CE Pro Podcast #182: Inside Nerve’s Pinnacle Residence, a 2026 CE Pro Home of the Year Award Winner

Summary

Park City, Utah–based Nerve has a simple philosophy for smart homes: the best technology is the kind you never notice. Its Pinnacle 2 residence puts that idea to the test. The 18,000-square-foot home runs more than 770 connected devices through a single Crestron platform, yet it rarely asks its owners to touch a screen.

Learn more about the project here and watch the podcast here.

The project earned Nerve three 2026 CE Pro Home of the Year awards: Gold for Best Master Suite, and Silver for both Best Whole-House Smart Home Project over $1M and Best Lighting & Shading Control Project.

Lighting, motorized shading, distributed audio and video, climate, security and networking all respond automatically to daylight, occupancy, time of day and the owners’ preferences. Personalized touchpanels and keypads are there when manual control is wanted.

The windows were the toughest problem. The home has 167 uniquely shaped openings, including curved, trapezoidal and canted designs. Nerve engineered every motorized shade individually and hid each one in a custom recessed pocket built into the structure and ceiling. The result is clean sightlines with precise control over daylight, privacy and energy use.

That level of concealment depended on early collaboration. Nerve worked with the architect, interior designer, lighting designer, structural engineers and builder from the first phases of construction. Instead of designing around products, the team let the homeowners’ daily routines guide every decision.

Wellness shaped the master suite, where circadian lighting and daylight-responsive shading support natural rhythms. The private cinema is calibrated to the RP22 performance standard. Trimless fixtures, discreet loudspeakers and custom-engraved keypads keep the modern design intact, with playful details like a “Strike” button in the bowling alley.

On the podcast, Nerve’s Todd Astill explains how the team pulled it off and what Pinnacle says about where luxury integration is headed.

Summary

Park City, Utah–based Nerve has a simple philosophy for smart homes: the best technology is the kind you never notice. Its Pinnacle 2 residence puts that idea to the test. The 18,000-square-foot home runs more than 770 connected devices through a single Crestron platform, yet it rarely asks its owners to touch a screen.

Learn more about the project here and watch the podcast here.

The project earned Nerve three 2026 CE Pro Home of the Year awards: Gold for Best Master Suite, and Silver for both Best Whole-House Smart Home Project over $1M and Best Lighting & Shading Control Project.

Lighting, motorized shading, distributed audio and video, climate, security and networking all respond automatically to daylight, occupancy, time of day and the owners’ preferences. Personalized touchpanels and keypads are there when manual control is wanted.

The windows were the toughest problem. The home has 167 uniquely shaped openings, including curved, trapezoidal and canted designs. Nerve engineered every motorized shade individually and hid each one in a custom recessed pocket built into the structure and ceiling. The result is clean sightlines with precise control over daylight, privacy and energy use.

That level of concealment depended on early collaboration. Nerve worked with the architect, interior designer, lighting designer, structural engineers and builder from the first phases of construction. Instead of designing around products, the team let the homeowners’ daily routines guide every decision.

Wellness shaped the master suite, where circadian lighting and daylight-responsive shading support natural rhythms. The private cinema is calibrated to the RP22 performance standard. Trimless fixtures, discreet loudspeakers and custom-engraved keypads keep the modern design intact, with playful details like a “Strike” button in the bowling alley.

On the podcast, Nerve’s Todd Astill explains how the team pulled it off and what Pinnacle says about where luxury integration is headed.