Live + Work
Live + Work is a visually immersive monograph of the work of Shubin and Donaldson Architects, whose creative commercial spaces and high-end residential projects draw on the complex vernaculars of Southern California’s cultures and traditions. Organized around the organic process of practice, the complex genealogy of projects, and the flow of influence, this monograph examines the contemporary conditions by which we live and work, and how those terms are increasingly blended. Visuals of the select projects are supplemented with drawings, sketches, diagrams, interviews, and essays by Thom Mayne and Joseph Giovannini.
MASKING
MASKING is an exhibit of drawings representing a year-long conversation between Robin Donaldson, AIA and Mike Nesbit about the role of drawing within contemporary Art and Architecture. Though architectural drawings are conventionally used for making buildings, the drawings in this exhibit reinterpret three projects within the catalog of ShubinDonaldson’s built work and become the basis for realizing a new set of drawings, referential but not necessarily representative of the building from which they came. In the “hands-on” analog process of working with techniques and printmakers including El Nopal Press (lithography) and Wranch Studio (screen printing), making drawings becomes an exercise in critical judgment at the moment of production, requiring a disciplined and playful sensibility for curation and composition.
Recent Feature Articles
Books & Periodicals
| Year | Publication | Project Featured |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Residential Design Magazine | Tramonto Residence |
| 2019 | Interior Design Magazine | Tramonto Residence |
| 2018 | Interiors Magazine | Wakecrest Residence |
| 2017 | Architectural Record - House of the Month July | Skyline Residence |
| 2016 | The Robb Report - Home & Style | The Beverly Hills Residence |
| 2016 | The Real Deal | Mayumi |
| 2015 | Seaside Living: 50 Remarkable Houses | The Riviera Residence |
| 2013 | Remodelista | Biscuit Filmworks |
| 2012 | A’ Design Award & Competition; Designer Press; London | Pacific Palisades Residence |
| 2012 | Detail in Contempary Concrete Architecture; Laurence King Publishing; London | Toro Canyon Residence |
| 2010 | Contract “Essay: On the Future/Technology Trends” | Robin Donaldson, Contributor |
| 2010 | Collection: Offices; Braun; Germany | Brand New School Hydraulx |
| 2010 | Atlas of World Interior Design; Braun; Germany | Saatchi + Saatchi |
| 2010 | Best Selection of Shanglin; Azur, Hong Kong | Linda Flora |
| 2009 | Ecological Architecture; Braun; Germany | The Riviera Residence |
| 2009 | Collection: U.S. Architecture; Braun; Germany | Montecito Residence, Riviera Residence |
| 2009 | A Pocketful of Beach Houses; Images Publishing Group, Australia | Urban Spa |
| 2009 | Masterpieces: Office Architecture + Design; Braun; Germany | Saatchi + Saatchi, Ogilvy, Hydraulx |
| 2009 | M3 360˚ Modern Architecture II; Sandu Publishing; China | Santa Barbara Artists, Riviera Residence |
| 2009 | M2 360˚ Interior Design II; Sandu Publishing; China | Saatchi + Saatchi, Wong Doody, Davidandgoliath |
| 2008 | 100% Office | Saatchi + Saatchi |
| 2008 | 1000x Architecture of the Americas; Verlagshaus Braun; Germany | Hydraulx |
| 2008 | Dream Homes Los Angeles; Panache | Firm Profile |
| 2008 | Renovating for Working; Loft Publications, Barcelona, Spain | Wong Doody, Brand New School |
| 2008 | Pool Design; Daab, Germany | Hope Ranch Pool |
| 2007 | American Spaces; Images Publishing Group, Australia | Interpublic Emerging Media Lab, Brand New School |
| 2007 | The New 100 Houses x 100 Architects; Images Publishing Group, Australia | Riviera Residence |
| 2007 | Interior Architecture Now; Laurence King Publishing Ltd., U.K. | Firm Profile + Commercial Pojects |
| 2007 | Residential Designs for the 21st Century; Firefly Books Ltd, New York | Urban Spa |
| 2006 | 25 Houses Under 3000 Square Feet; Collins Design | Malibu Beach House |
| 2006 | 2000 Architects; Images Publishing Group; Australia | Firm Profile |
| 2006 | Beach Houses; Feierabend Verlag (Germany) | Malibu Beach House |
| 2006 | Outdoor Rooms II; by Anne Dickhoff; Quarry Books | Carpinteria Guest House, Urban Spa, Firm Profile |
| 2006 | A Pocketful of Houses; Images Publishing Group, Australia | Hope Ranch Residence, Montecito Residence |
| 2006 | 25 Espaces de Bureaux; AMC LeMoniteur (France) | Ogilvy |
| 2005 | 50+ Great Bathrooms By Architects; Images Publishing Group, Australia | Urban Spa, Hope Ranch Residence, Anita Way Residence |
| 2005 | 50 Great Kitchens By Architects; Images Publishing Group, Australia | Montecito Residence, Hope Ranch Residence |
| 2005 | 100 More Of The World’s Best Houses; Images Publishing Group, Australia | Hope Ranch Residence |
| 2005 | The Contemporary Guesthouse; Edizioni Press “In The Countryside” | Carpinteria Guest House |
| 2005 | The Franklin Report: Los Angeles—Second Edition; Allgood Press | Firm Profile |
| 2005 | Office Spaces, Volume 2; The Images Publishing Group; Australia | Ground Zero, LRN, Firm Profile |
| 2004 | 34 Los Angeles Architects; A+D Museum | Montecito Residence |
| 2004 | 1000 Architects; The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd; Australia | Firm Profile |
| 2004 | Interiors Now; The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd; Australia | Iwin, Fotouhi Alonso, Malibu Beach House, Montecito Residence |
| 2004 | Kids Spaces; The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd; Australia | Urban Youth Activity Center |
| 2004 | Offices Design Source; Harper Collins | Ogilvy & Mather, Ground Zero Advertising, Iwin.com, Mindfield |
| 2004 | The Other Office: Creative Workplace Design; Frame: Birkhauser | Ground Zero |
| 2004 | Pacific Houses; Harper Design International | Malibu Beach House |
| 2004 | Offices Design Source; Harper Collins | Ogilvy & Mather, Ground Zero Advertising; Iwin.com; Mindfield |
| 2003 | Offices: Designer & Design; Loft Publications | Ogilvy & Mather, Mindfield, Iwin.com |
| 2003 | New Offices; Loft Publications | Ground Zero Advertising |
| 2003 | The 21st Century Office; Laurence King Publishing Ltd., U.K. | Ogilvy & Mather |
| 2003 | Another 100 Of The World’s Best Houses; The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd | Malibu Beach House, Montecito Residence |
| 2003 | Sporting Spaces; The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd; Australia | Iwin.com on the cover |