration
for the natural environment. The public buildings are framed with
massive Douglas fir timbers and incorporate natural stone supporting
columns and fireplaces. The structures are clad with rough sawn wood
and roofed with slate or copper. Native materials and timeless, organic
architecture form a harmonious partnership with the forested knolls
and rock-faced ridges of the Sierra landscape.
Buildings were designed by Faulkner Architects, and built
by Kitchell Construction. Timbercraft designers and craftsmen worked
with the architects and builders from November 1997 to April 1999
to create timber structures for the eight buildings that form the
core of the Lahontan community. |
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The Starter Pavilion, 1,700 sq. ft.
AIA Merit Award for Commercial Design-Architects, Faulkner Architects.
The Starter Pavilion at Lahontan embodies the Architect's
goals of disturbing the site as little as possible, developing
a minimal building that shelters its users, building a structure
that will age as gracefully as its surroundings, and using
native materials including reclaimed timbers and granite boulders.
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The Shelter at Five - 400 sq. ft.
Rest facility at the fifth green. |
Camp - 5,200 sq. ft.
Recreation facility for children surrounded by tennis courts,
swimming pools and wooden playground structures. |
Lodge - 18,317 sq. ft.
The central gathering place for the community. The lodge complex includes a
restaurant and lounge. |
Pro Shop - 2,500 sq. ft.
Golf equipment center. |
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