Acoustics and Sound Insulation : : Principles, Planning, Examples / / Eckard Mommertz.

Acoustics and protection against noise do not perhaps number among the primary parameters that normally influence the design of a building. Nevertheless, at the very latest when the lecturer in the seminar room cannot be heard, when the noise level in an open-plan office reaches unbearable levels, o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Architecture, Design and Arts 2000 - 2014
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Place / Publishing House:Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2012]
©2009
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:DETAIL Practice
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Physical Description:1 online resource (112 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Designation and auditive perception of sound
  • Room acoustics
  • Building acoustics
  • Noise control in urban planning
  • Sound insulation as a quality feature in housing
  • Inner-city development, Munich
  • Office buildings
  • Swiss Re offices, Munich
  • Schools and preschool facilities
  • Primary school in Erding
  • Lecture theatres, congress halls, plenary chambers
  • Zollverein School of Management and Design in Essen
  • Small rooms for music
  • Music school in Grünwald
  • Conversion of an officers’ casino into a music school in Landshut
  • Rooms for sound
  • Opera house in Hangzhou
  • Philharmonic Hall in Essen
  • Churches
  • Appendix
  • Authorities, institutes and trade associations (selection)
  • Index
  • Picture credits