“Inside, the walls are paneled in Alaskan Yellow Cedar, as if the charred exterior has been peeled back to reveal glowing, living wood inside.”
– dwell
“By using simple post- and beam construction, Mayer manages to create an informally organized living space that feels roomy, comfortable and at one with nature.”
– western interiors and design
“The siting of the building demonstrates a careful reading of the land that entails the informed sense of the indigenous builder. ………
It is a captivating room with a view - one that both literally and figuratively projects you out beyond the realm of the house into a new space that has been captured between an inhabited world and the vast spectacle of Alaska’s natural landscape beyond .”
– Brian Carter for Azure Magazine
press
2018 cite - raj mankad, “creative placemaking in the united states: two case studies” (kivalina)
2015 monocle - tomos lewis, “call of the wild” –the escapist
2013 dwell - amara holstein, “view masters – house for a musher”
2013 alaska home magazine - mara severin, “magic mountain- love letter to denali”
2012 west coast modern - zahid sardar, gibbs smith publisher, san francisco
2011 architectural record – featured houses “house for a musher”
2011 contemporary prefab houses - michelle galindo, braun publishing, berlin
2011 starchitects - julio fajardo, harper collins design, new york, ny
2010 true north - new alaskan architecture - decker julie, braun publishing, berlin, germany
2010 modern north - architecture on the frozen edge - decker julie, princeton press
2009 200 outstanding house ideas by loft publications, barcelona, spain
2008 1000x architecture of the americas - braun publishing, berlin
2008 wallpaper magazine “50 of the world hottest young architecture practices” london
2007 rehabilitacion de casas rurales - borras montse, monsa publisher, barcelona, spain
2007 modern shoestring: contemporary architecture on a budget - susanna sirefman, monacelli press
2006 a path to beauty for your house - baechtel mark, anchorage daily news
2006 designing alaska - baechtel mark, anchorage daily news, life section
2005 dwell “alaska: the final (architectural) frontier” nestor, james
2005 seeing the light - baechtel mark, anchorage daily news, (goldenview)
2005 experiement for northern dwelling - mayer, klaus, onsite review, 13/ (solcab)
2003 azure “alaska modern” - carter brian, (solcab).
2003 small house, big comfort - devaughn melissa, anchorage daily news (solcab)