two home cinema halls (Dallas) by architect Ali Mantegi

Passing the gallery

Text: Ilya Kvashnin

Materials: - (c) Ira Montgomery

Magazine: Technological N10 (88) 2004

Video equipment is in the gym, in the master bedroom, and in the kitchen. The panel on which the screens are fixed in the family movie theater is made of several layers of Lexan "I know that the house will delight not only me, but also my future owners. Sure, they will not get bored here." So Ali Mantegi joked, talking about the house he built for himself in one of the suburbs of Dallas. In it, the architect embodied his idea of ​​what a truly first-class house should look like. In particular, this also applies to video systems. TVs and speakers are all over the house. In addition, it has two full cinema. One of them is designed for family viewing, the other, more roomy - for parties with friends. In the first room, five screens are mounted on a giant panel, leaning forward. Five screens are better than one: each family member can choose what he wants - a TV show, a movie. And since the panel is tilted, it is very convenient to look at the screens lying on the couch. The large cinema is located on the floor above. They hung a 150-inch screen in it, installed shelves on which four hundred tapes and about two thousand DVDs fit, and set up a longline auditorium. The view on the screen from any row is wonderful. Speakers provide great sound. "To many visitors," laughs Ali, "it was not easy to leave here."