MINNEAPOLIS — Some consider it the quietest room on the planet — and it just happens to be located in Minneapolis — but that's not all the room and its building are known for. "Prince started his ...

In 1977, a 19-year-old African American musician arrived at Sound 80, the world’s first digital recording studio, in the ...

It's so silent inside the quietest room on Earth that you can hear your eyelids shut when you blink. Tucked away in Minneapolis' Seward neighborhood, Orfield Laboratories has made a name for itself in ...

It’s known as the quietest place on Earth, and soon you’ll be able to check it out. Starting next week, Orfield Laboratories in Minneapolis will begin new group tours of its quiet chamber. The company ...

Tucked away in Minneapolis’ Seward neighborhood, Orfield Laboratories has made a name for itself in the business of silence. Ordained by Guinness World Records as the quietest place on Earth, the ...

Enter Orfield Laboratories. Decades ago, this spot — once home to recording studio Sound 80 — was known for helping birth some of the most notable music to emerge from Minneapolis, including Lipps Inc ...

If you are looking for some peace and quiet, Kristen Haubrich has found the perfect spot. It’s called the “Quietest Room in the World” and it’s at the Orfield Laboratories in Minneapolis. For tours ...

Steven J. Orfield's firm, Orfield Laboratories (OL), has spent 50 years in architectural design, research, and testing, dedicated to the premise that what matters in design is the end user, because ...

Steve Orfield stood in Orfield Laboratories' anechoic chamber, it's considered one of the quietest places in the world. Renee Jones Schneider / Minneapolis Star Tribune. In the world's quietest room, ...

Steven J. Orfield's firm, Orfield Laboratories (OL), has spent 50 years in architectural design, research, and testing, dedicated to the premise that what matters in design is the end user, because ...