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I have a rainbow lory myself, so I can understand that that lory's are a little louder than you would think they would be considering that they are a smaller species of parrot.
As far as soundproofing a room, the easiest way would be to have items in the room that could absorb the sound. For me, my bird room is tiled so sound bounces around more than when I had my birds housed on carpet. My suggestion would be adding a rug, maybe some plants (fake or harmless to the bird), and even curtains and pictures will help a little. They make boards that can be hung up that are specifically for muffling sounds (like what is in a sound studio) but I have no idea how much that would cost.
As for the statement that you made "What are some recommended techniques for getting the bird to behave and be quiet when absolutely necessary" to be honest there are no ways to make a bird behave and be quiet when necessary. A bird is not like a dog or cat, so you can throw the notion out the window of being able to get it to be quiet in the sense that you can make a dog sit when needed. As long as the lory has toys to keep its attention and gets adequate time outside of its cage, then the noise should be minimal. That being said, minimal noise coming from a bird is sometimes more than what some people can handle.
My problem with the question that you posed is that you seem like you want the bird to be quite when you deem it necessary. When is it absolutely necessary? When you are watching TV? When the landlord comes to visit? After keeping birds for so long, I have a theory that the more that you want a bird to be quiet the more it is going to try to get your attention by vocalizations. For example, if I am watching TV I of course want to be able to hear it. However, my bird may scream at this point because my attention is focused on the TV and not on her.
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