How to Meet New Zealand’s Classroom DQLS Acoustic Standards
Enhance classroom acoustics with dbsorb’s modular, removable wall panels. Perfect for new builds, modular classrooms, and renovations, these DQLS-compliant solutions reduce reverberation, improve speech clarity, and integrate seamlessly into learning environments.
Why Every Classroom Needs Acoustic Panels for Learning
Flexible wall, ceiling, and baffle solutions reduce reverberation, improve speech clarity, and integrate seamlessly into school interiors, all while supporting DQLS standards and modular classroom designs.
Creating Acoustic Comfort with a Natural Touch in a Retirement Village
At Orewa Sands Senior Living, dbsorb created a timber-look acoustic ceiling that blends natural warmth with high-performance sound control. Designed for clarity, comfort, and sustainability, this feature demonstrates how retirement communities can integrate acoustics seamlessly, offering architects a compelling alternative to traditional timber or aluminium battens.
Sculptural Acoustics for an Atrium Feature Wall in a Shared Office
In Auckland’s newest shared workplace, the atrium needed more than just a visual statement. dbsorb and Jasmax created a dynamic feature wall of dbFin acoustic baffles that shifts with every viewpoint. Designed with zero waste and recycled content, the installation proves that acoustic solutions can be both sustainable and sculptural - a precedent for architects rethinking the role of acoustics in design.