Spaces Speak, Are You Listening? Experiencing Aural Architecture By Barry Blesser and Linda-Ruth Salter MIT Press © 2007

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Resources for useful information: Over the years, I have accumulated a collection of information that proved extremely useful in creating the concepts in aural architecture. As a service, I have listed a few that had a significant influence in my thinking. Even after 5 years of research, I am still finding relevant books and web sites. Links to books use amazon.com for two reasons: (a) they provide extensive information about books and reviews, as well as providing the ability to browse portions of the book, and (b) they provide a very modest commission if you buy the book, which I will donate to a charity that supports the protection of hearing. Rather the buying these books, you are find them in a local library using the WorldCat service. If you know of a relevant resource that should be included please send me an email message. Links to non-profit organizations: Music recorded in anechoic chamber (University of Iowa) Help with hearing disability (American Tinnitus Foundation) Combating noise sources (Noise Pollution Clearninghouse) Importance of acoustics in schools (Classroom Acoustics) Technology and design of audio systems (Audio Engineering Society) Science of acoustic and perception (Acoustical Society of America) Natural and artistic soundscapes (World Forum for Acoustic Ecology) Suggested books relating to sound, acoustics, hearing, and architecture: Spaces Speak, Are You Listening? by Barry Blesser Spatial Hearing by Jens Blauert The Soundscape by Murray Schafer Audio-Vision by Michel Chion The Soundscape of Modernity by Emily Thompson The Eyes of the Skin by Juhani Pallasmaa Auditorium Acoustics and Architectural Design by Michael Barron Concert Halls and Opera Houses by Leo Beranek This Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel Levitin Architecture of the Air by Christopher Janney Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience by Yi-Fu Tuan The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard Critical Listening Skills for Audio Professionals by F. Alton Everest The Hidden Dimension by Edward T. Hall The Varieties of Sensory Experience by David Howes Orality and Literacy by Walter J. Ong Non-Fictions books that proved very useful in my professional eduction: The Unfolding of Language by Guy Deutscher On Writing Well by William Zinsser Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell Emergence by Steven Johnson Grapevine by Dave Butler The Long Tail by Chris Anderson Getting to Yes by William Ury Freakonomics by Steven Levitt Management & Machiavelli by Antony Jay Crossing Boundaries by Julie T. Klien The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Taleb (highly recommended) Last Modified: 10 April 2008