Editor’s note: Welcome to the 68th installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at ...

We asked four veteran acoustics experts how best to sound- proof apartment and condo projects. Here’s what they told us. 1. Take acoustic privacy seriously. Noise complaints can end up in court. Make ...

In another example of companies catering to people that need to justify their anti-social behavior with a need for absolute silence, Yamaha is coming out with a simple one-person room called My Room ...

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we recently moved house and the room I now use as a home office is adjacent to the kid's room and rather echoey. I only have a desk in here for the moment and some moving boxes. Soft furnishings still ...

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is known for mandating note-free meetings, he’s the only administrator to have requested his 24/7 own security detail and now he’s about to ...