Reduce distracting noise, improve speech comfort, and create a workspace where people can focus.
Is Your Office Always a Little Too Noisy?
The office may look great. But sound can travel further than you expect.
People talking everywhere
Conversations carry across the workspace.
Phone calls become distractions
One person’s call becomes everyone else’s noise.
Meeting room noise spills out
Sound escapes from meeting areas into the workspace.
You struggle to focus
Even normal conversations can become distracting.
The office gets louder as it gets busier
More people talking means more sound building up in the room.
If several of these sound familiar, your office may need better acoustic control.
Why Does an Office Get Noisy So Easily?
The problem isn’t necessarily that people are too loud.
The room may simply be allowing too much sound to build up.
A Better Office Should Make It Easier to Focus.
Good office acoustics doesn’t mean making the office silent.
Focused
Less distracting background noise.
Comfortable
Conversations don’t feel unnecessarily loud.
Connected
People can still communicate without shouting.
Flexible
Different areas can support different activities.
How to Improve Your Office
You don’t need to make the entire office quiet.
Start by controlling where sound travels and where it builds up.
Reduce Sound Build-Up
Use acoustic treatment to reduce excessive reflections from the ceiling, walls and other hard surfaces.
Create Acoustic Zones
Give Different Activities Their Own Space
Control Where Conversations Travel
Keep Sound From Spreading Too Far
Simple ways to improve your open office
Choose a starting point based on your situation.
Acoustic Panels
Reduce echo and sound build-up in shared office spaces.
Works well for:
checkOpen offices
checkWork areas
checkMeeting areas
checkLarge hard surfaces
Acoustic Screens
Create acoustic separation between people, desks and activities.
Works well for:
checkOpen-plan offices
checkShared workspaces
checkTeam areas
checkFocus zones
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Acoustic Advice
Not sure what your office needs?
Tell us about your office and we’ll help you figure out what makes sense.
checkUnusual office layouts
checkNoise / privacy concerns
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, when excessive reflections and sound build-up are part of the problem.
Better acoustic control can make conversations feel less dominant, reduce distracting background noise, and make the office more comfortable to work in.
The goal isn’t to make the office silent. It’s to make everyday sounds less distracting.
Not necessarily.
You can often start with the areas where people experience the most distraction or where sound builds up the most.
Treating these key areas first can be a practical way to improve the space without taking on a full office-wide project.
Yes. Acoustic treatment doesn’t have to change the look or character of your office.
Solutions can be integrated into walls, ceilings, work areas, or used as freestanding elements. The right approach depends on your existing layout, finishes, and how the space is used.
Good acoustics should work with your space, not fight against it.
No. Different areas can have very different acoustic needs.
A quiet workstation, meeting area, phone zone, and collaboration space may each need a different approach.
The best results usually come from matching the solution to how each area is being used and where the sound problem actually occurs.
You don’t necessarily need people to speak more quietly. You need to control how far their voices travel.
Acoustic treatment can reduce reflections and sound build-up, while screens or partitions can help create separation between people and activities.
The goal is simple: let people communicate without their conversations becoming everyone else’s distraction.