acoustical tile

Gone are the sound-absorbing dropped ceilings and acoustical tile, cubicle dividers, wall-to-wall carpets, and upholstered chairs.

Acoustical tile and cushioned flooring is expected to minimize the noise.

When we first moved in, it had drop acoustical tile ceilings with fluorescent lights and carpeting and wallpaper, and we ripped it all out.

Rather than a lightweight, sound-absorbing acoustical tile, Jobs even wanted the ceilings to be polished concrete.

The four floors had been chopped into tiny rooms, and the original plaster ceiling on the garden level, studded with mouse droppings, had fallen to the floor, taking with it a dropped ceiling made of acoustical tile.