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Are you a Grammy winner in the making? Or do you just want a special place where you can blast your beloved guitar or piano without disturbing anyone? Whichever your reasons are, having your own recording studio could be a solution to that. However, before you start creating hit songs

There’s nothing like feeling the serenity in a home which absorbs noise like a ravenous black hole. Modern interiors that are filled with open-plan spaces and hard surfaces often look great but can do little in the way of shielding third party noises like your 75-year-old neighbour’s bedroom antics or

Soundproofing your home theater can either be a quick job or a major structural change, depending on budget and how much freedom you actually have. For example, if you live in a rented property or apartment, there are probably rules against you ripping out the walls and replacing them with

The risks of poor acoustical building design Depending on the type of structure, the potential complications from poor acoustical design can vary greatly. Let’s take a look at the range of possible negative consequences that noise can produce in different built environments. In healthcare settings, noises can range from irritating

Architectural acoustics is the study of sound in homes and other buildings and the design of those structures for optimal acoustic performance, including control of sound transmission throughout the building, maintaining conditions for good speech intelligibility, and maintaining sound isolation for speech privacy. All the sounds we hear on a

When in the comfort of home, many of us have heard noises coming from the street outside or from the loud volume of television programs from our neighbours. The opposite may be true; neighbours complain about the barking of your dog that interrupts their sleep at night. This is because