The olive tree and glowing windows of Goat Mountain House at dusk

Landers, California · Joshua Tree High Desert

Goat Mountain House

The residence

Captivating beauty. A main house and guest house, minutes from Joshua Tree.

$950,000

4 Beds·2 Baths·1,878 sq ft·5 Acres·Built 2024
Loungers in the courtyard at last lightWindows glowing amber across the dark green facadeLooking through the pergola to the hot tub and open desertThe covered patio and long table under the pergola

The compound

The main house

Smooth stucco, soaring ceilings and floor-to-ceiling glass. An open kitchen and living volume, two serene bedrooms and a spa-style bath, every room framing the desert.

Living room with paper lantern, green leather sofa, and desert views
Dark kitchen island with patinated steel backsplashRound oak dining table beside sliding glass doorsBedroom with indigo linens and slatted walnut headboard wallSpa-style bath in smooth concrete

The second volume

The guest house

A mirrored composition with its own living area, kitchenette, two bedrooms and a finished bath. Outside, a cedar hot tub waits on a private patio.

Guest bedroom opening to the hot tub patioSecond guest bedroom with dark textile art

Outside

The grounds

A bespoke stone fire feature, custom planters and sculptural cacti, with a mature olive tree anchoring the space between the two structures.

Sunlight through the mature olive tree between the two volumesCedar hot tub on the private patio at duskThe stone fire feature burning at duskAerial view of the five acre parcel beneath Goat MountainSteel pergola and bench at sunsetCovered patio looking across the desertAgave planters against the glassThe compound wide under a pastel dusk skyThe compound at dusk, small against the Mojave

Art

Restraint, and warmth

The interiors are hung and furnished as a collection: textile works, sculptural seating, found stone. The objects are available with the house.

A found boulder placed inside the main roomDark textile works hung above a low tableSculptural wood chairs and a yellow sculptureThe living room with its printed wall and paper lantern

The designer

A living composition

Designer Brian Ware seated on a boulder in front of the house

Artist and designer Brian Ware built Goat Mountain House with longtime collaborators Louis Terline and Jeff Madalena, fashion industry veterans he met in New York two decades ago. It is his second high desert project featured in Dwell, after the La Vina House in Yucca Valley.

The area

Rare tranquility, minutes from everything

Joshua Tree
National Park
21 miles
La Copine
Dining
7 miles
The Integratron
Landmark
4 miles
Pioneertown
Shops & music
16 miles

Set in one of the most desirable pockets of the desert, with Yucca Valley thirteen miles south. Featured in Dwell.

The house at night, a lantern glowing through the window beside the olive tree

Property facts

Address
60052 Rocky Ave, Landers, CA 92285
Built
2024
Interior
1,878 sq ft
Lot
5 acres
Bedrooms
4
Baths
2
Structures
Main house + guest house
MLS
219146352PS
Price
$950,000

Offered with the option to acquire the furnishings and objects. Also suited as a design-forward short-term rental in one of the desert's most sought-after pockets.

The offering

$950,000
$506 per sq ft · 60052 Rocky Ave, Landers CA 92285
Listed by
Reagan Richter · Compass
310.773.6995 · DRE #02031224
Clayton Baldwin · Kinetic Properties
760.902.6440 · DRE #01741353
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