California Chicano Futurism | Top 25 Homes Globally (Wallpaper*) | Robert Stone, Aia Award Winner

Featured in Wallpaper’s Top 25 Houses of 2025 and on the March 2026 cover of Palm Springs Life, The Dreamer Estate is a singular desert compound by acclaimed architect Robert Stone. Set on 3.83 acres in Rancho Mirage, it is an architectural work with the scale, privacy, and visual authority to stand apart in the Coachella Valley.

Stone’s work has spent three decades expanding the language of desert shelter. His earlier projects, including Acido Dorado and Rosa Muerta, received the 2013 AIA Top Honor Award, have been exhibited by the Smithsonian, and have drawn the attention of Vogue Italia, Saint Laurent, and Beyoncé. At Kelley Lane, that sensibility becomes a complete and deeply inhabitable residential statement: California Chicano Futurism, rendered at an exceptional scale.

The estate comprises 4,029 square feet, five bedrooms, and 4.5 bathrooms across two independent structures.

• Main Residence: A grounded sculptural form beneath a roof of traditional pottery tile finished in four metallic glazes, creating a shifting, luminous surface across the desert floor. Mirrored ceilings in the great room draw the San Jacinto Mountains into the interior, softening the line between architecture and landscape. The kitchen is composed as a bespoke installation, with silver crocodile-embossed leather cabinetry, while the primary suite is anchored by a dramatic plane of Kelly green tile. Throughout, breeze block screens filter light and views into an ever-changing desert composition.

• Lil Dreamer: More than a guest house, the second residence is a fully self-contained retreat with its own entrance, kitchen, and living space. It offers meaningful independence for guests, a private work studio, creative use, or extended stays.

• Grounds designed for gathering: A half Olympic-length pool forms the reflective spine of the property. A dedicated service entrance and valet configuration support private entertaining on a scale rarely available in an architectural residence, accommodating events of up to 200 guests.

The house follows the path of the sun by design, welcoming warmth in winter and moderating heat in summer. Its acreage is more than double the largest lot in the private enclave opposite, providing an unusual degree of separation, flexibility, and composure.

The Dreamer Estate has already served as the setting for the Palm Desert Food & Wine Celebrity Chef Reception. For the discerning buyer, it is both a private residence and a consequential work of contemporary California architecture: authored, collectible, and impossible to replicate.

Contact: Simon Court for more information