The project is conceived as infrastructure: a disciplined framework for thinking, editing, producing. Spaces unfold as a sequence referencing the lineage of cinema while refusing nostalgia. What exists here is not representation, but potential.
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MUKA constructs cinematic environments as cultural infrastructure. Through architecture, interiors, and objects, we create conceptual worlds shaped by atmosphere, narrative, and material tension. Our work rejects neutral space in favor of environments that frame collective experience, influence behavior, and leave emotional resonance.
One of the project’s defining interventions, the installation of operable garage doors in the main living spaces, dissolves boundaries entirely. Here, the quintessential Los Angeles lifestyle comes alive, with gatherings spilling seamlessly from interior to exterior, blurring the line between home and horizon.
View PageWe reject the homogenization of spaces and places that originated in post-war Modernist ideologies. We believe that the spaces we are building for our future should underline not only diverse cultures but also their ideologies. We reject the notion that the work of an entity should be anchored in an elite aesthetic style, rather, each project should seek to speak to its end users to foster meaningful relationships between site specific histories, emotion and innovation.
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MUKA was founded in Los Angeles in 2021 with a shared vision that living with beauty and purpose is essential to the lived human experience. Co-founded by licensed architects and designers Zabie Mustafa and Neda Kakhsaz, our practice is internationally recognized on prestigious lists including: Architectural Digest New American Voices, Wallpaper* 400, Elle Decor One's to Watch, AD100 Germany, and AD100 Middle East.
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