# Why architects need to use their ears

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2012
- Speaker: Julian Treasure
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_why_architects_need_to_use_their_ears)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Why architects need to use their ears](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/julian_treasure_why_architects_need_to_use_their_ears/c1bc8ea39415), 10 min (TED's player)