CE Pro Home of the Year · 2025

A CE Pro Home of the Year Award for 12 Seagate Drive

Boston Automations has won a 2025 CE Pro Home of the Year Award for Best Whole-House Smart Home Project Over $1M — recognizing an oceanfront residence in Narragansett, Rhode Island where every system disappears into the architecture.

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2025

CE Pro Home of the Year

119

Projects entered nationally

Categories judged

Over $1M

Whole-house category

An oceanfront house that hides its technology

12 Seagate Drive sits on the water in Narragansett, Rhode Island. The brief was straightforward and unforgiving: the house had to do everything, and none of it could show.

That constraint shaped every decision. Lighting is delivered almost entirely from concealed sources — cove details, backlit millwork, and perimeter washes that light the cedar ceilings without a single fixture drawing attention. Shades sit in pockets. Speakers sit behind the finish. The residential elevator is wrapped in reeded millwork and gives itself away only by a keypad finished to match the wall.

What the family actually touches is one app and a handful of keypads. Behind them: whole-house lighting, automated shading, distributed audio and video, climate, security, and an enterprise-grade network holding it together. You can see more of the full Seagate project in our portfolio.

The CE Pro Home of the Year Awards are the longest-running project awards in custom integration. Winners are chosen by an independent panel of industry judges on how well a project overcomes real constraints — architecture, budget, timeline — and on the originality of the result. The 2025 program drew 119 entries across 22 categories, and winners were announced at a ceremony during CEDIA Expo 2025 in Denver.

Project Team

A project like this is never one firm's work. 12 Seagate Drive was built with:

BuilderSweenor Builders
ArchitectDiMauro Architects
Interior DesignReider + Co
Lighting DesignEvelyn Audet Lighting Design

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Systems

LightingLutron HomeWorks whole-house lighting control, concealed cove and millwork integration throughout
ShadingLutron Palladiom automated shading, sun-tracking on the primary elevations
ControlSavant, with single-app control across every subsystem
VideoSony Bravia OLED displays, flush-integrated into millwork and stone
AudioJames Loudspeaker custom soundbars, colour-matched and concealed
NetworkAn enterprise-grade network, wired and wireless, monitored remotely

Inside 12 Seagate Drive

Sixteen rooms and elevations from the award submission.

Oceanfront living room with cedar plank ceiling, marble fireplace and a Sony Bravia OLED display flanked by backlit shelving — **Living Room**Layered scenes wash the cedar ceiling and backlit shelving — the room dims to a single tap without a visible fixture doing the work.

Entry gallery with vaulted cedar ceiling and sculptural pendant lighting at a Narragansett oceanfront home — **Entry Gallery**The vaulted cedar ceiling is lit from the perimeter, with no downlights competing with the architecture.

Open dining room and kitchen at dusk with ocean views through floor-to-ceiling windows and warm architectural lighting — **Dining & Kitchen**Evening scenes hold the interior at the same brightness as the water outside, so the view never turns the glass into a black mirror.

Great room with reeded wood millwork concealing a residential elevator, keypad flush-mounted alongside — **Circulation**The elevator disappears into reeded millwork. One keypad, finished to match, is the only tell.

Dining room with cedar ceiling, cluster pendant lighting and automated shades — **Dining Room**Pendants, cove and downlights balanced in a single scene rather than switched independently.

Gallery hallway with framed artwork, cove-lit runner and a flush-mounted keypad — **Gallery Hall**Floor-level cove lighting doubles as a night path at 1% output.

Home office with navy shiplap walls and Lutron Palladiom motorized roller shades on a window bank — **Home Office**Palladiom shades track the sun through the day to kill glare without closing off the view.

Game room with billiards table, tufted sectional, linear cove lighting and wall-mounted display — **Game Room**Linear coves and a gradient accent wall give the room a second personality after dark.

Detail of backlit floating shelves in warm oak beside a marble fireplace surround — **Detail**Every shelf is individually lit and dimmable as part of the whole-house scene.

Game room entry framed in cedar with reeded wood millwork and concealed lighting — **Game Room Entry**Concealed sources only — the light appears to come from the millwork itself.

Custom surf and gear room with board racks, oak cabinetry and linear ceiling lighting — **Surf Room**Purpose-built storage for an oceanfront life, lit on occupancy sensing.

Primary bathroom in marble with freestanding tub, arched vanity alcove and tuned lighting — **Primary Bath**Warm-dim lighting shifts colour temperature as it dims, matching candlelight at the low end.

Oceanfront Narragansett home at night under a full moon with warm landscape lighting — **The Site**Landscape lighting is tuned low enough to keep the moon and the horizon the brightest things in view.

Lower level lounge with oak floors, sculptural wall art and a stair to the main level — **Lower Level**

Upper landing with built-in shelving and reeded wood elevator enclosure — **Upper Landing**

Full moon over the Atlantic with moonlight reflected on the water beside a Rhode Island oceanfront residence — **Narragansett, Rhode Island**

Photography by David Pires.

Recognition

Our work is judged by the people who know it best — the manufacturers whose systems we install and the editors who cover this industry.

2025

CE Pro Home of the Year

Award Winner — Best Whole-House Smart Home Project Over $1M

12 Seagate Drive · Narragansett, RI

2024

Lutron Excellence Award

Hall of Fame Inductee — Best Collaboration with an Architect, Lighting Designer, and Interior Designer

2024

Sonance Project of the Year

"Designed to Disappear" Award

Questions

What award did Boston Automations win in 2025?

Boston Automations won a CE Pro 2025 Home of the Year Award in the Best Whole-House Smart Home Project Over $1M category for 12 Seagate Drive, an oceanfront residence in Narragansett, Rhode Island. Winners were announced at CEDIA Expo 2025.

What are the CE Pro Home of the Year Awards?

The CE Pro Home of the Year Awards are the custom integration industry's longest-running project awards, judged by an independent panel of industry experts. The 2025 program received 119 entries across 22 categories.

Where is the award-winning project located?

12 Seagate Drive is an oceanfront home in Narragansett, Rhode Island. Boston Automations serves Boston, Metro Boston, and Rhode Island from North Easton, MA, with a 5,000 sq ft design studio in Norwood, MA.

What technology is installed at 12 Seagate Drive?

Lutron HomeWorks lighting control, Lutron Palladiom automated shading, Savant whole-home control, Sony Bravia OLED displays, James Loudspeaker custom soundbars, and an enterprise-grade network — all managed from a single app.

What other awards has Boston Automations won?

The 2024 Lutron Excellence Award with Hall of Fame induction for Best Collaboration with an Architect, Lighting Designer, and Interior Designer, and the 2024 Sonance Project of the Year "Designed to Disappear" Award.

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A CE Pro Home of the Year Award for 12 Seagate Drive

An oceanfront house that hides its technology

Project Team

Systems

Inside 12 Seagate Drive

Recognition

CE Pro Home of the Year

Lutron Excellence Award

Sonance Project of the Year

Questions

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