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CarbonShack Design integrates biophilic and sustainable practices to create elegant, comfortable, and low-impact architecture and interiors that reconnect occupants with the natural world. Through smart design, efficient systems, and low-impact materials, we create healthy homes that minimize energy use and reduce carbon footprints. Our projects balance high performance with biologically inspired forms, reflecting the connection between buildings and ecological systems while prioritizing sustainability in both construction and operation.

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Paraiso de Rocas Antiguas

Paraiso de Rocas Antiguas harmoniously integrates contemporary design with historic and environmental consciousness. Built into the hillside beneath a 100-year-old oak, it features bespoke sustainable interiors, solar power, and efficient systems. This low-carbon footprint modern sanctuary, set atop textural arroyo stone walls, fits seamlessly into its Craftsman-era neighborhood.

Casa Zero

Our first CarbonShack. This house serves as a case study, a comprehensive prototype for a new definition of green building. By integrating principles of high efficiency, low-impact materials, and natural aesthetics, this house provides environmental solutions for the variety of issues that remain unresolved by conventional green design.

Cabin of the Woods

Originally built in the 1930’s as part of a government program designed to entice the public to experience the glories of our national forests, Cabin of the Woods sits at 6500 feet above sea level. Its idyllic high-altitude landscape of California Live Oaks, Douglas fir, Yucca and boulders provides an astoundingly picturesque setting – and compelling inspiration - for this sensitive, well-considered remodel.

New House of Old Wood

This Accessory Dwelling Unit occupies the spot where a dilapidated barn (turned bar/chicken coop) once stood. Moreover, the new flooring, ceiling cladding and cabinetry are all fabricated from lumber salvaged from said dilapidated barn.

Art House Reimagined

Originally built in 1992, this Marina del Rey, CA, townhome features 3 floors, a rooftop deck with mesmerizing views of the adjacent coastline, and a world-class art collection.

The Lighten-Up

In older traditional homes, kitchens were often considered little more than utility spaces. A tiny space where food was prepared, for serving family and guests in other more formal rooms. They were deliberately designed to keep the act (and mess) of food preparation out of sight of family life.

Interior Garden

Interior Garden was CarbonShack's installation for the 2019 Pasadena Showcase House of the Arts' "Morning Room." Interior Garden offers a new design paradigm: an emphasis on natural, recycled materials that inspire environmental stewardship, with style appeal for contemporary design enthusiasts.

Workspace, Re-claimed

For this workspace build-out (our own CarbonShack Design offices), with its reclaimed redwood office pods, we were inspired by traditional American shingle-style architecture to create unique and imaginative semi-private workspaces.

Projects

Paraiso de Rocas Antiguas

Casa Zero

Cabin of the Woods

New House of Old Wood

Art House Reimagined

The Lighten-Up

Interior Garden

Workspace, Re-claimed

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