by Brian Atkinson | Acoustics
The medical community and design community journals contain many papers discussing noise levels in neonatal intensive care units (NICU's), how loud they should be and how to achieve those levels. Unfortunately, the recommended noise levels vary and the design...
by Brian Atkinson | Acoustics
The LEED Green Building Rating SystemTM is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. LEED was created by the U.S. Green Building Council to define "green building" through a common standard, and to promote...
by Brian Atkinson | Audiovisual
The challenge with contemporary church architecture is that the term "contemporary" means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. For some, it means a praise band and a projector. For others, it means the service is full of drama, dance, video,...