A peaceful home and garden should be a sanctuary, a place to escape the noise of the outside world. Yet, sounds from traffic, ...

"We designed a soundproof room for friends who live in Tokyo and have helped with construction.The construction period lasted a week (20120331 ~ 20120406) while working while staying in a friend's ...

Sound absorbing material used to prevent sound from being reflected by walls for sound insulation and sound.A shape like a wedge lasts steadilyOr, it is commonplace that sandwiches the wall, but there ...

If you live in a noisy urban area, you're gonna love the sound of this. Researchers in Switzerland have developed a material that can dampen street noise while being four times thinner than ...

Heavy curtains made from thick material such as velvet are often needed to keep noise out of indoor environments, but Swiss researchers have come up with another option. The Empa researchers, in ...

Open-plan offices are great in theory, but their noisy nature can make holding meetings a pain. Leanne Zilka of Zilka Studio has come up with a pop-up solution in the form of PleatPod, an origami-like ...

Imagine a world where you can effectively block sound without the need for bulky and sometimes costly insulation. A game-changing technology is making this possible – a unique material that can block ...