April 2, 2025 Transforming Spaces with StarSilent – Glendale Central Library Youth Spaces In November 2024, the City of Glendale’s Central Library celebrated the grand opening of its newly renovated Youth Spaces—thoughtfully designed by Johnson Favaro to inspire creativity, learning, and exploration. A central feature of the renovation is a stunning installation of StarSilent seamless, sound-absorbing plaster, which transforms the

February 26, 2025 Enhance Acoustics and Aesthetics with Vogl Perforated Drywall Improve sound quality and aesthetics with Vogl, a cost-effective, perforated gypsum board system designed for superior noise absorption and a monolithic look. Perfect for ceilings and walls, Vogl panels are ½” thick and available in various perforation patterns to match your design needs. Vogl panels include an acoustically absorptive

January 6, 2025 San Mateo County Office Building 3 with spring ceiling and metal acoustical wall panels San Mateo County’s new headquarters, designed by SOM, is a pioneering civic building that marries Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) construction with Net-Zero energy performance.  The lightweight construction of mass timber posed acoustic challenges in the public hearing room, where sound quality was essential for

November 26, 2024 Jacobs Music Center – Acoustical Finishes & Sound Isolation After four years of renovations, the new Jacobs Music Center showed off it’s transformation with an opening concert September 28, 2024. HGA‘s redesign transformed the historic Fox Theater to a state-of-the-art concert hall, which serves as the home of the San Diego Symphony. The 1,800 seat venue’s key

August 6, 2024 Introducing ExpandaMull Partition Gap Filler ExpandaMull is designed to fill the gap between an interior partition and the exterior envelope with a flexible design that allows for differential movement in the building facade. Concealed, expandable foam blocks, made from upcycled material, act as springs for controlled expansion and contraction. The ExpandaMull Partition Gap Filler is easy to

July 22, 2024 Microperforated Wood Acoustical Ceiling at Winery Tasting Room The Caymus-Suisun Winery Tasting Room opened in 2022 in Fairfield, CA by the Wagner family, 50 years after founding Caymus Vineyard. The 5,500-square-foot glass tasting room pavilion utilized Perfecto Microperforated acoustical wood planks by  RPG Acoustical Systems, which were finished in White Oak to seamlessly transition from the interior