A good building project website will offer an opportunity for congregational feedback and answer the following questions: Why? The most important part of a building project website is that it clearly explains the vision and answers the question “Why are we engaged in a building project?” What? Next, it is important to give some details [...]
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I love the expression “one thing that amazes me about common sense is how uncommon it is”. I don’t know who coined that expression first, but I think of it often (especially when dealing with my kids). When I first studied architecture in the 70’s, the oil crisis was fresh in the minds of most [...]
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 Every building acoustics issue can be broken down into the three basic concepts of source, path, and receiver. The source of sound is usually quite evident. Whether it be a desired sound, such as a speaker, or an undesired sound, such as a mechanical unit or a flushing toilet, the source is usually pretty [...]
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Building acoustics is actually a science that has been explored in depth in only the last 100 years. In 1898 a Harvard physics professor by the name of Wallace Sabine was sought out to improve the atrocious acoustics in the recently constructed Fogg lecture hall. With the use of a pipe organ and a stop [...]
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