Architects are used to designing visually. In order to expand their basic design tools, this book explores the interactions between sound, space, hearing, and a

How sound and its atmospheres transform architecture Acoustic atmospheres can be fleeting, elusive, or short-lived. Sometimes they are constant, but more often

The Architecture of Sound and Alchemy of Transcendence spawned from a simple transmission during meditation. The message; "Sound is a Plane of Existence." The t

A room’s acoustic character seems at once the most technical and the most mystical of concerns. Since the early Enlightenment, European architects have system

Victoria Newhouse, noted author and architectural historian, addresses the aesthetics and acoustics in concert halls and opera houses of the past, present, and