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The Hot: Ritz-Carlton Lake Tahoe’s Lake House

The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe, has launched an amenity with multiple layers of function and style – a Lake Club.

Designed by Principal Architect Clare Walton and designer Jennifer Loving, the Lake Club provides a waterside venue with al fresco dining, leisure and water activities, and direct access to the lake.

Lake and pier at the Lake House
Lake and pier at the Lake House

The space includes an indoor gathering area and bar, a ground-floor dining terrace, an upper-level dining deck, and a lawn extending to the water’s edge and a private boat pier for boating, kayaking and stand-up paddle boarding. Additional features include an outdoor spa and fire pit, showers and changing facilities, and storage facilities to house kayaks, stand-up paddle boards, etc.

Al fresco space at the Lake House
Al fresco space at the Lake House

The Lake Club was designed to optimize its proximity to the water’s edge, using materials such as ledgestone and cedar wood to counterbalance the contemporary lines of the steel and glass structure. Floor-to-ceiling windows on all sides provide lake views even before guests enter the front door.

The upper-level dining deck at the Lake House
The upper-level dining deck at the Lake House

Turquoise elements contrast with white in homage to the color characteristic of the lake and mountains. Earthy textures are utilized throughout the space, including extensive use of select grade walnut and western red cedar echoing the rugged Tahoe landscape. Work by artists including New York-based Jacob Hashimoto, Jennifer Hannaford and Karen Margolis, and local artists Pat Blide (Truckee), Marianne Rosenfeld (South Lake Tahoe), Marybeth Hamilton (Kings Beach) and Troy Corlis (Truckee), is featured on the property. 

Turquoise hightligts the indoor gathering area and bar at the Lake House
Turquoise hightligts the indoor gathering area and bar at the Lake House

The landscape architecture, designed by locally based Design Workshop, was inspired by Lake Tahoe’s natural environment.

Floor to ceiling windowns give every space in the Lake House a view
Floor to ceiling windowns give every space in the Lake House a view

Throughout its construction, Lake Club exceeded the stringent environmental and building standards for the region. The environmental improvements that were made include lessening the building’s footprint from the previous structure by more than 30%, which was achieved through reducing the structure’s volume and allowing open views of Lake Tahoe; improvement of scenic areas through landscape additions; water quality and frontage improvements; and usage of permeable pavers in the parking area to improve permeability during storms.

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