Architecture & Acoustic Design
Photo: victoriapeckham Australian site news.com.au reports on research findings that working in an open-plan office is detrimental to people's health. A group of Australian scientists reviewed a global pool of research and concluded that the switch to an open-plan office design has led to lower productivity
Acoustic Solutions
An all-too common problem for patrons of restaurants and bars is being able to hear themselves talk in an often very noisy atmosphere. A 2011 Zagat survey concluded that the second-most common customer complaint behind service is the noise level. Meyer Sound, a world-renowned American audio engineering company, has developed
Health
Julian Treasure, chairman of The Sound Agency, gave an intriguing TED talk on how our increasingly noisy world impacts our health, even costing lives. He made various notable references to stats that clearly convey the magnitude of the consequences of noise. * According to the European Union, noise is reducing the
Architecture & Acoustic Design
Photo: Kevin H According to a study in the Journal of Consumer Research, working in environments surrounded by moderate levels of noise boosts creativity. The study took place in a noise environment similar to that of a roadside diner or a noisy mall and tested people’s creativity at different