In the original design, the hall's side and back surfaces comprised wooden slats with a 2-foot air space behind them leading to a concrete wall. To reflect sound, plywood was applied to the back of ...

When it comes to K-12 auditoriums, gone are the days of single-platform spaces attached to school cafeterias. Today, high school auditoriums often rival professional theaters, featuring fly lofts, ...

Dick Jensen is a percussionist and associate principal timpanist for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. James Lambert is the associate principal bassist. Ted Nelson is a cellist and Dwight Parry is ...

Introduction: vision, hearing and seating -- Historical development of theater design -- Chronological and graphical development of theater design, 300 B.C. to 1975 -- Building codes -- Contemporary ...

A s Bella Hristova gingerly draws the bow across the strings, the final haunting note of Saint-Saëns’ “Havanaise” lingers, descending quietly among the hundreds settled in the plush seats. For nearly ...

Zaha Hadid Architects' virtual reality division (ZHVR) debuts its first foray into audio. Loop – an immersive listening lounge concept – pairs the firm’s signature design vernacular with audio ...

The secret to Glenn Howells Architects’ Bramall Music School’s auditorium acoustics is its low ventilation noise, writes Felix Mara. Photography by Edmund Sumner It’s hard to say which is the more ...

It’s redesigned in the shape of a tabla; old character retained When the St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences decided to remodel its ageing auditorium, which faced several problems such as ...

Architectural acoustics fundamentally addresses the design and optimisation of sound within built environments, while sound diffusion specifically focuses on the uniform distribution of sound energy ...