Dashti Design
Journal · Stories from the studio

Behind the drawings.

Short essays on the projects we're working on, the laws shaping California development, and the lives we're designing for. Often expanded from posts on our Instagram.

100 Projects In: The Principles That Got Us Here
FEATURED · LIFE AT THE STUDIO
MAY 1, 2026 · 5 MIN READ

100 Projects In: The Principles That Got Us Here

They once called this studio a "cookie shop." A hundred-plus projects later, here are the principles that carried us across Southern California.

Designing Around the Oaks — Notes from an Altadena Rebuild
FIRE REBUILD
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Fire Rebuild

Designing Around the Oaks — Notes from an Altadena Rebuild

Most of what remained after the fire was ash — except a cluster of protected coast live oaks. Designing a rebuild around them became the real challenge.

MAY 12, 2026 · 4 MIN READ
What SB-9 Actually Lets You Build (And What It Doesn't)
DEVELOPMENT
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Development

What SB-9 Actually Lets You Build (And What It Doesn't)

Three years in, SB-9 is still the most misunderstood law in California real estate. Here's what we've learned from filing them — and what the headlines keep getting wrong.

APR 28, 2026 · 6 MIN READ
Why Every Coastal House Needs a Wind Plan
PROJECT STORIES
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Project Stories

Why Every Coastal House Needs a Wind Plan

After detailing two hillside residences in Malibu and one in San Pedro this year, we've changed how we think about coastal wind. It's not a number on a calc sheet. It's a design driver.

APR 9, 2026 · 4 MIN READ