A research group has successfully developed a wave-based acoustics simulation that can make highly accurate time-domain estimations of acoustics in large-scale interior spaces (such as concert halls) ...

The refurbishment of public buildings is often more complex than meets the eye. Anna Demming speaks to acousticians and architects about the acoustic considerations behind their designs for public ...

DAMPA® is a Danish company specialised in the development and production of acoustic steel and aluminium ceilings, as well as acoustic wall panels for the building industry. Anyone that has been ...

Acoustic design of performance spaces integrates architectural form, material science and psychoacoustics to create environments that enhance musical, theatrical and spoken-word events. Designers ...

More than half the world’s population lives in dense urban areas. Uncomfortably loud restaurants, stores, hotels, or offices are enough to keep patrons away. When planning a meeting or even a night ...

The rattling of an air diffuser, the pinging of an elevator, the laughter of colleagues gathered around the water cooler, the conversations of neighbors overheard loud and clear: such distractions in ...

THE meetings of the Second International Congress of Electricity, recently held in Paris, took place in the great building newly constructed by the Pleyel Company in the faubourg Saint Honoré, and ...