
Reading Room
31 dB at 08:0032 dB at 19:0034 dB at 11:0035 dB at 16:0036 dB at 13:00silent · 12 desks
Each tick is one hour's reading, on the scale above.
No talking, no calls, keyboards only.
23 sections, 21 primitives and 85 tokens, in light and dark. Every part below is the one this site renders.
src/theme.css
One size sits off this ladder: a place’s label on the line, computed from its reading, so a loud room is written large.
src/components/site-header.tsx
On /: no route current
On /offices: the route is current, underlined at 2px
On /visit: no action, because this is where it leads
src/components/hero.tsx
Measured: the month’s readings
A coworking house on Broadway, Tacoma. We measure every room once a month and publish the readings, so you can choose a seat by how loud it is.
Tours are free, and you need no membership.
Measured at 08:00, 11:00, 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00. Every hour is on Rooms, and what each room allows is in the house rules.
| Place | Where | Rule | dB(A) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Room | in the room | silent | 34 |
| Office F | door shut | none | 35 |
| Booths | outside, mid-call | calls | 38 |
| Commons | in the room | low voice | 49 |
| Kitchen | in the room | talk freely | 55 |
| Broadway | at the front door | none | 63 |
Held to the rules: launch day, nothing measured yet
A coworking house on Broadway, Tacoma. We measure every room once a month and publish the readings, so you can choose a seat by how loud it is.
Tours are free, and you need no membership.
Measured at 08:00, 11:00, 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00. Every hour is on Rooms, and what each room allows is in the house rules.
| Place | Where | Rule | dB(A) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Room | in the room | silent | held to 40 |
| Booths | outside, mid-call | calls | held to 42 |
| Commons | in the room | low voice | held to 52 |
src/components/quiet-premium.tsx
A Reading Room desk costs $175 a month more than Flex: the price of 34 decibels instead of 49.
From your 7th day in a month, Flex costs less than day passes. We sell at most 42 Flex memberships for the Commons’ 28 seats.


src/components/office-sample.tsx
Priced by the square foot and read with the door shut. 7 of 8 are leased today.
| Office | Desks | Sq ft | Side | Door shut | A month | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office A | 2 | 150 | street | 39 dB | $810 | Free now |
| Office F | 4 | 220 | courtyard | 35 dB | $1,254 | Free from 20 November |
6-month minimum, 60 days’ notice. Sign today and the earliest you can leave is 3 May 2027. All 8 offices
src/components/tour-end.tsx
Tours Wednesday and Friday at 11:00 and 13:00: two of the hours we measure, so the rooms sound the way the readings say.
Free, and no membership needed. Or ring (253) 555-0186.
src/components/rooms-hours.tsx
Free, and no membership needed
src/components/room-rows.tsx

silent · 12 desks
Each tick is one hour's reading, on the scale above.
No talking, no calls, keyboards only.

low voice · 28 seats
Talk at the volume of the person beside you; take calls in a booth.

calls · 6 booths, 2 for two · measured outside, mid-call
Calls and video, door shut.
Every plan opens them, in 30-minute turns on a day pass or Flex. Compare the plans

talk freely
Talk, eat, take a call standing up.
Every plan opens it, and nobody books it. Compare the plans

Vashon, from the corridor
measured in the corridor, during a meeting
src/components/readings-table.tsx
| Place | Where | 08:00 | 11:00 | 13:00 | 16:00 | 19:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Room | in the room | 31 | 34 | 36 | 35 | 32 |
| Commons | in the room | 44 | 49 | 51 | 48 | 41 |
| Booth 1 | outside, mid-call | 35 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 34 |
| Booth 2 | outside, mid-call | 34 | 37 | 38 | 36 | 33 |
| Booth 3 | outside, mid-call | 36 | 38 | 39 | 37 | 35 |
| Booth 4 | outside, mid-call | 33 | 36 | 37 | 35 | 33 |
| Booth 5 | outside, mid-call | 34 | 34 | 36 | 35 | 32 |
| Booth 6 | outside, mid-call | 35 | 37 | 38 | 36 | 34 |
| Kitchen | in the room | 47 | 55 | 64 | 53 | 46 |
| Ketron | in the corridor | 38 | 40 | 41 | 39 | 36 |
| Maury | in the corridor | 39 | 42 | 43 | 41 | 37 |
| Vashon | in the corridor | 40 | 44 | 45 | 42 | 38 |
| Broadway | at the front door | 61 | 63 | 62 | 66 | 64 |
src/components/plan-ladder.tsx
You pay for a plan’s quietest seat; its bracket runs from there to the loudest room it opens.
Free tours, and you join at the front desk afterwards
30 a bedroom at night; 40 a library; 50 a quiet office; 60 conversation at 1 m; 70 a busy restaurant
From Commons at 49 decibels to Kitchen at 55, at 11:00.
Weekdays, 08:00–18:00; No commitment
From Commons at 49 decibels to Kitchen at 55, at 11:00.
Weekdays, 07:00–21:00; 30 days’ notice
From Reading Room at 34 decibels to Kitchen at 55, at 11:00.
Any hour, every day, by fob; 30 days’ notice
From Reading Room at 34 decibels to Kitchen at 55, at 11:00.
Any hour, every day, by fob; 6-month minimum; 60 days’ notice
src/components/plan-policy.tsx
From your 7th day in a month, Flex costs less than day passes.
We sell at most 42 Flex memberships for the Commons’ 28 seats, so you still find a seat at eleven.

A Reading Room desk costs $175 a month more than Flex: the price of 34 decibels instead of 49.

src/components/office-head.tsx
From $810 a month, priced by the square foot and measured with the door shut.
Free, and no membership needed

src/components/office-list.tsx
| Office | Desks | Sq ft | Side | Door shut, 25 to 70 dB | A month | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office A | 2 | 150 | street | 39 shut · 47 corridor | $810 | Free nowEarliest exit 3 May 2027See Office A |
| Office F | 4 | 220 | courtyard | 35 shut · 44 corridor | $1,254 | Free from 20 NovemberEarliest exit 20 May 2027See Office F |
| Office B | 3 | 180 | street | 40 shut · 47 corridor | $972 | Leased |
| Office C | 4 | 240 | street | 38 shut · 47 corridor | $1,296 | Leased |
| Office D | 6 | 300 | street | 39 shut · 47 corridor | $1,620 | Leased |
| Office E | 2 | 160 | courtyard | 34 shut · 44 corridor | $912 | Leased |
| Office G | 5 | 260 | courtyard | 36 shut · 44 corridor | $1,482 | Leased |
| Office H | 3 | 200 | courtyard | 35 shut · 44 corridor | $1,140 | Leased |
For scale, a library reads 40 and a quiet office reads 50.
src/components/office-terms.tsx
Office F’s tenant, a game studio moving to its own floor, gave notice on 21 September, so it is free from 20 November.
Sign Office A today and you are bound for 6 months, so the earliest you can leave is 3 May 2027. Give 60 days’ notice.
src/components/meeting-rates.tsx
Request: the action goes to the form
Nothing is booked until we answer
Members spend their plan’s hours first: Flex 4, Reading Room desk 8, Office 16 a month.
Booking system: the action goes to Nexudus
Nothing is booked until we answer
Members spend their plan’s hours first: Flex 4, Reading Room desk 8, Office 16 a month.
src/components/room-request.tsx
Request: posts to NEXT_PUBLIC_TOUR_ENDPOINT, which takes both forms
Receipt, no endpoint
Not sent
This form is not connected to the front desk yet, so Vashon on Wednesday 4 November at 09:00 for 2 hours is not held for you. Ring (253) 555-0186 to ask for it.
Receipt, the endpoint answered
Request sent, not booked
The front desk has your request for Vashon on Wednesday 4 November at 09:00 for 2 hours. A person answers it, and nothing is booked until they write to ada@example.com.
Booking system: the form is one link
Opens Nexudus, where Soundings takes its bookings.
src/components/visit-request.tsx
Request: pick an hour and the read-back and the line follow it
Receipt, no endpoint
Not sent
This form is not connected to the front desk yet, so a tour on Wed 4 Nov at 11:00 is not held for you. Ring (253) 555-0186 to ask for it.
Receipt, the endpoint answered
Request sent, not booked
The front desk has your request for a tour on Wed 4 Nov at 11:00. A person answers it, and nothing is booked until they write to ada@example.com.
A person answers, and nothing is booked until they do.
The endpoint refused: every answer stays
The front desk did not get this, and nothing is booked. Your answers are still here: try again, or ring (253) 555-0186.
Booking system: the form is one link
Opens Nexudus, where Soundings takes its bookings.
src/components/visit-lines.tsx
src/components/visit-find-us.tsx

Tacoma, Washington. The front desk is staffed Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 17:30.
Rather not wait for a tour? A day pass is $35 a day, and you can sit in the Commons today.
src/components/rules-line.tsx
Every room has one. We measure every month to hold ourselves to it.
Free, and no membership needed
src/components/rule-list.tsx
No talking, no calls, keyboards only.
Talk at the volume of the person beside you; take calls in a booth.
Calls and video, door shut.
Talk, eat, take a call standing up.
src/components/hours-table.tsx
| Who | Days | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Day passMonday to Friday | Monday to Friday | 08:00–18:00 |
| FlexMonday to Friday | Monday to Friday | 07:00–21:00 |
| Reading Room desk, OfficeEvery day | Every day | Any hour, by fob |
| Front deskMonday to Friday | Monday to Friday | 08:00–17:30 |
| ToursWednesday and Friday | Wednesday and Friday | 11:00 and 13:00 |
src/components/how-we-measure.tsx

An A-weighted 10-minute average (LAeq) with the meter on a tripod at seated ear height, 1.2 m, on the first Tuesday of the month at 08:00, 11:00, 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00. You can check us with a free phone meter app, once it has been checked against a calibrated meter.
Last measured Tue 3 Nov 2026, at 08:00, 11:00, 13:00, 16:00, 19:00
src/components/site-footer.tsx
src/components/ui/sound-line.tsx
One hour, read-only (/)
The hour switch (/rooms, /visit), live
Rules on the line (/house-rules)
Held to the rules, nothing measured
Every room has a sound rule. The Reading Room’s is 40 decibels.
The references, on a phone
30 a bedroom at night; 40 a library; 50 a quiet office; 60 conversation at 1 m; 70 a busy restaurant
src/components/ui/hour-strip.tsx
Five hours of one place, 13:00 selected
08:00 selected, the ends dropped
src/components/ui/hour-switch.tsx
Keyboard
The hour switch runs the sound-line specimen above, on the radio model: one tab stop, arrows move and select, Home and End jump, and focus stays on the radio. Each hour is a real path; the switch rewrites it without adding history.
src/components/ui/
Button
Filled once in a viewport; the header’s is quiet. Disabled while a request is in flight.
Wordmark and mode
Method line, measured and held
Photo: 3:2, 2:3, 1:1



Faces
Gloock for places
Overpass for what a member reads.
Overpass Mono, 34 dB
$810 $1,254 $395
src/components/ui/toggle-group.tsx
Default
One tab stop. Arrow keys move and select, Home and End jump: the radio model.
An hour nobody measured
Unavailable, and skipped by the arrows.
src/components/ui/field.tsx
Rest
As the desk should write it
Invalid
Check the email: it needs an @ and a domain.
Keep it to a few lines; the desk reads every one.
That runs past 17:30, when the front desk closes.
Valid
The desk will write here.
Noted for the desk.
Ends before the desk closes.
Read-only
Every request here goes to this desk.
Set by the house.
Chosen on the row you came from.
Disabled
src/components/ui/form-error-summary.tsx
src/components/ui/accordion-disclosure.tsx
An A-weighted 10-minute average (LAeq) with the meter on a tripod at seated ear height, 1.2 m, on the first Tuesday of the month at 08:00, 11:00, 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00. You can check us with a free phone meter app, once it has been checked against a calibrated meter.
An A-weighted 10-minute average (LAeq) with the meter on a tripod at seated ear height, 1.2 m, on the first Tuesday of the month at 08:00, 11:00, 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00. You can check us with a free phone meter app, once it has been checked against a calibrated meter.
An A-weighted 10-minute average (LAeq) with the meter on a tripod at seated ear height, 1.2 m, on the first Tuesday of the month at 08:00, 11:00, 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00. You can check us with a free phone meter app, once it has been checked against a calibrated meter.
src/components/ui/popover.tsx
Escape closes it, Tab moves through it and closes it on the way out, and a press outside closes it.
src/components/ui/hint.tsx