Diamond Schmitt has completed the Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences, a new state-of-the-art performance venue in Lubbock, Texas.
Tag: Acoustics
When evaluating flooring options for health-care centres, it is important to consider the need to reduce noise levels while maintaining high standards of cleanliness to provide safety and comfort to patients and providers.
Montréal-based firm Taktik Design constructs the Collège Trinité library in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Qué., as a large unifying room with space flexibility giving students several usage possibilities.
Designing pandemic-ready facilities
(01/11/2021)
Payam Ashtiani, principal, Aercoustics Engineering, discusses with the magazine's editor Nithya Caleb the different aspects of designing pandemic-ready performing arts centres.
The demand for multipurpose venues has increased over the last two decades. From an acoustics standpoint, this can pose significant challenges. Therefore, it is important to design a versatile space that can support various...
The Hamilton-Niagara Chapter is holding an online presentation on acoustic changes to the Ontario Building Code (OBC) on Wednesday, November 25, from 2 to 3 p.m. Nicholas Sylvestre-Williams and Kiyoshi Kuroiwa from Aercoustics Engineering will be...
Acoustical consultant firm Aercoustics Engineering has appointed Anthony Roppa as principal. Roppa has led Aercoustics’ business development efforts since joining the team in 2013. He holds a bacherlor’s degree in engineering and has more...
Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility, a nonprofit charity in Vancouver, has achieved the highest national accessibility rating to date under the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification (RHFAC) program. With a score of 96 out...
Snøhetta completes lush, open office in timber
(08/27/2020)
Designed by Snøhetta, the new timber office building for trekking and travel company ASI Reisen, situated in Natters, Austria, is inspired by a symbiosis between nature and humanity. Surrounded by a lush exterior, the...
A reintroduction to acoustics
(07/24/2020)
Acoustics is a vital part of our everyday experience of the built environment; however, the role background sound plays in making these environments more comfortable for occupants is often overlooked. As a result, the...
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