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Why architects need to use their ears

Julian Treasure · TED

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About

Because of poor acoustics, students in classrooms miss 50 percent of what their teachers say and patients in hospitals have trouble sleeping because they continually feel stressed. Julian Treasure sounds a call to action for designers to pay attention to the “invisible architecture” of sound.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal 2012
Speaker
Julian Treasure
Year
2012
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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