To our clients, colleagues, and friends:
We hope that you are reading this in good health. We’re writing to fill you in on the status of work here at Acoustic Distinctions and the steps we’ve taken to ensure that we can continue to serve our clients while protecting the health of our staff and following official guidelines.
AD has offices in multiple locations, including New York and Connecticut. Both of those states have issued executive orders asking non-essential w…
By Arthur van der Harten
Read More → Acoustic Distinctions collaborated with Pfeiffer Partners Architects to complete a new temporary music instruction facility on the University of Colorado, Boulder campus for use during the renovation of their existing music facility. The temporary facility includes 15 faculty teaching studios, 5 Practice Rooms, and a Percussion Ensemble Room in three free-standing, tightly clustered structures located under the roof of the old Carlson gymnasium.
The facility was realized using help…
Arthur van der Harten, CENG, M.IOA, M.ASA
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The Limitations of Absorption Coefficients
For the majority of the relatively short history of architectural acoustics as practice, the dissipation of sound energy by way of surface interaction has been characterized by a single value per unit of spectrum (usually the octave-band or third-octave band) tw…
Article by Sports Video Group that interviews industry leaders on how up…
Check out this month’s Architext, AIA Central PA’s seasonal newsletter featuring AD Senior Consultant Arthur van der Harten’s article “Designing the Color and Flavor of Sound in Your Building – an Appeal to Architects.”
https://aiacentralpa.org/spring-2018/#Acoustic
Pachyderm Acoustic is a free plugin for cad which simulates sound during…
Click on the link above to read David Kahn’s article “Integrated Passive and Active Room Acoustics” in the NCAC seasonal newsletter.