Greenwich & Fairfield County
New Canaan, CT
Smart Home Integration in New Canaan
New Canaan is where the Harvard Five built their glass houses. Three-quarters of a century on, it is still a town where nothing in a room can hide.
The town's modernist houses set the standard: glass walls, open plans and no place for a speaker, a keypad or a shade pocket that was not planned from the start. Around them are the town's colonials, stone estates on the ridges, and a steady run of new construction, much of it by builders who work to the same exacting level.
In a glass house, the technology has to be part of the architecture or it is a scar. We detail every device with the architect, recess shades into the ceiling before it is closed, conceal speakers in plaster and choose controls that suit the room. In an older house the problem flips, and the work is a careful retrofit through walls that were never meant to be opened.
We work often with Carbon Custom Builders, who are based in New Canaan, and on Elm Street we built the light, sound and picture for Elm, a restaurant that runs on one button.
On Elm Street
Elm: one room, every hour of the night
Lighting, audio and video on Savant, set by the staff with one button each, from lunch through to close.
Architecture
Nowhere to hide
Glass-walled modernism, shingled and clapboard colonials, stone estates and new modern builds. The glass houses demand the most: every device is placed with the architect so the line of the house is never broken.
Lifestyle
Design-literate, day to day
People choose New Canaan because they care how a house looks and feels. They want the light to be right at every hour, music without visible speakers, and a house that runs from one quiet interface.
What New Canaan asks for
Motorized Shading
Shades recessed into the ceiling for walls of glass, set to the sun so the view stays and the glare goes.
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Lutron lighting designed with the architect, so glass houses glow at night instead of reflecting the room back.
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Speakers finished into plaster, so the music has no visible source.
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One Savant system for lighting, shades, climate and audio, with keypads chosen to suit the architecture.
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Across New Canaan
- Downtown New Canaan
- Oenoke Ridge
- Ponus Ridge
- Smith Ridge
- Silvermine
- Talmadge Hill
and across the Town of New Canaan.
Nearby: Darien · Wilton · Greenwich · Pound Ridge · All of Greenwich & Fairfield County
Questions
New Canaan, answered.
- Do you work in New Canaan?
- Yes. We design and install lighting, shading, audio, home theater, networking and Savant control for homes across New Canaan, and we work often with Carbon Custom Builders, who are based in town.
- How do you add technology to a modernist glass house?
- By planning it with the architect before anything is built or opened. Shades are recessed into the ceiling, speakers concealed in plaster, keypads placed and finished to suit the room, and equipment kept out of sight in a ventilated space.
- Why do our windows turn into mirrors at night?
- Because the room is brighter than the outside. Low, layered landscape lighting and careful interior lighting balance the two, so the glass shows the garden instead of reflecting the room.
- Do you work with builders and architects in New Canaan?
- That is how most of our work here begins. We join at the design stage and coordinate drawings, device locations and schedules with the architect and builder.
- Do you also work in Darien, Wilton and Greenwich?
- Yes, across Fairfield County, and over the line into Pound Ridge, Bedford and the rest of Westchester.
What we bring to New Canaan
Building or renovating in New Canaan?
Let's talk about the home and the system it deserves.
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