Program: Private Residence
Location: Rancho Mirage, California
Size: 5,684 sf
Status: Completed 2025
The Orchard is a 5,684-square-foot private residence in Rancho Mirage, California. Conceived as a ground-up new build, the project treats architecture, interiors, and landscape as a single composition rather than placing a house within a garden.
The design is defined by a balance of solidity and transparency. From the street, low horizontal volumes, stone walls, vertical wood cladding, and layered planting preserve privacy. Beyond the entry, the house gradually opens toward mature trees, sculptural boulders, water, and a sequence of outdoor rooms. Continuous floor, wall, and roof planes carry across the glass line, so terraces and courts read as extensions of the interior.
Daily life unfolds across a varied sequence of spaces, from living and dining areas that open fully to shaded terraces and the pool, to an intimate media room, a skylit gallery, and a primary suite with its own garden outlook. Outdoor living is distributed across poolside lounging, covered dining, secluded seating, and a fire-centered gathering area.
A restrained palette of irregular natural stone, smooth plaster, warm wood, and dark metal gives the residence its tactile character. Broad overhangs, recessed glazing, and skylights respond to the desert climate, sheltering outdoor rooms and softening the intensity of the light.
