Casa de Campo’s Minitas Beach Club upgraded to an L-Acoustics X Series sound system, delivering premium audio performance while preserving the luxury resort’s design, privacy, and guest experience.
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At IBS 2026, Sonos showed the design-build community a product that speaks directly to where luxury residential technology is headed: less visible hardware, less friction for the homeowner, and a cleaner path to future expansion.
The Crestron system serves as the backbone of the MY Gioia yacht, seamlessly unifying control, monitoring, and entertainment into a single intelligent platform.
Following our visit to the Legrand booth at the 2026 Builders’ Show in Orlando, we sat down with Sr. Product Manager Racheal Rich to dive deeper into the brand’s positioning, how they balance conversations with integrators and builders, and how their portfolio perfectly blends the world of tech and design.
Following up on our conversation with Caster Communications’ Founder Kimberly Lancaster, Connected Design sits down with the company’s new owners, Alexandra Crabb and Peter Girard. The duo share a bit about the legacy of the company, their plans for the future, and how AI is impacting every aspect of the business.
Taking on a seemingly insurmountable challenge is nothing new to Kimberly Lancaster. Every step of her career journey has been marked by defying the odds. Now, the PR firm founder and decades-long leader of Caster Communications is taking on a new kind of challenge—her exit from the business she spent years building. The calculated, honest…
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff Estate unveils a new welcome center featuring seamless AV integration by Southtown AV, blending modern technology with historic architecture.
A veteran of the consumer electronics industry, Joe Piccirilli has seen it all. Today, as a major proponent of precision power performance, he’s set out to ensure integrators, builders, and consumers alike understand the importance of power in the context of the luxury smart home. When implemented properly, the right system can serve as the…
The first-ever Connected Design Roundtable brought together industry experts to discuss a topic that impacts nearly every home technology project today: the evolving—and often confusing—state of the television market.
Hosted by Connected Design Editor in Chief Rob Stott, the discussion featured Jeff Cole, owner of Architechne; Hank Alexander, director of Oasys Residential Technology Group; and…
Coastal Source outdoor audio and lighting elevate this luxury riverside retreat with seamless integration, immersive experiences, and discreet design.
