https://donaldsonplus.com Donaldson+Partners Wed, 07 May 2025 17:25:50 +0000 https://donaldsonplus.com en https://donaldsonplus.com/Cover Tue, 19 Sep 2023 20:46:02 +0000 Donaldson+Partners https://donaldsonplus.com/Cover Donaldson + Partners LINKS: Homes / Buildings / Commercial Interiors Architecture, interior design & planning studio based in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, & Orange County creating transformative buildings & homes. ︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎ ︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎ ︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎ https://donaldsonplus.com/Intro Wed, 28 Feb 2024 22:28:34 +0000 Donaldson+Partners https://donaldsonplus.com/Intro Donaldson + Partners is a transdisciplinary design studio based in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara & Orange County committed to design & research that yields innovative homes and workplaces. We balance imagination & reality, art & science with a particular focus on the relationship between architecture, art, & the landscape. We engage in a wide range of project types & sizes around the world. https://donaldsonplus.com/Trousdale-Residence Fri, 08 Mar 2024 05:27:45 +0000 Donaldson+Partners https://donaldsonplus.com/Trousdale-Residence FACET HOUSE Beverly Hills, CaliforniaDesigner: Robin DonaldsonArchitect: ShubinDonaldson Photographer: Fernando Guerra Press: Wallpaper, AN Interior, The Plan An iconic place for the timeless human values of creative expression, spiritual enlightenment, pursuit of knowledge and physical vitality. https://donaldsonplus.com/Behrens Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:43:54 +0000 Donaldson+Partners https://donaldsonplus.com/Behrens BEHRENS & ASSOCIATES Los Angeles, CaliforniaDesigner: Mark HershmanPhotographer: Benny Chan Press: IIDA CALIBRE AWARDS 2025 Behrens and Associates reimagined a 15,000 sf tilt-up concrete building in El Segundo as a vibrant office for a sound mitigation firm, blending function with identity. Inspired by the client’s passion for art, design, and racing, the architecture balances industrial and refined elements, with rooflines nodding to Silverstone and biophilic touches creating a workplace that feels both bold and personal. https://donaldsonplus.com/Hill-House-Montecito Thu, 14 Sep 2023 04:49:16 +0000 Donaldson+Partners https://donaldsonplus.com/Hill-House-Montecito HILL HOUSE MONTECITO Montecito, CaliforniaDesigner: Robin DonaldsonPhotographer: Iwan Baan, Joe Fletcher Press: California Houses / AN /  Elle Decor / The Plan / GA HOUSES / The Local Project / Designboom / GA PROJECT At once embracing and questioning the dichotomy of building and landscape, this house emerges as part of the hilltop, its interiority seemingly carved from the natural topography, its existence quietly introducing itself, its presence profound. https://donaldsonplus.com/ArentFoxSchiff Thu, 16 Jan 2025 01:11:43 +0000 Donaldson+Partners https://donaldsonplus.com/ArentFoxSchiff ARENTFOX SCHIFF Los Angeles, CaliforniaDesigner: Mark HershmanPhotographer: Benny Chan A law office reimagined—where city views meet soft curves, and technology disappears into the flow of daily life. Designed for a hybrid world, this high-rise retreat blends comfort and clarity, inviting both focus and chance encounters. Earth tones, natural light, and quiet gestures shape a workplace that feels like coming home to something new. https://donaldsonplus.com/Toro-Residence Tue, 19 Sep 2023 20:24:57 +0000 Donaldson+Partners https://donaldsonplus.com/Toro-Residence TORO CANYON RESIDENCE Santa Barbara, CaliforniaDesigner: Robin Donaldson & John Mike Cohen  Photographer: Ciro Coelho Press: Detail Magazine, AIA SB  This house brings comfort and overlook, prospect and refuge. Drawing together environmental resilience, wildfire resistance, and deep connectivity between inside and outside, it acts as sculpture and hearth, object and experience. https://donaldsonplus.com/Tramonto-Residence Wed, 27 Sep 2023 20:54:28 +0000 Donaldson+Partners https://donaldsonplus.com/Tramonto-Residence TRAMONTO RESIDENCE Pacific Palisades, California Designer: Robin DonaldsonArchitect: ShubinDonaldson Photographer: Fernando Guerra, Roger Davies Tramonto integrates the natural beauty of an adjacent state park, the surrounding Santa Monica Mountains, and the California coastline meeting the Pacific Ocean. https://donaldsonplus.com/JWP Wed, 27 Sep 2023 21:32:32 +0000 Donaldson+Partners https://donaldsonplus.com/JWP JOHN WELLS PRODUCTIONS Culver City, California Designer: Mark Hershman Photographer: Benny Chan Inspired by the Japanese bento box, these new production offices are utilitarian and cozy, efficient and relaxed. https://donaldsonplus.com/Dune-Residence Wed, 07 May 2025 17:25:50 +0000 Donaldson+Partners https://donaldsonplus.com/Dune-Residence DUNE HOUSE DUBAI, UAEDesigner: Robin DonaldsonArchitect: ShubinDonaldson Photographer: Max Zambelli In dialogue to the unique and extreme desert conditions of the UAE, the Dunes House provides a moment of quiet repose, sheltered from the intensity of the local elements..