Good theater acoustics often require more than a few wall panels. High school theaters, in particular, can be challenging spaces for acoustical engineers such as ourselves to tackle. That's because these multipurpose auditoriums are used for plays,...
Published: April 27, 2017
Categories: Acoustical Consulting, Tips & Tricks
This is not your ordinary high school. This is a brand new $68 million, 330,000-square-foot educational vision brought to reality. The two-story east wing is devoted to academics. A long central hallway and glass-enclosed sky bridges connect its classrooms. Commons...
Published: April 10, 2017
Categories: Acoustical Consulting, AV System Design, Projects
You probably already know how important sound is to the successful use of a space. One easy way to ensure a great-sounding facility is to consider the effect of geometry on the acoustics as you develop your architectural design. Here are a few...
Published: January 31, 2017
Categories: Acoustical Consulting, Tips & Tricks
Over the last several years, community centers seem to have popped up everywhere. A good community center includes recreation facilities, such as pools and gyms, as well as spaces to hold meetings, parties, and other events. Many people don't think about...
Published: December 11, 2016
Categories: AV System Design, Projects
Summer vacations are well underway, and many of us will be staying in hotels and motels across the country. Hopefully the architect who designed your destination hotel had an acoustical consultant to help control hotel noise and prevent noisy neighbors...
Published: October 11, 2016
Categories: Acoustical Consulting, Noise Control, Tips & Tricks
The EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER for the Kansas City District of the US Army Corps of Engineers was recently upgraded to be a self-supporting environment capable of 24-hour operations. In addition to the emergency operations function, the center also...
Published: December 15, 2015
Categories: AV System Design, Projects
Choosing an acoustical consultant should not be taken lightly. The capabilities and experience of the firm can make or break the success of your project. At AVANT ACOUSTICS, we're commonly called in when another firm has made costly mistakes. We've...
Published: February 2, 2015
Categories: Tips & Tricks
STEERABLE LINE ARRAY LOUDSPEAKERS are a very useful tool for any sound system designer; they can make sound reinforcement systems almost disappear into the architecture of a space while providing high intelligibility in challenging spaces.
There are...
Published: January 7, 2015
Categories: AV System Design
AVANT ACOUSTICS partners with Architects time and time again to deliver outstanding solutions for our mutual clients. Architects come back to AVANT ACOUSTICS repeatedly because of our consultants' respect for the aesthetic architectural design and character....
Published: January 1, 2015
Categories: Acoustical Consulting
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