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Donna Paul 03/01/2002
Initially it was the height of the speakers in Bierman’s own Manhattan loft that caught their attention. Installed exactly at 48 inches off the floor, per the manufacturer’s specifications, they were the sign the couple had been looking for. And they were thrilled with Bierman’s design aesthetic, which also matched their own criteria: casual, comfortable, and no chintz in sight.With his training as an architect and a successful New York practice in interior design, Bierman has tackled many similar projects, but none where a fully stocked marble and mahogany ice-cream parlor and a 1,500-square-foot entertainment room complete with professional pinball machines were considered an important part of the design program. But he had an innate grasp of the technical issues that the job posed (“I’m the only designer I know who reads manufacturers’ manuals,”) and, working with Audio Etc., he created an environment that integrated the media equipment into the house. An indoor putting green and a fully stocked ice cream parlor are adjacent to the entertainment room, located on a lower level of the house.
"We (The Game Gallery) get these calls all the time about people wanting high end game rooms in their homes these days." We have customers that have been wanting that one machine they played as a kid, all the way to the customer that has the financial means to put the ultimate game room in their home. The biggest to date has been 70 games in a 2400 sq. ft. game room in a home.
