Running on a Lutron QS Homeworks system, the lighting and shading of this home can be choreographed to compliment the homeowner’s extensive art collection.

Spanning over 10,000 square feet ‘Château Rêve’ fuses of modern technology and timeless elegance to create its own art form. Throughout the luxury residence, advanced home automation systems choreograph light and ambience to highlight the home’s unique architecture. The result is simple, yet striking living space.

It was that unique architecture, however, that provided a substantial challenge for Maxicon when designing the systems. From massive floor-to-ceiling windows to extensive art collections, lighting and design were always meant to be the stars here, which meant much of the guts of the system needed to be kept neatly concealed.

Integrating Lutron systems with the Savant control system also posed a challenge. The result, however, provided the homeowner with a user-friendly interface capable of individually controlling the intricate subareas present in the home.

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Gallery-Style Lighting Illuminates the Artwork of Château Rêve

Throughout the residence, large, oversized windows necessitated custom shading solutions. Working with Lutron, Maxicon fabricated shades that fit snugly between each pane, ensuring smooth operation and aesthetic alignment while still providing UV and heat protection from the sunlight throughout the day.

Not only that, but each piece of artwork, which the house was filled with from prints to paintings to sculptures, needed individualized lighting conditions, with each area undergoing extensive testing and calibration. Ultimately, Maxicon created custom lighting scenes for just about every art piece in the home.

The media room, as well, required much of the audio equipment to be either concealed or installed in as discreet a manner as possible. A JBL Synthesis system, tucked away behind acoustically transparent material provides the sauce for the entire entertainment experience with the material itself adding a snap of color in congruence with the rest of the room.

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Moving outside, Coastal Source speakers were sunken into much of the greenery, with the pool itself concealing a tremendous sound system. Underwater speakers, layered throughout, can play music to guests and residents, even as they’re practicing their underwater backstroke.

Systems & Equipment

• Lutron QSX Homeworks control
• JBL Synthesis in-wall/in-ceiling speakers
  • SCL-6
  • SCL-7
  • SCL-8
• Apple 4K TV
• Sonos Beam soundbars
• Coastal Source Ellipse bollard speakers and subwoofers
• Sivoia QS shading
• Palladiom keypads
• Savant whole home control
• Araknis Networks switches

Photo/Nacho Martin

Photo/Nacho Martin

This project is part of CEPRO coverage for the 2024 CE Pro Home of the Year Awards. Presented annually at CEDIA Expo, the Home of the Year Awards represent the best of the best smart home innovations within the CEDIA channel. If you have a project you would like to submit to the Home of the Year Awards, consider following CE Pro if you aren’t already for when we announce the next submission round.

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Tagged With: Accent Lighting, Apple TV, Araknis Networks, Coastal Source, Home Automation, Home of the Year Awards, JBL Synthesis, Lutron, Luxury Homes, MAXICON, Savant, Sonos