Surrounded by the snow-capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada Mountains near the north shores of Lake Tahoe in Truckee, Calif., Martis Camp, a new 2,177-acre private custom- home community, pays tribute to the ski resort designs of yesteryear, especially with its social center — the Camp Lodge. Martis Camp management, DMB Inc. and Highlands Group, and the Camp Lodge’s architect, Swaback Partners, of Scottsdale, Ariz., wanted to create a long-lasting building with timeless visual appeal — a blend of classic, rustic ski resort design with some more contemporary sustainable techniques. One important step in achieving this goal was selecting high-performance, aesthetically pleasing roofing shingles.
For the Camp Lodge roof, CertainTeed Presidential Shake TL luxury shingles were selected in a durable trilaminate asphalt composite shingle with a 50-year warranty. The design called for two different shingle colors — Spanish Red and Charcoal Black — in an alternating row pattern to create a unique striped look. Martis Camp hired Hayhoe Construction, of Tustin, Calif., to build Camp Lodge, and the general contractor hired HD Roofing, of Truckee, to install the roof.