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Featured Projects

HILL HOUSE

Tramonto Residence

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

Skyline Residence

SANTA BARBARA, CA

HILL HOUSE

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

Team One USA

LOS ANGELES, CA

Murad Headquarters

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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Step into our #SanRemo Residence. ⁠ ⁠ Swipe to

Step into our #SanRemo Residence. ⁠
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Swipe to see some of the amazing stair details of this architectural estate. ⁠
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Architecture @shubindonaldson⁠
Interiors @magnidesign⁠
Landscape @boskyland (formerly RMLA)⁠
🏗️ @tylerdevelopment ⁠
📸 @manololangis

#SundaySketches swipe to see the sketch elevations

#SundaySketches swipe to see the sketch elevations and the final result of our @the.mayumi Project⁠
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✏️ Sketches by @robindonaldsonaia⁠ ⁠
📸 Photography by @benny_chan_photographer⁠

Our #EndlessSummerBeachHouse is part of GA Magazin

Our #EndlessSummerBeachHouse is part of GA Magazine’s special issue “GA Houses 187 | GA Houses project 2023” and the GA Houses exhibition. Click the link in bio to hear more about the issue and exhibition!

Thinking of our sunny @the.mayumi project on this

Thinking of our sunny @the.mayumi project on this rainy 🌧️ SoCal day⁠
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📸 by @benny_chan_photographer

A little #SD green for this St. Patrick’s day⁠

A little #SD green for this St. Patrick’s day⁠
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Slide 1 @johnwellsproductions⁠
Slide 2-3 @the.mayumi⁠
Slide 4 Willoughby Duplexes⁠
Slide 5 1925 E Maple⁠
Slide 6 925 La Brea⁠
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📸s by @benny_chan_photographer⁠

For this week’s #HiveatFive @nousla ‘s @elizza

For this week’s #HiveatFive @nousla ‘s @elizzabethjoy & @omarlgarza stop by to discuss some of their firm's recent work!⁠
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Slide 01 – Tower of Twelve by @_bureauspectacular⁠
Slide 02 – SKYNET Series by @poetickinetics⁠
Slide 03 – 3DS Culinary Lab by @dwayneoyler & @lace_jennywu 📸 by @centralmeridian⁠
Slide 04 – City Thread by @sportzsports ⁠
Slide 05 – House Stepping Down a Hill by @bestorarchitecture⁠
Slide 06 – Silver top by John Lautner, restoration by @bestorarchitecture 📸 by @timstreetporter⁠

Check out these #Poetic Perspectives of our @johnw

Check out these #Poetic Perspectives of our @johnwellsproductions project courtesy of @sd_rplusd

Framing the views at our #4121SantaMonica project⁠
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📸 by @benny_chan_photographer

This International Women’s Day we want to take t

This International Women’s Day we want to take the time to publicly celebrate all the brilliant, insightful, and powerful women that help make ShubinDonaldson what it is today. We salute all the women in our industry and look to fully #embracequity in the #AEC field.

Catching the light at our #4121SantaMonica project

Catching the light at our #4121SantaMonica project

#SundaySketches ⁠ ⁠ Swipe to see the sketch el

#SundaySketches ⁠
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Swipe to see the sketch elevations and the final result of our #Skyline Residence⁠
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✏️ Sketches by @robindonaldsonaia⁠ ⁠
📸 Photography by @jeremybittermann⁠

With a material palette limited to wood, cast conc

With a material palette limited to wood, cast concrete, steel and glass, the Skyline Residence creates a striking contrast between changes in form and dynamic transitions between floor plates.⁠
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📷 by @jeremybittermann⁠

Moments of light at our award winning #SkylineResi

Moments of light at our award winning #SkylineResidence. ⁠
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📷 by @jeremybittermann⁠

#Repost @hillconstructioncompany ⁠ ⁠ Thrilled

#Repost @hillconstructioncompany ⁠
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Thrilled that our Carla Ridge project made Architectural Digest’s recent Top 9 Beverly Hills “Opulent and Ultracool List!” ⁠
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“There’s no hiding that Beverly Hills houses are among the swankiest in America. Long before the 2005 release of Weezer’s runaway hit “Beverly Hills” and the 1990 premiere of the teen soap Beverly Hills, 90210, life in the LA county enclave became synonymous with luxury. Below, we share nine of our favorite Beverly Hills houses, replete with spectacular views, AD100 designer input, and celebrity inhabitants.” ⁠
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Architect: @shubindonaldson ⁠
Designer: @lucasinterior ⁠
Luxury Builder: @hillconstructioncompany ⁠
Landscape: @hockerdesign ⁠
Pool Consultant: @h2o__design⁠
Photography: @douglasfriedman ⁠
Feature: @archdigest ⁠

How can a series of curated spatial experiences he

How can a series of curated spatial experiences help promote a company’s values?⁠
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When The Broad Foundation and Broad Family Offices looked to move their headquarters to a location that’s more accessible to the people they represent and support, they once again asked ShubinDonaldson to team up with their long-time family design consultant Jennifer Littke of @setstudioco to design their new office in Downtown Los Angeles. Located one block from @thebroadmuseum , this high-rise office space is organized as a series of curated spatial experiences that help promote the company’s values. Check out the LINK IN BIO to learn more about this art filled project.⁠
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📷 by @benny_chan_photographer.⁠

The entryway of our #WakecrestResidence always set

The entryway of our #WakecrestResidence always sets the stage for a peaceful and relaxing environment. The glass entry canopy dapples shimmering shadows of an abstracted liquid pattern onto a series of cast concrete stepping stones traversing a small reflecting pool.⁠
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📷 by @benny_chan_photographer.⁠

Conceptually based on the distillation of a family

Conceptually based on the distillation of a family of the most basic architectonic shapes (triangle, square, and circle), the #WakecrestResidence is a complete renovation and addition of a 1962 home sought to refine a fundamental relationship between these simple forms set against the expansive backdrop of the ocean and distant horizon.⁠

Loving the colors of this #siteplan for our #1925E

Loving the colors of this #siteplan for our #1925EMaple project, #drawing courtesy of @sd_rplusd

Checkout these #PoeticPerspectives of our #1925EMa

Checkout these #PoeticPerspectives of our #1925EMaple project, courtesy of @sd_rplusd

Located in a retired industrial community, #1925EM

Located in a retired industrial community, #1925EMaple is a sustainable reimagining of a building’s exterior identity. Faced with the common challenge of having to change a building’s identity without changing its form, the design team used prefabricated triangular canopies and skylights to create moments of “impact” on the two main entries and the space in between them. As a result of using a similar methodology, both entries read cohesively identity while also retain their own individual characteristics in form and color.