Public buildings like train stations, sports venues, restaurants and churches ask specific attention with respect to speech communication. Public address systems need to be designed carefully for good speech intelligibility. Reverberation and noise must be controlled to acceptable levels.

References:

- Sports centre De Kemmer, Oirschot
- KCC Town Hall, Heeze/Leende
- Milstein Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca USA
- Wijkcentrum Stervoorde, Rijswijk
- Exhibition of arts centre Prada Foundation, Milan
- Soccer stadium NAC, Breda
- Japanese Restaurant Porto Palacio, Porto
- Restaurant "De zwarte doos", Eindhoven
- Haus der Kunst, Munchen
- Library of Education City, Qatar*
- McCormic Tribune Campus Centre, Illinois*	info
- DAC, Kopenhagen*

 * Projects in cooperation with DHV

  In the Porto Palacio Restaurant 
  Portugal special care has been
  taken to optimise the acoustics for
  good speech intelligibility together
  with the modern architecture.
  (source: aNC Arquitectos)
 

  The NAC supporters suffer from
  bad intelligibility in their soccer
  stadium when singing to and fro.
  Based on acoustic measurements
  an improved roof design has been
  proposed.

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