Kahle Acoustics provides acoustic consulting services to performing arts venues, such as concert halls, opera houses, theatres, and auditoriums. We dedicate ourselves to new constructions, but are also experts in the fields of renovations, improvements to existing venues, and transformations of existing buildings into concert halls or theatres.
Rather than applying preconceived formulations to projects, Kahle Acoustics actively seeks acoustic solutions that consider their context, architectural design, and artistic merit.
In order to do so, and to prevent an acoustic solution simply being “bolted on” to an existing design, Kahle Acoustics believes that acoustic considerations must be factored in from the very start of a project — in collaboration with the architect and venue planner. If required, we are happy to help establish a brief or program for a venue, whether it already exists or is yet to be designed and built.
Kahle Acoustics, founded in 2001 by Eckhard Kahle, is located in Brussels, Belgium. We work in multiple languages — French, English, Dutch and German — and on three continents — Europe, North America, and Asia.
Kahle Acoustics frequently collaborates with some of the world's most prestigious architects, such as Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, Rafael Viñoly, Terry Pawson and Paul Andreu.
News ///
2010/07/19 Kahle Acoustics' Curve project in Leicester (UK) receives the International Architecture Award 2010, organized by the Chicago Athenaeum and the European Centre for Architecture, Art Design and Urban Studies.
2010/07/06 The team of architect Jean-Marc Rio, Kahle Acoustics and dUCKS Sceno wins the international competition for the Simon Bolivar concert hall project in Caracas (Venezuela).
2010/07/15 Our brand new website is online. Welcome!
Lisbon /// 2010/06/13 Eckhard Kahle is invited to give a Short Course on Room Acoustics as part of the Internoise 2010 congress in Lisbon, Portugal.
Gstaad, Switzerland /// 2010/02/3-5 Eckhard Kahle is technical advisor for the jury of the international architectural competition for LesArtsGstaad, a new concert hall to be built in the Swiss Mountain Town of Gstaad housing the Menuhin Festival. Winner of the competition was Rudy Ricciotti from Bandol, France.
Paris /// 2010/01/29 Eckhard gives a presentation on acoustics at the Paris Conservatory of Music (CNSMDP).
Rotterdam, Netherlands /// 2010/01/19 Thomas presents a lecture on variable acoustics for multipurpose halls at the fair for theatre technology in Rotterdam (vakbeurs theatertechniek).
Marciac, France /// 2009/12/19 The first stone ceremony is organized on the building site of future music venue in Marciac (France). This performance space has been awaited by jazz fans for years and will house the 30 year old JIM: Jazz In Marciac festival.
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Mons, Belgium /// 2009/12/01 Our team with Holoffe-Vermeersch and Laurent Niget architects has been awarded the first prize in the Arsonic Mons competition for a new performance space for contemporary music. Mons is in the short list to become Cultural Capital of Europe in 2015.
2009/11/05 Kahle Acoustics finalize the development of an internal analysis software based on the Boundary Element Method. This software will be used in order to precisely analyze and quantify the diffraction effects and diffusive properties of acoustic reflectors. It is based on previous work by Alexandre Jolibois, who was intern at Kahle Acoustics in 2008.
Brussels /// 2009/09/20 Our Square project in central Brussels together with A.2R.C architects opens.