Residential technology, resolved as architecture.
Kolosseum is the independent technical design layer of the modern residence — electrical, lighting, network, control and cinema coordinated into one buildable documentation set, before first fix. Cinema is where that discipline shows off.
Working on a project? Integrators, architects & interior designers
Referred by the world's most respected loudspeaker and control brands
What you see. What you never see.
Every Kolosseum room is designed twice. Once for the eye — wool, walnut, leather, light. Once for the ear — the absorption, tuned mass and isolation concealed behind every visible surface.
From drawing to delivered room.
Drag to compare the working CAD model with the delivered render — every project begins as engineering and arrives as interior.
HOVER OR DRAG TO COMPARE
A dozen trades touch the technology. Who answers for the whole?
An architect, a builder, an electrician, a lighting company, a security contractor, an AV integrator, an HVAC contractor, a network specialist — and half a dozen manufacturers, each telling the client something different. On most residences, nobody is responsible for how it all behaves together.
On ours, Kolosseum is — appointed by the client, the architect or the builder to coordinate every system into one documentation set, and to verify the built result against it. We are paid to protect the outcome, not to sell the parts.
Our disciplines
Private Cinema & Theatre
Reference-grade rooms designed from physics — sightlines, acoustics, calibration — then resolved as interiors worth living with. The discipline the practice is known for.
Technology Documentation & Coordination
Electrical, lighting, data, security, control and AV coordinated into one buildable package alongside the architectural set.
Lighting Control & Shading
Layered light and shade, designed to serve the architecture.
Smart Home & Automation
Control infrastructure specified early and documented completely.
Commissioning & Independent Review
The built systems checked against the documentation — pass, defect, recommendation — before handover, by a party with nothing to sell.
Shape a room. Watch the design respond.
Set the size, the seating and the speaker layout — the room re-plans itself the way a Kolosseum design does. Every seat, speaker and screen position you see is computed, not drawn.
Real projects. Real decisions.
Every image is a snapshot of actual design and engineering work — drawn, modelled and resolved by this office. Nothing here is stock, and nothing is AI-generated.
Step inside before it's built.
Beyond black-and-white plans: our colour documentation and immersive 360° tours let you stand in the room while it is still a drawing.
Recognised by the industry that builds these rooms.
Kolosseum designs are delivered worldwide — presented at CEDIA, referenced by manufacturers, and installed by integration firms who stake their name on the drawings.
CEDIA member · RP22 practitioners
What integrators say
Choose the way you enter the project
The same engineering, translated into the deliverables and vocabulary each discipline works in.
Your documentation studio, extended.
Most site risk is drawn long before it is built. Ambiguous early drawings become change orders, callbacks, and eroded margin on the floor.
CEDIA RP22/RP23-aligned, white-labelled, portfolio-silent by design.
Enquire about a schedule of ratesWhat you receive
- Resolved drawings, schematics and visual packages issued under your name
- Rack elevations, cable schedules and as-built discipline
- NDA-by-default engagement; we never touch your client relationship
- Wholesale schedule of rates — pay for depth, not overhead
Standards we design around
Decisions made upstream, in language every member of the project team can hold us to.
Designed from Brisbane. Delivered on six continents. Hundreds of rooms engineered.
Many of the world's most respected speaker and electronics brands refer Kolosseum because they understand a simple truth: performance is decided early.
We also build the instruments. Wingman — our cinema-design platform — is now in the hands of dealers and manufacturers worldwide. Meet Wingman
Documentation is delivered to project teams in every Australian capital and regional market. Service areas
The questions we're asked first.
Who does Kolosseum work for on a project?
Whoever appoints us to protect the outcome — usually the client, the architect or the builder. We coordinate the residence's technology as one system: electrical, lighting, network, control, security interfaces and cinema, resolved into a single documentation set the whole project team builds from. We also work as a confidential white-label design partner to integrators, under a separate appointment; every project has exactly one appointing party.
Do you sell any hardware or equipment?
No. We are a design-only consultancy. This independence is our core value proposition; it ensures every recommendation is made purely on technical merit and project goals, not on dealer margins or stock levels. We are paid to protect the outcome, not to sell the parts.
Can you review or commission systems designed by others?
Yes. We offer independent commissioning and performance review: near completion, the installed systems are checked against the documentation and the performance brief — pass, defect or recommendation — covering electrical coordination, network, control, calibration, rack construction, thermal management and handover records. Architects and builders can specify this review in the contract, independent of who installs.
How does the white-label partnership work?
We operate as a direct extension of your design team. After a project brief, we produce the full documentation set, including CAD drawings, schematics, and renders, using your company's title block and branding. We are the 'ghost' partner you brief to ensure your client receives a world-class result under your firm's name.
What standards do you design to?
Our cinema and media room design is built on CEDIA RP22 standards. For lighting and automation, we adhere to industry-best practices for documentation and infrastructure. Every project is graded to meet the performance targets defined by the project brief.
Great work has never needed to shout.
Introductions, conversations, and trusted relationships have always been our way. If you've found us, we're glad you did.