Practice and cogitation on acoustics design of professional concert hall

Development overview on design and construction of professional concert hall since the 1990s in China is summarized in this paper. Acoustics design cases of professional concert hall completed by Zhang Kuisheng acoustical design and research studio over the past decade are described. Then four designs among those professional concert halls including the architectural characteristics and acoustical parameters are introduced. Those are Hunan musical hall, concert hall in China conservatory, Beijing, philharmonic hall in Xiamen international conference center and Yangzhou musical hall. Finally, the preferred reverberation time, plane shape, volume per seat, acoustical material and diffuser design in concert hall are discussed in detail. Those successful experience and considered suggest are put forwards for sharing.