Put a ring on it

Size restrictions and strict divisions within a new extension made this home cinema a challenge for the team at Wavetrain Cinemas, but careful choices and a strong sci-fi theme delivered a stunning result.

audiovisual custom installation This home cinema was constructed on the top floor of a new extension to an older home, and the owners of the home carefully defined its different areas well before the build began. Downstairs would be the husband’s entertaining area and home office. Upstairs, the new cinema room, and behind that, his partner’s new sitting room. But the cinema room, as thus defined, was not a large one: approximately 4.5 metres by 5.2 metres, and notably non-symmetrical, with the right wall angling in towards the front of the room. There was no continuous straight wall or ceiling line in the whole room. “The ceiling height was low as well,” notes David Moseley of Wavetrain Cinemas, the home cinema design company engaged for the task. “Considering what we…

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