= Visual simplicity had an unintended aural consequence. Not only did modernism ignore aural architecture, but it in fact inhibited it; visual simplicity had an unintended aural consequence. Emily Thompson accounts how modern architecture’s tendency to strip ornament resulted in a condition she calls “acoustic glare.� Beyond the new, clean and functional visual aesthetic, the elimination of architectural ornamentation also eradicated any inherent architectural means to diffuse sound.
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