Delaski Clamshell Recording Studio, 1998

The Delaski studio was created within the envelope of a guesthouse, which has undergone several alterations since its original California Modernist beginning as a carport. It is sited within a quiet residential neighborhood. The client requested a mixing room and a live recording room (to also be used for yoga and meditation) where he would be inspired to relax and make his ambient / electronica music. His main aesthetic concern was that the spaces feel like a "lounge."

The existing structure was situated immediately adjacent to the master bedroom within the house. A major challenge was to create an acoustically isolated and tuned "room within a room" while providing plenty of storage for equipment in an envelope that was already far too small. To conserve space we fused built-in storage with lighting and panels that modulate the acoustical character of the rooms. The wall surfaces have unique angles that assist in dampening reverberant sound.

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