page_title: Acoustical engineering
section_title: Architectural acoustics
hierarchical_section_title: Acoustical engineering / Subdisciplines / Architectural acoustics
caption_attribution_description: English: The Walt Disney Concert Hall, home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, features an acoustically superior auditorium paneled in hardwood. The Disney family contributed more than $100 million to the project. Français&#160;: Le Walt Disney Concert Hall, où l'Orchestre philharmonique de Los Angeles réside, possède une salle de concert lambrissée jouissant d'une acoustique supérieure. La famille Disney a donné plus de 100 millions de dollars pour la construction de cet auditorium.
context_page_description: Acoustical engineering is the branch of engineering dealing with sound and vibration. It includes the application of acoustics, the science of sound and vibration, in technology. Acoustical engineers are typically concerned with the design, analysis and control of sound.
  One goal of acoustical engineering can be the reduction of unwanted noise, which is referred to as noise control. Unwanted noise can have significant impacts on animal and human health and well-being, reduce attainment by students in schools, and cause hearing loss. Noise control principles are implemented into technology and design in a variety of ways, including control by redesigning sound sources, the design of noise barriers, sound absorbers, suppressors, and buffer zones, and the use of hearing protection.
  But acoustical engineering is not just about noise control; it also covers positive uses of sound, from the use of ultrasound in medicine to the programming of digital sound synthesizers, and from designing a concert hall to enhance the sound of an orchestra to specifying a railway station's sound system so announcements are intelligible.
context_section_description: Architectural acoustics (also known as building acoustics) is the science and engineering of achieving a good sound within a building. Architectural acoustics can be about achieving good speech intelligibility in a theatre, restaurant or railway station, enhancing the quality of music in a concert hall or recording studio, or suppressing noise to make offices and homes more productive and pleasant places to work and live. Architectural acoustic design is usually done by acoustic consultants.
caption: Disney's Concert Hall was meticulously designed for superior acoustical qualities.
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