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unHeim / Los Angeles + High Desert

A home for the uncanny

unHeim began with a question embedded in its name: what happens when the familiar home is made strange enough to see again? The work moves between interiors, landscape, objects, lighting, material, and image—each a different aperture onto the same world.

“Not at home to the cozy corners of Gemütlichkeit? Entrust your housing projections to unHeim. Because home is where the secret is.”

— Laurence A. Rickels

MOJAVE HOUSE

A collection of private bedrooms encircles a central lodge on a lofty plateau in California’s Mojave Desert.

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“The subject is neither the building nor the landscape, but the act of seeing itself.”

FROM CASA KAFKA, OR THE OBJECT OF PERCEPTION

READ IN MATTERS

NOTES, ARGUMENTS, APERTURES

Matters

Essays on the art of seeing differently.

The Surface Is Not Superficial

Before the Door

Beyond Repetition

ARRIVAL 〰 THRESHOLD 〰 THE ROOM BEYOND 〰 HARDWARE 〰 A MEASURE OF SHADOW 〰 THE VIEW WITHHELD 〰 SURFACE 〰 SEAM 〰 COMPRESSION 〰 RELEASE 〰 HORIZON 〰

ARRIVAL 〰 THRESHOLD 〰 THE ROOM BEYOND 〰 HARDWARE 〰 A MEASURE OF SHADOW 〰 THE VIEW WITHHELD 〰 SURFACE 〰 SEAM 〰 COMPRESSION 〰 RELEASE 〰 HORIZON 〰

BÜCHERHALLE

A bibliophile’s ultimate dream home, blending the delirium of a Borgesian library with the functional openness of Bauhaus.

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From the shape of a place to the object held in the hand.

ENVIRONMENTS

Buildings, interiors, landscape, and hospitality developed as one continuous experience.

ATMOSPHERE

Material, light, furniture, and image used to make place felt—not merely seen.

OBJECTS

Original pieces that carry the character of a place into daily life.

FURBISHURE®

ENTER THE COLLECTION

Objects for living.
Materials for building.
Collectibles for life.

A VISITING COLLECTION

Furbishure creates objects, materials, and artifacts inspired by geology, light, and the hidden beauty of the natural world.

VISIT FURBISHURE

LOS ANGELES + HIGH DESERT

Begin somewhere unfamiliar.

CONTACT

INSTAGRAM

SHOP FURBISHURE

POINT NORTH

Perched above Point Loma with a 270-degree view of the harbor, this 1964 house was renewed without losing its maritime character.

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“The familiar is not the opposite of the strange. It is where the strange begins.”

APPROACH 〰 ORIENTATION 〰 THE LONG WAY IN 〰 NEARNESS 〰 DISTANCE 〰 THE ROOM WITHHELD 〰 LIGHT AT THE EDGE 〰 PASSAGE 〰 RETURN 〰

APPROACH 〰 ORIENTATION 〰 THE LONG WAY IN 〰 NEARNESS 〰 DISTANCE 〰 THE ROOM WITHHELD 〰 LIGHT AT THE EDGE 〰 PASSAGE 〰 RETURN 〰

COACH HOUSE

A former coach house becomes a two-story retreat, keeping its eccentric timber character while opening new rooms for gathering.

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OBJECTS, HABITS, AFTERIMAGES

Matters

Notes on use, memory, and the things that resist resolution.

Fitting Responsibilities

Stitches in Time

The Familiar Made Strange

HŌM

A responsive living system brings environmental intelligence, technology, and daily comfort into one coordinated residential experience.

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OJAI IN THE PINK

A 1929 hillside house becomes a vivid setting where restored details, modern furnishings, and contemporary art hold equal presence.

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FURBISHURE®

VIEW THE CARPETS

The floor remembers.
The drawing remains.

Registration Error carpet from Furbishure

Blueprint Density carpet from Furbishure

WOVEN STUDIES

X-ray Carpets and Woven Digressions translate scans, markings, interruptions, and memory into hand-tufted fields.

VISIT FURBISHURE

CASA LISBON

A two-story desert dwelling shifts between adobe solidity and a lighter assembly of steel, glass, offset planes, and cantilevered shade.

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“To inhabit is to alter the evidence.”

TRACE 〰 COUNTERWEIGHT 〰 THE LINE CONTINUED 〰 MATERIAL MEMORY 〰 FOLD 〰 OCCUPIED LIGHT 〰 A SHIFT IN SCALE 〰 INTERVAL 〰 AFTERIMAGE 〰

TRACE 〰 COUNTERWEIGHT 〰 THE LINE CONTINUED 〰 MATERIAL MEMORY 〰 FOLD 〰 OCCUPIED LIGHT 〰 A SHIFT IN SCALE 〰 INTERVAL 〰 AFTERIMAGE 〰

START A CONVERSATION

What are you considering?

Projects often begin before the brief is settled. Share what you know, what remains uncertain, or simply where you would like to begin.

PACIFIC RETREAT

A private mountainside gym is conceived as a light, tent-like retreat, opening toward the Pacific while remaining sheltered by its own forecourt.

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MEASURE, SURFACE, PERCEPTION

Matters

Three entries on proportion, optical matter, and the instability of seeing.

Elbow Room

The Superstate of Glass

Casa Kafka, or the Object of Perception

AERIAL STUDIO

A gauze-wrapped steel frame at the edge of a garden becomes an open room for movement, aerial practice, and release at the end of the day.

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CUSTOM PROJECTS + FURTHER INQUIRIES

info@unHeim.com

ABOUT

MATTERS

FURBISHURE

A home for the uncanny

A home for the uncanny

A home for the uncanny

MOJAVE HOUSE

MOJAVE HOUSE

Matters

Matters

BÜCHERHALLE

BÜCHERHALLE

From the shape of a place to the object held in the hand.

From the shape of a place to the object held in the hand.

From the shape of a place to the object held in the hand.

Objects for living.Materials for building.Collectibles for life.

Objects for living.Materials for building.Collectibles for life.

Begin somewhere unfamiliar.

Begin somewhere unfamiliar.

Begin somewhere unfamiliar.

POINT NORTH

POINT NORTH

COACH HOUSE

COACH HOUSE

Matters

Matters

HŌM

HŌM

OJAI IN THE PINK

OJAI IN THE PINK

The floor remembers.The drawing remains.

The floor remembers.The drawing remains.

CASA LISBON

CASA LISBON

What are you considering?

PACIFIC RETREAT

PACIFIC RETREAT

Matters

Matters

AERIAL STUDIO

AERIAL STUDIO

Objects for living.
Materials for building.
Collectibles for life.

Objects for living.
Materials for building.
Collectibles for life.

The floor remembers.
The drawing remains.

The floor remembers.
The drawing remains.