For the Love of BIGHORN
Dreier and Hanson find inspiration in the Club’s timeless setting and its panoramic views but even more so in its Members and staff.
Dreier: The environment here is unique to the Coachella Valley. The topography has its own personality, and has, at times, given us something architecturally to pull in that becomes part of the house. We did one home where the lot sits right up against the back of the mountain, and the headboard for the bed is the mountain behind it. We just put the bed against it, glazed the whole wall, and took a waterfall straight down it.
Hanson: For me, every project is about bringing the outside in so that you feel that connection with nature all around you.
Ball: When you’re rooted in a place like this, you want to do your best because you truly feel it — BIGHORN — deserves the best. I believe it shows, both in the process and in the outcome.
Dreier: There’s a real sense of community here. It’s a family environment, and people really take pride in it.
Hanson: The clients that I have designed homes for here are some of my favorite people. I get together with them. I have dinner with them. They’re friends in a way that I don’t necessarily experience at the other clubs. That’s unique here. Everybody on staff that I talk to, and every Member agrees: BIGHORN is about the people.
Ball: This chapter of BIGHORN is one of many for me, but one of my most important, as far as relationships are concerned. To think that all three of us have been so entrenched in BIGHORN and its culture for more than half of our lives is crazy! Gratefully, this story will continue as BIGHORN remains relevant and fresh, with the artistic additions from you two, who I am fortunate to call my friends!
This story was originally published in the 2025 edition of BIGHORN magazine.
