A new addition designed for lap swimming morphs into this nautically-inspired home theater.
The “six degrees of separation” phenomenon is happening among Home Entertainment’s readers and home-theater aficionados. Some owners of the private screening rooms that have graced the magazine’s pages actually know one another.
A case in point is the couple who built this contemporary movie space, nestled within a woodsy family compound in New York’s Adirondack Mountains.
Building a home theater out of thin air requires both adaptation and flexibility.
When a hip, young Los Angeles real estate developer/entrepreneur decided to add a home theater to his Los Angeles-area home, he knew exactly what he wanted—right down to the color scheme and seating configuration.
How to incorporate the theater into his existing home, however, was another question.
Best Innovation Installation
Cineramax of Miami, Fla.
Reinventing the Wheel
Commercial cinema and home theater come together like never before in this amazing private screening room.
Best Whole-House Installation
Bliss Home Theaters and Automation Inc. of Westlake Village, Calif.
The Big Show
With the push of one button, this home shows off everything it can do. And it can do a lot.
Creative collaboration produces a home theater that’s truly life-enhancing.
Can home-theater technology help alleviate the chaos of modern life?
It’s not the typical path-to-enlightenment story, to be sure. But it’s one that rings true to Stephen and Kelli Brown of Austin, Texas.
First Impressions Theme Theatres’ ever-colorful owner/architect/designer Jeffrey Smith turns the tables on himself–and designs his own high-tech bachelor pad complete with, of course, a private home cinema.
In the 20 years this home took to design and build, the architecture and technology become more modern.
In 1987, the owner purchased 42 acres to grow citrus in an agricultural community north of Los Angeles. Postmodern architecture was all the rage, so the owner hired Zoltan E. Pali to design a Georgianstyle residence.
The young architect, a disciple of the Case Study modernists, was just starting out on his own.
In the 20 years between the original drawings and full completion, both men, and the home, evolved in a variety of ways.
A complete interior update of an Old-World estate satisfies the owners’ request for fresh, cutting-edge design and a choice of entertainment venues.
What is a sleek, contemporary interior design doing within a 1920s English manor home?
According to its owners, it’s doing very well, thank you. While the exterior of this home presents a stately and elegant first impression, the interiors have transformed this venerable estate home into the ultimate modern residence with 21st-century cool decor that’s fully compatible with the family’s active lifestyle.
