Featured Projects

Pepper Hill Villa

Tramonto Residence

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA

Dubai Residence

DUBAI, UAE

Mayumi

CULVER CITY, CA

925 La Brea

Skyline Residence

SANTA BARBARA, CA

5300 McConnell

LOS ANGELES, CA

900 La Brea Mixed Use

1302 La Brea

LOS ANGELES, CA

BCG

LOS ANGELES, CA

John Wells Productions

720 N. Cahuenga

Toro Canyon Residence

Residential

Tramonto Residence

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA

Pepper Hill Villa

Skyline Residence

SANTA BARBARA, CA

Toro Canyon Residence

Wakecrest Residence

MALIBU, CA

CL:20 Modern Residential Addition Prototype

SANTA BARBARA, CA

Montecito Canyon Residence

Bellagio Way Residence

LOS ANGELES, CA

Revello Residence

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA

1169 Hillcrest Residence

BEVERLY HILLS, CA

Tione Residence

LOS ANGELES, CA

Dubai Villas

DUBAI, UAE

Harridge Residence

LOS ANGELES, CA

Riviera Residence

SANTA BARBARA, CA

Angelo Residence

LOS ANGELES, CA

East Channel Residence

SANTA MONICA, CA

Buildings

Mayumi

CULVER CITY, CA

925 La Brea

900 La Brea Mixed Use

1302 La Brea

LOS ANGELES, CA

5300 McConnell

LOS ANGELES, CA

1925 E Maple

Willoughby Duplexes

LOS ANGELES, CA

Castaway Commons

NEWPORT BEACH, CA

Anacapa Studios

SANTA BARBARA, CA

720 N. Cahuenga

Motor Ave

LOS ANGELES, CA

2121 Park Place

Via Lido Mixed Use

NEWPORT BEACH, CA

Via Lido Townhouses

NEWPORT BEACH, CA

La Peer

IV Housing

The Ranch

Commercial Interiors

BCG

LOS ANGELES, CA

John Wells Productions

eSalon

Conill Advertising

MASH Studios

LOS ANGELES, CA

Savitsky Satin Bacon & Bucci

LOS ANGELES, CA

Sonos

SANTA BARBARA, CA

C.I.M. Headquarters

LOS ANGELES, CA

Murad Headquarters

Team One USA

LOS ANGELES, CA

Sierra Pacific Construction

WOODLAND HILLS, CA

Smuggler

Freemark Financial

BEVERLY HILLS, CA

Murad Retail

LOS ANGELES, CA

G/Fore

BEVERLY HILLS, CA

Biscuit Filmworks

Innocean

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA

Fremantle Media

BURBANK, CA

Intermedia

WOODLAND HILLS, CA

Truecar

SAN FRANCISCO, CA SANTA MONICA, CA

Who We Are

SD is led by partners Russell Shubin, Robin Donaldson and Mark Hershman.

With offices in Culver City, Santa Barbara, and Orange County, California, projects are organized as a team effort, led and coordinated by an assigned project manager and project architect.

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Design Approach

ShubinDonaldson provides innovative environments for strategic, design savvy clients.

Projects are organized as a team effort, led and coordinated by an assigned project manager and project architect.

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Always a joy to take a look back at our #TramontoR

Always a joy to take a look back at our #TramontoResidence - This time looking at a less often seen façade and connection between built, landscaped terrain, and the state park beyond. The landscape has been designed to encourage indigenous wildlife by incorporating a grove of 200 new trees and drought-tolerant planting complementing the native flora. The terraced orchard (pictured here) blurs the boundary between architecture and nature on the eastern edge of the residence.⁠
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Photography by @fernandogguerra ⁠
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Landscaping: @ahbe_lab ⁠
Lighting: @hlblighting ⁠
Structural: @jlaengineers ⁠
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model of house in trousdale_photo by @robindonalds

model of house in trousdale_photo by @robindonaldsonaia #robindonaldsonaia @shubindonaldson @anacapastudios @sd_rplusd⁠
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A look back at the interior of our Motor project -

A look back at the interior of our Motor project - The feature stair is covered in Fenix; a matte black laminate over plywood—the result is an ultra smooth texture and feel. You'll notice a clerestory window over the stair, providing additional light and concealing the air circulation system designed to redirect heat from the interior. An element that is both functional and aesthetically pleasing! ⁠
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Join us in wishing one of our Founding Partners @r

Join us in wishing one of our Founding Partners @robindonaldsonaia a very wonderful birthday and amazing year to come - Happy Birthday Robin!⁠
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Our award-winning Castaway Commons remodel has b

Our award-winning Castaway Commons remodel has been recently featured on @ earchitectnews

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“ This project in Newport Beach is a “reskin” of an existing 32,860 square foot 2-story medical office with existing surgery center. It is a complete façade renovation and accessibility upgrade for the site and public spaces within the existing building. The building was originally built in 1964 by Richard H Dodd as a medical office building."

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Recently featured on @earchitectnews⁠ ⁠ Our To

Recently featured on @earchitectnews⁠
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Our Toro Canyon Residence, Completed in 2009, was a defining residential project for us - built to be environmentally resilient, wildfire resistant, and to capitalize on the extraordinary ocean views. #fromthearchives ⁠
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Photography by @photociro @theotherarchitecture.⁠
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Completed in 2016, this adaptive reuse project in

Completed in 2016, this adaptive reuse project in El Segundo, repositioned an anonymous tilt-up building into a creative campus through strategic interventions that resonated with the new values of “cultural creative.” Stay tuned for a look back on the process that made this intervention a reality. #fromthearchives #2121parkplace⁠
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Photography by @benny_chan_photographer.⁣⁠
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Module + Monolith /model of a screenwall for _hous

Module + Monolith /model of a screenwall for _house in Montecito @robindonaldsonaia & @bruceheavin⁠
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From concept to reality, the Anacapa Studios proje

From concept to reality, the Anacapa Studios project was one of the rare occasions where we were able to design and build as both Architect and client! Flip through the images to see the Home of our Santa Barbara office become a reality.⁠
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Home of our Santa Barbara office, Anacapa Studios

Home of our Santa Barbara office, Anacapa Studios is a three-building mixed-use complex on lower Anacapa St. in Downtown Santa Barbara. Each building has commercial space and individual residential units. Stay tuned for a look back on the process that made this campus a reality.⁠
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Photo of building two of the three building campus.⁠
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_house in montecito, photo by @robindonaldsonaia @

_house in montecito, photo by @robindonaldsonaia @bruceheavin #robindonaldsonaia⁠
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->>New Forms from Old Forms<<- //Sampling + Slicin

->>New Forms from Old Forms<<- //Sampling + Slicing⁠
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Swipe right to see the care and detail taken durin

Swipe right to see the care and detail taken during the various stages of structure that make up the exterior at our award-winning #skylineresidence .
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_house in montecito, photo by @robindonaldsonaia @

_house in montecito, photo by @robindonaldsonaia @bruceheavin #robindonaldsonaia⁠
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From construction to final details, swipe right to

From construction to final details, swipe right to see the care taken to refine the ascending stair to the top living floor at our award-winning #skylineresidence .⁠
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_house in montecito, photo by @robindonaldsonaia @bruceheavin #robindonaldsonaia⁠
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/mock-up for a big swing.⁠ ⁠ Take a peak behin

/mock-up for a big swing.⁠
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_house in montecito, photo by @robindonaldsonaia @bruceheavin #robindonaldsonaia⁠
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From the outdoor courtyard on the second floor, th

From the outdoor courtyard on the second floor, the oculi connects directly to the garage below. This construction detail shows how the fiberglass form is assembled achieves this connection, found at our #tramontoresidence.⁠
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Lighting: @hlblighting ⁠
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Set flush with the courtyard’s wooden deck, thes

Set flush with the courtyard’s wooden deck, these oculi found at our #tramontoresidence provide up lighting to the courtyard and downlighting to the garage at night while allowing natural light to enter the garage below during the day. Check-in tomorrow as we show the construction process for these elements and how they interact with the garage below!⁠
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Lighting: @hlblighting ⁠
Structural: @jlaengineers ⁠
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