Abstract
AT this critical period of post-war reconstruction, the problems of architectural design are rising with special acuteness, accentuated by new methods of building construction and limited material resources. One of the most pressing of these problems in the fulfilment Of acoustic requirements in committee and lecture rooms, studios, theatres and concert halls. The importance of acoustic design is reflected in the increasing interest in acoustical research and in the growing demand for instruction in acoustics in the schools of architecture. The importance of the subject is equalled by its difficulty. It is the meeting-ground of art and mathematics, of psycho-physical and physical studies. Even on its objective side it is highly complex and resistant to analysis.
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ROSS, M. Acoustics of Rooms. Nature 164, 1080–1081 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/1641080a0
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