Acoustic Essentials for Architects
eBook - ePub

Acoustic Essentials for Architects

The Primer Many Architects Wish They Were Offered in School

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eBook - ePub

Acoustic Essentials for Architects

The Primer Many Architects Wish They Were Offered in School

About this book

Acoustics is a vital but often overlooked part of architecture. It is frequently misunderstood or not even offered in most architectural schools, so many architects do not receive the practical training necessary to maximize their designs. With this education gap in mind, Acoustic Essentials for Architects is the primer architects need to fill the void.
Written by an industry veteran with 45 years of hands-on experience in a low-tech, conversational style, it will help architects better understand and visualize the relationship between the physical shapes, textures, and dimensions of their work and how those design decisions impact the qualitative behavior of sound. This peer-reviewed book details the essential terminology and concepts of architectural acoustics, including why it' s so important to understand the incredible dimensional range of wavelengths between the lowest and highest audible sounds, the feasibility aspects of applied acoustics, and the trade-offs to blending architecture, acoustics, and pragmatism.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Introduction
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. About the Author
  10. WAVâ„¢ Page
  11. Chapter 1: Architectural Acoustics Defined
  12. Chapter 2: What Is Sound?
  13. Chapter 3: Sound Propagation
  14. Chapter 4: Acoustical Lexicon
  15. Chapter 5: Echo, Reverberation, and Resonance
  16. Chapter 6: The Three Acoustical Tools
  17. Chapter 7: Where Does All the Unused Sound Go?
  18. Chapter 8: Room Geometry—The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  19. Chapter 9: Acoustic Shadowing
  20. Chapter 10: Speech Intelligibility
  21. Chapter 11: Three Simple, Nontechnical Acoustical Tests
  22. Chapter 12: Noise
  23. Chapter 13: Variable Acoustics
  24. Chapter 14: Psychoacoustics
  25. Chapter 15: Acoustical Pragmatism
  26. Chapter 16: Modern Materials
  27. Chapter 17: New Reverberation Design Goals: The T60 Slope Ratio Thesis
  28. Chapter 18: Parametric Acoustics—The Parametric Method of Acoustic Treatment
  29. Chapter 19: Priorities Summarized
  30. Chapter 20: Applied Acoustics
  31. Chapter 21: The Good Acoustics Paradox
  32. Coda
  33. Appendix A A Survey of 20 Architectural Schools’ Acoustical Curricula