Architecture Wednesday: Coachella Pueblo-Revival Horse Property

If you like to feel like you’re on vacation every day have I got a house for you …

This private resort-like compound, spread out over two and one-half lush green acres features five structures designed in modern Pueblo Revival-style and yet it contains resonances of its past; the property was initially built as an equestrian ranch by one of the preeminent developers of the Coachella Valley for his wife.

A gated drive lined with old growth carob trees brings you to the spacious main house, two guest houses, an ancillary building, and a three-car garage as well as a long list of well-appointed amenities—an 80 foot pool, spa, tennis court, party pavilion, firepit, putting green, bocce ball court, horseshoes, hammock and basketball area. There is also a fruit orchard with guava, lemon, pear, pomelo, avocado, fig, and mango trees.

The vast main house is accessed through a dramatic colonnade up from the pool and the social spaces include a living room, den, media room, wet bar, dining area and kitchen all flowing into each other and outside onto shaded courtyards with decades-old cactuses; one such courtyard includes an outdoor dining room with a fireplace and barbeque.

The home's interiors include aspects of Pueblo Revival-style such as thick adobe-style walls and viga—roughhewn beams—and latilla ceilings. Warm flagstone floors flow throughout the interior and exterior spaces, adding another natural texture to the home's thoughtful warm simplicity.

The main home features two bedrooms, the primary with a kiva fireplace and spa-like bathroom with a walled cactus garden, custom stained glass in the shower room and large tub for soaking.

The horse stables have since been transformed into a gym, office and guest house and yet retain their rustic equestrian atmosphere with vestiges including the sliding stable doors of the horse stalls; in fact, one stable, the tack room, and the polo field pasture remain for horse lovers.

The home's meandering plan and network of covered outdoor spaces offer numerous paths to explore this enchanting property with its other structures, pool, tennis court, and multiple surprises.

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