Portfolio: The Art Collector’s Townhouse

At this 9,000 sq. ft. Manhattan residence, Osbee turned a jumble of standalone systems for security, intercom, climate control, lights, shades, audio, video, and Internet into a fully integrated system.

The homeowner loved our large easy-to-read 15-inch touchscreens and asked us to make them central to our system design. The ten touchscreens now in the residence make it easy to control all the systems, monitor the security cameras — and especially, to set the perfect illumination for the constantly changing world-class art collection on display throughout the home — with just the touch of a button.

Awards: Crestron Integration Award

Foyer, touchscreen, wall-mount touchscreen, articulating arm, lighting screen

From the minute the homeowners arrive, they can access their entire home system from a 15-inch touchscreen mounted on an articulating arm located in the Foyer.

At the foot of the art-lined staircase, a single low-profile keypad on the wall controls multiple light fixtures with presets that set a lighted pathway with just one touch.

media room, touchscreen, wall-mount touchscreen, cameras screen

With large, easy-to-read touchscreens in every major area of the residence, the family and staff can adjust the climate, choose music for any audio zone in the home, and greet visitors at the front door from anywhere.

Using the handheld remote, touchscreen, iPad or iPhone, a high-definition projector and screen drop down from the ceiling, transforming the Family Room into a casual Home Theater with full surround sound. Motorized draperies control the ambient light levels in the room for perfect viewing any time of day or night.

living room, shades, solar shades, motorized

Motorized solar shades in the Living Room provide privacy, ambient lighting control, and protection for the art collection.

media room, touchscreen, wall-mount touchscreen

hallway, keypad, shades, solar shades, motorized

The lights, shades, and electronic art collection in the Study — which once required a wall-full of unmatched switches — are all now controlled by two multi-function keypads with programmed presets to set the scene with one touch.

Bedroom, touchscreen, wall-mount touchscreen, lighting screen, keypad, presets. roman shades, romans, motorized

Climate and lighting control is simple. Our Osbee Home app is custom-designed for every residence based on the floorplan of the home. Simply touch the room or area you wish to control, then adjust the setting to your liking.

With all the light fixtures controlled by the central system, lighting scenes can be programmed to change the illumination of any room — from gallery lighting to dining lighting to party lighting — in an instant.

Touchscreen

Osbee tailors each smart home design to the unique features of every residence. From indoor Spas and Pools to outdoor Irrigation systems, we can integrate any and every technological function of your home at your request.

At the heart of the system are the meticulously engineered and programmed equipment racks utilizing state-of-the-art components that function as the brain of the Osbee Smart Home.