I appreciate a nicely designed room as much as the next person, but I also am a believer in an acoustically sound room designed room as well. The way things sound throughout a house is a new focus on the modern home. We have drifted towards the use of open floor plans and getting rid of the carpet, and in the process created large echo-chambers that aren’t ideal for sound.
While in the UK in June I visited the National Portrait Gallery. It featured various famous pieces done of people like George Washington, Queen Elizabeth, Ian McKellen, Martin Luther, Mary Queen of the Scots, etc… There was a nice addition of photography to the museum though, which was a surprising and refreshing thing to see.
