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Mechanical musical instrument stands on Belfast quayside

February 15, 2022 Alice Laycock 0
SoundYard, photo by Joe Laverty

Architects Eunan Deeney, Matthew Kernan and Hannah Wilson have created the five-metre-tall SoundYard musical pavilion on Queen’s Quay in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The ten-metre-wide circular canopy with central oculus is supported on 16 slim columns, from which hang two concentric sets of suspended rods. Walking, running or playing below the structure triggers motion sensors that cause

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Piercarclo Quecchia reveals England’s acoustic defences of the 1920s in Sound Mirrors photos

October 13, 2018 Katie de Klee 0

Concrete sound mirrors, used in the UK to intercept coastal attacks in the aftermath of the first world war, are captured in this photography series by Piercarclo Quecchia. Sound mirrors are disc-shaped passive structures that are used to reflect and concentrate acoustic waves. They were used during the 1920s to intercept planes headed for the coast. Most

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