Case Studies

ELAN Fuses Technology with Design in Los Altos Hills

Executed by ZettaComm, a privately-owned technology integration company located in San Mateo, California about 20 miles south of San Francisco, this ELAN automation project underlines the ability these days to really weave technology and home design...

Killing It With The Cavern

This Luxury Cinema is the handy work of The Pyramid Group and is shortlisted for a CEDIA Award this year. Company MD, Nic Black, gives EI the tour. The site of this cinema is within a basement area that housed a previously installed p...

ELAN Automates Stunning Sarasota, Florida Home

Thanks to its new automation system, this house basically runs itself, using automated schedules for lighting and climate plus mobile control of whole-home audio and video, security, pool and spa, intercom and driveway gate. A really thorough projec...

Art Meets Science In Imagine This Ammonite Room

UK integration firm, Imagine This, was recently tasked with transforming an extremely reverberant space within an expansive £5 million home into a multifunctional stereo room by integrating a stylish, high end custom audio and acoustical interior de...

Celebrating Prestige Cinema

EI takes close look at this well-appointed and innovative Dolby Atmos 7.2.4 cinema by Prestige Audio. Joe Carri, Commercial Director, takes up the story, “This is a client who we have worked with in the past. Prestige Audio originally installed ...

Maven Makes Precious Pool Cinema

Another project that was one of the entrants in this year’s Smart Building Awards was this clever install expertly executed by installer company Maven for a client in Pool, Dorset. Company Director Rob Simmonds, says, “We were recommended to the...

Pulse Cinemas’ Demo Delights

Pulse Cinemas has recently been underlining its wide-ranging and high-performance demonstration facilities. For installer partners and their customers, these spaces are a good way of experiencing how good cinema can be and as a way of starting j...

SMC Carries Out Sonos Amp Upgrade

Much publicity has surrounded the recent introduction of the newly re-invented Sonos Amp, designed in main to enhance the brand’s ‘install’ credentials. Naturally here at EI we were curious to find out how the product was going down out in the f...

New Invision Reference Home Cinema Opens Soon

With strong rumours of this project first circulating at the Invision Technology Showcase in the Spring, the distributor has revealed the first details about its reference cinema due to open this Summer. The cinema is located in Segro Park in Br...

Gabriel Square: An Angel of An Install

Architects Benson & Forsyth collaborated with interior designer Conran and Partners to deliver the concept from developer Meyer Homes for a connected, modern-styled collection of 80 new smart homes to life. Comprised of spacious town houses ...