If you love architecture, you have to check out this stunning dream home. It's nothing short of breathtaking with the design and construction coming from Temple Home, whose co-owner, Xorin Balbes, has earned recognition for his restoration of famous Los Angeles-area homes. The location among the Hollywood Hills is certainly enviable. This house is especially kick-ass in the department of audio-visual pyrotechnics that were taken care of by DSI Entertainment Systems. “They developed it as the ultimate bachelor pad, and part of their thing was that they wanted all of the technology that a young Hollywood actor or director might want,” says systems developer and DSI co-founder Eric Thies. “Obviously, there were a lot of potential buyers here that fit that category, so for a 7,000-square-foot house they wanted a lot of technology crammed into it.”

But surprisingly enough, this house didn't become the playground of a bachelor, in fact its owners are a young couple about to start a family. Just to give you an idea of what is featured in the house, it has surround sound, including a rattling 7.1-channel JBL Synthesis system in the theater and an understated 7.1 Sonance architectural speaker layout in the family room. The master bedroom has 5.1 channels of surround sound in the master bedroom with two televisions.

They also have a room dedicated to video games with a triple-screen auto racing simulator and a flat-panel TV that taps into a local PC for gaming fun. The amazing theatre comes with a 25-inch Stewart Filmscreen in the superwide CinemaScope format (2.35:1 aspect ratio), accompanied by a Runco projector and CineWide anamorphic lens that fills the screen without black bars. Along with this is the JBL system, which includes Synthesis processing, amplification and equalization. Wow, this certainly is a dream home. I must find out whether this couple is ready to adopt me.

[ElectronicHouse]