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A Unique Acoustic Ceiling

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In a small New York restaurant called Tides, LTL Architects explored different configurations of bamboo. The ceiling is formed by over 110,000 bamboo skewers embedded into a bach-lit acoustical ceiling. The skewers are composed to produce a topographical effect, evoking sea grass.

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new idea will click as it adds aesthetics

gowrisankar, December 11, 2008 at 8:26 pm

It is ‘A Unique’, not ‘An Unique’. The rule is to use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’ when the following word begins with a vowel *SOUND*, not simply a vowel. The word ‘unique’ begins with a ‘Y’ sound, technically, not a vowel sound.

Adamant, July 20, 2009 at 8:18 pm

Thanks! English is not my first language so I didn’t know.

Sylvia, July 21, 2009 at 7:46 pm