Posts tagged architecture

Echo, Château de Chinon, France

Aug 27th

Posted by Trevor Cox in France

Follow the road sign to the echo and perform a strange local rhyme which exploits the distinctive echo

2 Stars, OK

3 Stars, interesting

4 Stars, worth a detour

5 Stars, worth a journey

(1 Votes, average 1.00)

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architecture, echo, man-made, outdoors, speech

Stonehenge Replica, Maryhill, USA

Aug 25th

Posted by Trevor Cox in WA

A chance to go back in time and get an impression of what our ancestors heard within Stonehenge.

2 Stars, OK

3 Stars, interesting

4 Stars, worth a detour

5 Stars, worth a journey

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architecture, echo, man-made, outdoors, reflection, reverberance, stone

Sea organ, Zadar, Croatia

Feb 14th

Posted by Trevor Cox in Croatia

The organ buried in Zadar’s promenade makes a haunting but harmonious sound. Air is driven through the organ pipes by the motion of the sea.

2 Stars, OK

3 Stars, interesting

4 Stars, worth a detour

5 Stars, worth a journey

(1 Votes, average 5.00)

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architecture, music, nature, organ, outdoors, sculpture, sea, waves

Tikal pyramids, Guatemala

Feb 9th

Posted by Trevor Cox in Guatemala

Echoes off this pyramid create an unexpected chirping sound. But did the ancient Mayan’s deliberately design this acoustic effect into the building?

2 Stars, OK

3 Stars, interesting

4 Stars, worth a detour

5 Stars, worth a journey

(2 Votes, average 5.00)

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architecture, bird, chirp, echo, man-made, outdoors, periodic

Gol Gumbaz Mausoleum, Bijapur, India

Feb 4th

Posted by Trevor Cox in India

Many guide books note the crazy acoustics in this mausoleum: it is both a whispering gallery and also an echo chamber where sounds can be heard repeating 7-10 times.

2 Stars, OK

3 Stars, interesting

4 Stars, worth a detour

5 Stars, worth a journey

(4 Votes, average 4.25)

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architecture, echo, focussing, indoors, reverberance, whispering gallery, whoop

Baptistry, Pisa, Italy

Feb 3rd

Posted by Trevor Cox in Italy

The rich reverberant sound in the Baptistry of Pisa lasts an astonishingly long time, to the delight of all tourists, not just sound-ones.

2 Stars, OK

3 Stars, interesting

4 Stars, worth a detour

5 Stars, worth a journey

(5 Votes, average 4.80)

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architecture, church, echo, indoors, reverberance, singing

Vienna Musikverein, Austria

Jan 27th

Posted by Trevor Cox in Austria

Possibly the best concert hall in the World for classical music: the acoustic of the place embellishes the music from the orchestra, to make the famous golden sound.

2 Stars, OK

3 Stars, interesting

4 Stars, worth a detour

5 Stars, worth a journey

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architecture, indoors, man-made, music, reflection, reverberance

El Castillo, Chichen Itza, Mexico

Jan 26th

Posted by Trevor Cox in Mexico

Echoes off buildings are common, but not ones that distort sound like this ancient pyramid. It creates the chirp of a bird; maybe even the sacred quetzal bird

2 Stars, OK

3 Stars, interesting

4 Stars, worth a detour

5 Stars, worth a journey

(2 Votes, average 5.00)

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architecture, bird, chirp, echo, flutter echo, man-made, outdoors, periodic

Greenwich Foot Tunnel

Jan 13th

Posted by Trevor Cox in England

Startling distortions of footsteps and voices in this incredibly reverberant and atmospheric foot tunnel.

2 Stars, OK

3 Stars, interesting

4 Stars, worth a detour

5 Stars, worth a journey

(1 Votes, average 5.00)

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architecture, echo, footsteps, reverberance, tunnel, voice

Whispering Gallery, Grand Central Station

Jan 13th

Posted by Trevor Cox in New York

A whispering gallery found in a surprising place, Grand Central Terminal in New York, one of the largest railway stations in the World,

2 Stars, OK

3 Stars, interesting

4 Stars, worth a detour

5 Stars, worth a journey

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architecture, concave, focussing, indoors, man-made, railway, speech, whispering gallery

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