Tapawingo Lake Camp

Northern Wisconsin
Rooted in the forests of northern Wisconsin, this family compound honors the legacy of America’s great lake camps through craftsmanship and place-based design. Log construction, local fieldstone, and birch-bark detailing connect the buildings to the surrounding woods, creating a timeless presence along the shoreline.

Interior Design
Emma Burns of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler

Builder
Northfork Builders

Landscape Architecture
Tom Stuart Smith

Photography
Simon Brown

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Commissioned by a family intent on preserving six generations of lake tradition, the project unfolds as a collection of cabins and gathering lodges linked by wooded paths and discreet tunnels. Each structure balances heritage and comfort, forming a unified retreat shaped by material integrity and generational continuity.

As featured in Architectural Digest 2023

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The Camp
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Family Cabin
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Gathering Lodge
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Dining Hall
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East & West House
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Darwin’s Library

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LARRY PEARSON

Larry Pearson
Founding Principal

University of California, Santa Cruz

Larry Pearson loves to ask questions. His favorite ones start with the same word: “How.” How do we define yet integrate space: space for solitude, space for family, space for friends? How do we tie the lines of architecture to this natural backdrop? How can we authentically connect humans with design—physically, visually, socially, and emotionally?

For more than three decades, these are the design puzzles Larry has worked to solve, one structure at a time, each a unique answer in itself. Influenced by his clients’ dreams; his travels in the US, Asia, and Europe; and a palpable fascination with regional materials and settings, Larry thirsts to create bespoke designs that enrich human patterns of life…or even create new ones.

The natural migration from room to room, the uninterrupted flow from inside to outside, the internal human shifts from “world” to “home”—those are the elements Larry always seeks to elevate, enhance, and ease through design.