{"id":78,"date":"2010-02-03T13:05:26","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T18:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lallyacoustics.com\/blog\/?p=78"},"modified":"2010-02-03T14:57:20","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T19:57:20","slug":"restaurants-the-newer-the-noisier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lallyacoustics.com\/blog\/archives\/78","title":{"rendered":"Restaurants: the newer the noisier"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Wall Street Journal features an article on noisy restaurants<\/a>, and specifically why newer restaurants are noisier than ever.\u00a0 Although the physical causes are nothing new\u2014open kitchens, loud music, and hard finishes that provide little acoustic absorption\u2014the article associates recent noise increases with the current economic downturn.\u00a0 Interior style elements that traditionally absorb sound\u2014heavy curtains, carpeting, linens, and upholstery\u2014 “telegraph a fine-dining message out of sync with today’s cost-conscious, informal diner.”<\/p>\n

Of course, the clean, modern aesthetic sought by today’s upscale restaurant needn’t necessarily be a noisy one.\u00a0 Acoustical treatments that absorb sound and reduce din don’t always take the form of plush carpet, soft upholstery, or heavy drapes; modern treatments can match almost any aesthetic conceivable, hiding behind smooth plaster<\/a>, wood veneer<\/a>, metal<\/a>, transparent plastic<\/a>, and even artwork<\/a>.\u00a0 Beyond matching acoustic performance to visual appearance, an acoustical consultant can\u00a0 also ensure that these treatments don’t go overboard\u2014unnecessarily deadening the lively, energetic feel that many popular restaurants thrive upon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today’s Wall Street Journal features an article on noisy restaurants, and specifically why newer restaurants are noisier than ever.\u00a0 Although the physical causes are nothing new\u2014open kitchens, loud music, and hard finishes that provide little acoustic absorption\u2014the article associates recent noise increases with the current economic downturn.\u00a0 Interior style elements that traditionally absorb sound\u2014heavy curtains, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[34,27,30,35],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-absorption","tag-finishes","tag-noise","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lallyacoustics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lallyacoustics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lallyacoustics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lallyacoustics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lallyacoustics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lallyacoustics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"https:\/\/www.lallyacoustics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lallyacoustics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lallyacoustics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lallyacoustics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}