Featured Projects

Pepper Hill Residence

Tramonto Residence

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA

San Remo

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA

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

San Remo

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA

Pepper Hill Residence

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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_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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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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/mock-up for a big swing.⁠ ⁠ Take a peak behin

/mock-up for a big swing.⁠
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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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Landscaping: @ahbe_lab ⁠
Lighting: @hlblighting ⁠
Structural: @jlaengineers ⁠
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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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Photography by @fernandogguerra ⁠
Interior Design: @magnidesign ⁠
Landscaping: @ahbe_lab ⁠
Lighting: @hlblighting ⁠
Structural: @jlaengineers ⁠
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Bringing natural light into the monolith that this

Bringing natural light into the monolith that this building once was, required carving vertical apertures in the core-ten steel. See more of our #720Cahuenga project on our website, link in the description @shubindonaldson⁠
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Photography by Val Riolo⁠
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Hand-rail detail of an upcoming residential projec

Hand-rail detail of an upcoming residential project.⁠
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/mock-up :: facet details for a new residence.⁠

/mock-up :: facet details for a new residence.⁠
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Recharging for the weekend with the warm, vibrant,

Recharging for the weekend with the warm, vibrant, and lush garden in the courtyard of our award winning @the.mayumi project in Culver City.⁣⁠
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A private outdoor courtyard above the garage allow

A private outdoor courtyard above the garage allows the surrounding nature to flow around and through the residence, merging the built form with the natural terrain, a central intention of the project.

Getting the trees there on the other-hand... Quite the ordeal! Take a look through the installation process of the second story courtyard at our #tramontoresidence !

Photography by @fernandogguerra ⁠
Interior Design: @magnidesign ⁠
Landscaping: @ahbe_lab ⁠
Lighting: @hlblighting ⁠
Structural: @jlaengineers ⁠
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Take a look behind the design of the louvered scre

Take a look behind the design of the louvered screen found at our #TramontoResidence - The screen’s textural pattern offers a sense of visual porosity, maintaining natural light penetration into the corridor and implying a degree of spatial separation.
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Photography by @rogerdaviesphotography ⁠
Interior Design: @magnidesign ⁠
Landscaping: @ahbe_lab ⁠
Lighting: @hlblighting ⁠
Structural: @jlaengineers ⁠
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For this week's #hiveatfive we're digging up our o

For this week's #hiveatfive we're digging up our old school work, from how far we've come to some design ideas that still stick with us.⁠
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The care taken to refine each custom element of th

The care taken to refine each custom element of the Tramonto Residence starts with the process. Take a peek behind the journey that resulted in the final form for the treads of the feature stair. #TramontoResidence
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Photography by @rogerdaviesphotography ⁠
Interior Design: @magnidesign ⁠
Landscaping: @ahbe_lab ⁠
Lighting: @hlblighting ⁠
Structural: @jlaengineers ⁠
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Continuing the spirit of our weekly #occupydesign

Continuing the spirit of our weekly #occupydesign sessions where we share design ideas, discuss design movements, and invite fellow design professionals to share their work - In 2021 we've renamed this weekly event into simply #HiveatFive !⁠
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Follow along on our IG Story on Thursday @ 5pm for this week's discussion where Chris Torres, Co-Founder of @superjacent , will be discussing his firm's recent work.⁠
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Detail photo of #projectalameda a collaboration project with @superjacent. #landscapearchitecture #landscape #la #losangeles #burbank #creativeoffice #ecology #ferns #garden #outdooroffice #superjacent #shubindonaldson

_drawings on film //studies for graphic identity a

_drawings on film //studies for graphic identity and technical sensibility⁠
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