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Discover how innovative building designs can enhance occupant wellbeing by improving indoor environmental quality, and learn about sustainable practices that lead to healthier, more comfortable spaces.

A sound blocking level of STC (Sound Transmission Class) 40 can provide privacy between rooms if the speech level is no louder than general conversation. Once speech levels rise, phrases and sentences can be understood in adjacent rooms and will likely disrupt people.

Perkins & Will’s Austin east side office presents an energetic and eclectic design mix. Communal open spaces encourage collaboration. Glass-enclosed “huddle rooms” with Rockfon ceiling tiles optimize acoustics for improved concentration and focus, while providing transparency and connection to the larger team.

A sound blocking level of STC 50 means that a listener in a quiet room would need to exert effort to hear raised speech levels in adjacent rooms, and the speech would not be understandable or disruptive.

Perkins Eastman designed Alexandria City High School’s Minnie Howard Campus as a national model for sustainable, high-performing schools and specified Rockfon ceilings to enhance the project’s acoustics, IAQ, energy efficiency and modern appearance.

Rockfon is part of the ROCKWOOL Group and operates as a North American stone wool company focused on using natural resources in ceiling tile materials.

In this AIA Continuing Education System/Unit course, participants will learn that metal ceilings offer a wide range of colors, finishes, sizes, and styles for their next construction project. The presentation will introduce metal ceiling systems and cover core design considerations.

Cities are growing. With that comes challenges. Urban flooding and fire fatalities being some of them. Intense rainfall overwhelms the capacity of the drainage systems in cities.

Stockholm Station City selects Rockfon Mono Acoustic stone wool ceiling system to enhance superior acoustics, healthy material choices and aesthetically pleasing, cohesive design in coloration with Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Narud Stokke Wiig Architects.

University of South Carolina's stadium features Rockfon® acoustical stone wool ceiling tile and panel products to convey a custom ceiling design while maintaining high-performance characteristics and durability.