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Orfield Laboratories, Inc. is the world's only independent, multi-sensory, design research and consulting firm, specializing in human perception.
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"The Quietest Place on Earth" (Guinness 2005, 2012, 2021) Orfield Laboratories is a small firm and the nation's only multi-disciplinary architectural consulting lab, with over 36 years experience in providing research, design and testing in acoustics, A-V, daylighting, lighting, building performance, thermal comfort, indoor air quality, and occupancy research. We also offer building performance st

andards for all commercial building types, so that comfortable buildings can be specified with exact numerical standards. We have provided architectural consulting across the U.S., and provide the clear advantage of multi-disciplinary consulting, which includes an understanding of all aspects of building performance. We have finished application of our performance standard for both the County of Olmsted and the City of Richfield in Minnesota. Orfield Laboratories is also know for the Quietest Place in the World. We receive many tour requests due to our 2 Guinness World Records

The Quietest Place On Earth - 2005
World’s First Digital Recording Studio - 2006

07/17/2024

Newsletter: Designing Therapeutic Gardens for a Senior Population

Steven J. Orfield, Martha Tyson

06/28/2024

Orfield Laboratories Inc.'s Newsletter: Those interested in staying up to date on our current work in Human Perceptual Comfort as related to Architecture, Design, and Product Development, as well as Upcoming Events, please consider subscribing to our newsletter!

Subscribe to Orfield Labs newsletter to receive updates on design, research and upcoming events.

06/28/2024

We were pleased to welcome Jonathan Halperin (pictured) to discuss "A New Agenda for Sustainability, Human Sustainability" (Steven J. Orfield, Contract Magazine).

We are also grateful for the connections that Jonathan facilitated with his colleagues that were attending Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF)'s conference, Building an Intersectional Philanthropic Approach: Climate Change, Agriculture, and Healthy Rural Communities. These new friends include Former Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, Sophia Murphy, PhD, Mark Muller, and Haley Burns. We look forward to the unraveling of ideas and to understanding the potential intersection of our efforts...

06/05/2024

Thank you to Jessica (Jenkins) Dalton of ThinkLab for your brightness and Sandler’s for engaging Steven J. Orfield in a compelling interview. Thank you also to our friend AJ Paron for bringing us together...

Join this episode of The Learning Objective by Baresque to explore noise awareness in all sensory domains and discover inclusive design solutions for everyday comfort.

05/30/2024

It was a pleasure to have FISTA Innovation Park’s leader Krista Kelli Lynn Ratliff to our lab. Thank you for joining us!

05/29/2024

Newsletter: Wellbeing in the Workplace

In honor of Wellbeing Awareness Month, we have put out a new newsletter that discusses the issue of wellbeing in the workplace environment.

by Steven J. Orfield

04/03/2024

We are pleased to be offering group sessions through Minneapolis Community Education!

To view all of the events, including Sound 80 Studios Tour, Multi-Sensory Tour, and Group Sessions in “The Quietest Place on Earth” click below.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uBEFH2o5TdduMOODUBgcZUx5rIjgmN8x-At8AJrCikU/edit?usp=sharing

Experience a silent, dark group session in the Orfield Anechoic Chamber, otherwise known as “The Quietest Place on Earth” (Guinness 2005, 2012, 2021). Defined as a room that is 100% sound-absorbent, Orfield’s chamber has been recognized internationally for its level of silence, measuring at an...

03/21/2024

Writer Casey Darnell of the Star Tribune joined us last week for our first session of Group Perceptual Silence. Read his account below…

Minneapolis' Orfield Labs is offering group tours of the quietest room in the world. Could you sit in silence for an hour with the lights off?

03/20/2024

Last week, we concluded our first two sold-out sessions of Group Perceptual Silence. During each session, 5 people sat together in our anechoic chamber for one hour, silent, in the dark.

For more information about these sessions or to book online, visit

Step into the expansive breadth of Orfield Laboratories Inc., the world's only independent, multi-sensory design research and consulting lab. This 1.5 hour tour of the facility is designed to immerse visitors into the lab's specialty in the sciences of human perception as related to design, the hi...

03/20/2024

A recent piece by Fox 9 on our upcoming sessions of Group Perceptual Silence. To view upcoming experiences, visit https://www.orfieldlabs.com/tours

https://www.fox9.com/video/1425562

A private testing facility that studies noise and silence is opening their Anechoic Chamber for tours. That chamber is recognized by Guinness as being the quietest place on Earth. The chamber is used by companies to test product volume and sound quality. The tour includes a 60-minute session in the....

03/08/2024

Many thanks to Joe Mazan of Channel 5 KSTP for covering our upcoming sessions of Group Perceptual Silence! For the first time in three decades, we are opening up our anechoic chamber for silent group experiences, beginning on March 15th.

To book a seat, please visit our website at https://www.orfieldlabs.com/tours

It's known as the quietest place on Earth and soon you'll be able to check it out.

02/08/2024

A nice piece that aired on WCCO this evening.

The inconspicuous little building on East 25th Street was once a famous studio called Sound 80.

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2709 E 25th Street
Minneapolis, MN
55406

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Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

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http://www.orfieldlabs.com/

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Orfield Laboratories is a small firm and the nation's only multi-disciplinary architectural consulting lab, with over 40 years experience in providing research, design and testing in acoustics, A-V, daylighting, lighting, building performance, thermal comfort, indoor air quality, and occupancy research. We also offer building performance standards for all commercial building types, so that comfortable buildings can be specified with exact numerical standards. We have provided architectural consulting across the U.S., and provide the clear advantage of multi-disciplinary consulting, which includes an understanding of all aspects of building performance. We have finished application of our performance standard for both the County of Olmsted and the City of Richfield in Minnesota. Orfield Laboratories is also know for the Quietest Place in the World. We receive many tour requests due to our 2 Guinness World Records The Quietest Place On Earth - 2005 World’s First Digital Recording Studio - 2006