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One way to build green is to build lightly on the land -but that strategy runs counter to some of the critical, and hidden, acoustical needs of the Kohl Building. "It's as dense with materials as you can get," project designer Jonathan C. Kurtz says. As many as eight (that's right-eight) layers of gypsum board are used in a single wall assembly, and one composite concrete masonry unit and drywall partition type tops out at 21~(1/2) inches wide.rnThe wall assemblies vary from floor to floor with the acoustic needs of the space. Separating the third floor offices (which double as teaching spaces) are two sets of metal studs floated on isolation pads, sheathed in different quantities of gypsum board on either side.