Acoustic Distinctions

Acoustic Distinctions (AD) is a U.S.-based acoustics and AV system specialty consulting firm that works in built environments. As an integrated design partner working with owners, architects, engineers and contractors, AD provides expertise centered on enabling spaces to enhance the end-user experience. AD’s insights have been gained through more than two decades of collaboration on a diverse portfolio of projects of distinction. From arts, media, corporate, government, worship, education and mixed-use, AD strives for excellence helping bring design in harmony. Acoustic and AV system design entails multidisciplinary collaboration regardless of design and construction methods utilized for any given effort. AD’s focus on the end-user experience combined with the inherent interdependencies of acoustics and AV systems with other building design disciplines make us an ideal partner for achieving holistic design goals. How We Bring Value: Our role in the process entails integrating diverse design perspectives and ensuring our clients and design partners make informed decisions. Ways we do this include: data collection and analysis computer modeling stakeholder engagement advance understanding of design choices and the implications they carry on project outcomes relating to costs and end-user experience testing and inspections draw from insights gained from different project types and adopting them to new contexts to achieve additional value for clients, partners and collective project goals These efforts support goals of looking at all the systems together to make sure they work in harmony. What We Work Towards: We help create spaces which: make people feel good to be in and support the highest artistic achievement in performance advance clients’ operational efficiencies and business models are sustainable and energy efficient are beautiful and advance a distinctive architectural aesthetic are achievable through cost-effective means