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Why architects need to employ their ears - Julian Treasure

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TED-Ed
Published
Jul 22, 2026
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Summary

Because of poor acoustics, students in classrooms miss 50 percent of what their teachers say and patients in hospitals have trouble sleeping because they continually feel stressed. Julian Treasure sounds a call to action for designers to pay attention to the "invisible architecture" of sound. Talk by Julian Treasure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices