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It’s hot!!! Those were the most common words echoed for the majority of July. For multiple days, temperatures were at an all time high reaching the 100’s across a large portion of the United States. There were many families like the one pictured above who spent a good portion of their time in the pool trying to cool off. Check …
Uli Petzold’s koan-like credo is “Lighting is not lighting.” He explains: “If a space is evenly lit you give equal importance to everything. But some features deserve more emphasis than others.” “Not lighting,” means eliminating over-lighting, channeling daylight, adding smart fixtures, balancing them and reflecting them. Petzold runs the aesthetic illumination planning business “Uli+friends” in Miami, Florida, with a team …
Backyards are a place for family, friends, and guests to come together. It’s now common to have a full kitchen, barbecue, television displays, and a top-notch audio system to assist in the ambiance thus transforming the backyard into a resort like oasis. The above photo is a recent AHT project that was integrated several months ago. When dealing with such …
These are the second and third videos produced by Ron Callis and Firefly Design Group about AHT Residential’s Robin Bogle’s “Miami Beach Dream Home Project”. The first video was an introduction to the project, and these videos stay on that same path, but give a little more depth of the key players involved and the idea behind it. All posts …
In walks the AV integrator. It’s currently 10:30 AM at an interior design firm somewhere in the United States. One of the first meetings of a client’s dream home project is about to take place. The designer already has the project meticulously planned out to meet and exceed the clients design expectations. The designer looks at the AV integrator with …
The pulse of Midtown Manhattan beats with a rhythm of all it’s own. It’s comprised of hundreds of thousands if not millions of people that collectively equal a wave of energy that most cities find hard to rival. It can be exhilarating and at the same time exhausting. I find most people have a love hate relationship with the city. …
Wouldn’t it be great to watch and learn about the various stages of the construction of an energy efficient dream home with practical AV automation integrated into it? Well, that’s what Ron Callis President at Firefly Design Group out of Hollywood, Florida thought when he heard of one of AHT Residential’s principals, Robin Bogle’s 5,500 sq. ft. “Miami Beach Dream Home …
Last week, I had a chance to catch up with Eric Dickson, one of AHT Residential’s project managers. As of late, Eric has been busy at the Trump Towers in beautiful Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. Eric is over seeing the integration of the Crestron smart amenities panels that are in each unit at Trump Tower III. If you are unfamiliar with …
There has been graceful fight occurring for the past 4.5 billion years, the estimated age of the Earth. It’s a fight between light and darkness. Only since Thomas Edison invented and mass produced the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb in the late 1800’s that this balance between light and darkness has begun to shift. Now instead of only receiving light …
In the last post, we exposed the future of hidden sleek touch panels and displays made of glass technology that integrates seamlessly into everyday life. In this post, we are going to stay on that same theme of “hidden technology”, but this is a solution that can be integrated today. TRUFIG’s revolutionary flush-mounting solutions are designed for aesthetic-conscious architects, designers, …