The Meeting Room in Queen Anne Square

Newport, RI | 2013

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Designed by Maya Lin, The Meeting Room creates spaces that invite a spirit of gathering and community and provide a place of quiet imagination in the midst of the city. The design centers on the creation of stone foundations and rooms that trace the pre-existing building foundations at this site. The historic Newport gas light fixtures have been custom re-fitted to meet Dark Sky standards with energy efficient LED lamps that mimic the color of gas lamps, at safe light levels.

 

CLIENT
Queen Anne Square Maintenance Trust

TEAM
Maya Lin, artist
Edwina von Gal, landscape designer
Nick Benson, stone carver

Photography: Courtesy of Alexander Nesbitt