architectural acoustics

Architectural acoustics is the science and engineering of achieving a good sound within a room.

He is currently writing a new book about architectural acoustics, scheduled to be published in 2010.

Architectural acoustics for church music were seriously considered with regard to the chapel.

Restaurants, schools, and health care facilities use architectural acoustics to reduce noise for their customers.

When the Concertgebouw was built, Architectural acoustics were something of a 'black art'.

The first such application was Sabine's groundbreaking work in architectural acoustics, and many others followed.

In the case of more conventional office environments, the techniques in architectural acoustics discussed above may apply.

They might work in acoustic consultancy, specializing in architectural acoustics.

It was as if they were hearing, through some trick of architectural acoustics, the combined voices of a multitude.

Noise absorption: In architectural acoustics, unwanted sounds can be absorbed rather than reflected inside the room of an observer.

Sabine's career is the story of the birth of the field of modern architectural acoustics.

Architectural Acoustics is concerned with the behavior of sound waves in enclosed areas such as auditoriums, theaters, recording studios, and churches.

This leads into the field of architectural acoustics, because the nature of these reflections is critical to the auditory feel of a space.

He is often credited as father of architectural acoustics for describing technique of echeas placement in theaters.

For example, in architectural acoustics the rectilinear properties of sound rays make it possible to determine reverberation time in a very simple way.

Architectural acoustics (also known as building acoustics) involves the scientific understanding of how to achieve a good sound within a building.

So far, architectural acoustics have eluded all efforts at being reduced to a precise science, and in the building of a hall, the outcome is often unpredictable.

Sanders contributed in an unusual way to the early work of Wallace Sabine, considered the founder of architectural acoustics.

For audio engineers, architectural acoustics can be about achieving good speech intelligibility in a stadium or enhancing the quality of music in a theatre.

LARES is an electroacoustic enhancement system that augments architectural acoustics.

Initially an improvising saxophonist, his activities expanded to include live electronic music and installation pieces based on architectural acoustics and infrasound.

Acoustic engineers might work in acoustic consultancy, specializing in particular fields, such as architectural acoustics, environmental noise or vibration control.

Within architectural acoustics noise control practices include: interior sound reverberation reduction, inter-room noise transfer mitigation and exterior building skin augmentation.

Shankland worked on neutrino experiments with Argonne National Laboratory from 1953-1969, and had other interests including the history of relativity and architectural acoustics.

The latest techniques in architectural acoustics, as used in Philadelphia's new Verizon Hall, allow architects to build rooms with variable acoustics.