Luxury Home Theater Room — Portugal
A Bespoke Home Theater Design for a Portuguese Client
The brief for this Portuguese home theater room was as open as it gets: “Design the best home theater possible with seating for around 10 people.” The result is a no-compromise theater with a 3.6m wide projector screen, a concealed 9.4.2 Artcoustic surround sound system and bespoke Cineak seating for 11 in two rows.
The Theater Room Design
This theater room has so many considered features it is difficult to document them all. The projector screen sits on a false wall creating a void behind it for the front channel speakers and subwoofers — perfectly connecting audio and video. Shallower false walls at the sides and rear integrate the surround speakers and acoustic treatments behind stretched fabric for an ultra-clean aesthetic. The ceiling cove houses integrated lighting and Dolby Atmos height speakers, with the higher ceiling portion covered in dense suede fabric — suggestive of clouds overhead. The dark colour palette and lighting control system ensure no reflective surfaces distract from the viewing experience.
The Theater Audio Video System
Despite minimal visible technology, this room houses a world-class audio video system. Artcoustic speakers provide the full 9.4.2 configuration — nine speakers surrounding the clients at ear level, four ceiling speakers for height channels and two subwoofers behind the projector screen for deep bass. A Trinnov audio system decodes the soundtrack from Apple TV and Kaleidescape and distributes it perfectly matched to the speaker configuration. The 3.6m wide (156″ diagonal) acoustically transparent Screen Excellence screen displays a Sony Professional 4K laser projector image.
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The Home Theater Seating
The theater seating accommodates 11 guests in complete comfort. We chose Cineak with two different styles — one for each row. The front row uses Cineak Intimo seating with two chaise longues in the centre flanked by two armchairs with matching footstools, creating a flexible and informal front row. The rear seats are formal motorised recliners. Both rows are finished in matching fabrics and materials for a cohesive, minimalist aesthetic — the audio visual experience is the focus of this room.
Designing for an Open Brief
Open briefs of this kind are both liberating and demanding. Every decision must be justified on its merits rather than by budget necessity. In this case the 3.6m wide projector screen fills the visual field from every position in the two-row configuration. The 9.4.2 Artcoustic system is concealed completely behind stretched fabric walls. The bespoke seating for 11 provides the correct sightlines from every seat. This theater room is a great example of a project which becomes greater than the sum of its parts — every element precisely controlled with one goal in mind: an outstanding home theater experience for anyone who steps inside.
For Custom Controls, delivering an international project to this standard requires the same pre-build methodology we use in Dubai and Africa: every system assembled and tested in our UK workshop before shipping.
Project Details
- Location: Portugal
- Screen width: 3.6m (156″ diagonal, acoustically transparent)
- Projection: Sony Professional 4K laser
- Audio: Artcoustic 9.4.2 — Trinnov processing
- Sources: Apple TV, Kaleidescape
- Seating: 11 — Cineak Intimo (front) + Cineak motorised recliners (rear)
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