The New Team: Architects, Interior Designers, and Smart Home Integrators

Architects and interior designers often work together, creating a functional, beautiful home that reflects their client's unique style. Today’s smart home technology is becoming a major component in this goal, offering clients unprecedented control of their homes while adding design elements that were all but impossible to incorporate a decade ago. 

Let’s look at the growing teams of smart home integrators, architects, and designers and how they’re impacting homes in Paradise Valley, AZ.

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Incorporating Smart Home Technology in the Pre-Build Phase

Unfortunately, adding this type of technology to a home is often not considered until after it’s built. Smart lighting, temperature control, and security are among the most popular smart home systems. At times, the best way to integrate this technology throughout a home is to prewire before ceilings and walls are finished. Low voltage wiring allows automated systems to sync together. 

For example, a centralized lighting system can create a unified design throughout the entire home. Gone are the switches and dimmers, replaced with elegant keypads that control multiple systems and all the lights in the house with one touch. 

Today, a luxury home may have more than 100 technology devices. Therefore, it's critical for decorators and architects to partner with a systems integrator who works within the perimeters of their design, uplifting it when possible and never diminishing it. 

The Benefit of a Team

Incorporating the latest technology into a new build or major remodel is no longer an “odd man out” scenario. Home automation is expanding at an unprecedented pace, and, as an interior decorator or architect, you’re undoubtedly finding that a growing number of clients want to include this type of technology in their homes.

For this reason, smart home professionals or systems integrators are becoming a part of the build and design team, helping lay the framework for an integrated, automated home. By working together, we can successfully incorporate the latest technologies into the design and aesthetics of a home, enhancing instead of distracting from a home’s décor. 

Think of us as your ally, another person on the team of experts, like plumbers, electricians, and artisans. We're here to help you bring your design to life, possibly in ways you hadn’t considered. Today’s interior design trends include human-centric lighting, intelligent drapery, and invisible multi-room audio. 

At Desert Sound & Security, we take pride in the relationships we’ve built with interior designers and architects, finding creative solutions together that blend technology into a home’s design and create an ease-of-living for their clients that surpasses their expectations. To learn more about our smart home solutions or to schedule a complimentary consultation, contact Desert Sound & Security today.