Cultural facilities and community spaces such as libraries, museums, galleries and worship spaces all have unique elements that make acoustic design an important consideration. Museums and galleries require an environment that is relatively quiet and free of distraction to allow visitors to appreciate and contemplate the exhibits. Libraries, especially modern ones, can have many competing uses and activities occuring under one roof which require some degree of acoustic separation from one another. Houses of worship and other community gathering spaces benefit from careful consideration of acoustics and noise control to allow for clear speech communication, music performance and large receptions.

There is no one size fits all approach to these types of projects, and we take the unique aspects of each facility into consideration when providing acoustic design input and recommendations to owners and design teams. We can help to establish appropriate and achievable acoustic design criteria within the scope and budget of the project.