Abstract
The architectural acoustics of school buildings and schoolrooms are often not taken into account until late in the design phase. The following considerations should help to explain why it makes sense to include them at the earliest possible stage, and why careful acoustic design is both aesthetically and financially worthwhile.
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Baumann, D., NiederstÄtter, C. (2007). Acoustic Design. In: A Design Manual Schools and Kindergartens. Design Manuals. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8329-9_6
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