http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2174986,00.html
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Hitting the right notes is more effective than noise reduction in making life less stressful
Amelia Hill
Sunday September 23, 2007
The Observer
For some, living in a city is a loud, unpleasant babble of intrusive noise. For others it is a soundscape of calming, tones that lift the spirits and brighten the day. Now a £1m, three-year research project is building a database of noises that people say improve their environment. It will translate those findings into design principles to help architects create sweeter-sounding cities.
Among the urban sounds researchers have found to be surprisingly agreeable are car tyres on wet, bumpy asphalt, the distant roar of a motorway flyover, the rumble of an overground train and the thud of heavy bass heard on the street outside a nightclub. [MORE…]
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