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in the Sierra Nevada near California’s Donner Summit for years when they decided to buy their own property in the region. The couple, both architects, took their time looking, and in 2010, they found a site in Truckee with a perfect view of the mountains. Over the next eight years, they built a 1,900-squarefoot house of

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