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Rancho Mirage estate by rule-breaking architect Robert Stone seeks $7.25M

August 11, 2026

The primary bedroom features a kelly green tile wall and glass windows that overlook the desert landscape. (Photo by Yong W. Kim)

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The primary bedroom features a kelly green tile wall and glass windows that overlook the desert landscape. (Photo by Yong W. Kim)

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A Rancho Mirage estate by the rule-breaking architect Robert Stone is on the market for $7.25 million.

Known as the Dreamer Estate, the desert residence spans 4,029 square feet across a main house and a guest house, called Lil’ Dreamer. They offer a total of five bedrooms and five bathrooms.

Completed in 2024, the 3.83-acre property occupies a site that once held a date grove. The parcel is significantly larger than the one-acre lots recently approved for 16 architectural homes on the former Frank Sinatra ranch across the street. Local real estate agents predict those homes will fetch $5.5 million to $6.8 million.

Stone, a Palm Springs native whose earlier designs in Joshua Tree often served as backdrops for Saint Laurent campaigns or glossy Vogue spreads, described his unconventional aesthetic as California Chicano Futurism. He compared the wide-pitched roof, which slopes down to the ground, to “a dropped lowrider.” It features four shades of shimmering, metallic-silver-glazed pottery tiles and gold-coated air-conditioning unit boxes.

Inside, the design is just as bold.

The great room ushers in the outdoors with floor-to-ceiling glass walls that frame the surrounding desert landscape and San Jacinto Mountains. Mirrored ceiling panels reflect the scenery, creating an immersive experience. Wall panels and green carpeting echo the multi-shaped breeze block wall and the artificial grass that intersect the grounds and the half-Olympic-length pool.

These details stop buyers in their tracks, according to Simon Court of Serhant, the co-listing agent.

“(Stone) hand laid every block and every mirror … and built a machine to hand-turn the steel rods in the round window,” Court said by email. “During the day, when the sun hits the pool, (light) bounces off the mirrors and floods the house. At night, you get something similar. It is hypnotic.”

In the kitchen, crocodile-embossed leather cabinetry pairs with custom stainless hardware. The design is a nod to traditional Japanese tansu storage chests and ’90s-era Miu Miu by Miuccia Prada’s frequent use of lizard-embossed leather.

A kelly-green accent wall in the primary bedroom anchors the sleeping space, surrounded by open floor-to-ceiling glass, and the bathroom’s built-in vanity echoes the kitchen’s tansu-inspired cabinets. Just outside the primary suite sits a patio with a fire pit.

The two-bedroom guest house includes a private entrance, kitchen and living space that opens to a patio.

A valet setup and service entrance for hosting events of up to 200 people was put to the test in March 2026, when the spacious compound hosted a sold-out Palm Desert Food and Wine tasting reception.

“This is the ultimate lifestyle home,” Court said. “It is for someone who loves architecture and having a home no one else can ever have. Someone who understands the trajectory Robert Stone is on.”

Court shares the listing with Brooks Bailey, also of Serhant.

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