Ever thought that the sounds surrounding you are an "ear-sore"? The New York Times architecture critic Kimmelman agrees with you. He recently published a neat little piece titled "
Dear Architects: Sound Matters". A great reminder! In it he postulates:
"During the Middle Ages, smell was the unspoken plague of cities, today it is sound." writes
New York Times architecture critic
Michael Kimmelman. "
Embedded in the online version of his article are intimate sound tracks of New York spaces, tracking the critic's experience of sound in various enclosed environments such as the Grand Central and Penn train stations, the office and a public library. Kimmelman describes sound as an essential component of experiencing space. As such sound adds another dimension to form and light (both visual), a dimension of architectural design (Read full article by clicking below)
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