This spring, a 460-foot crystalline tower in Portland, Oregon’s Pearl Arts District marked the first 5-star hotel in the city. The building, imagined by GBD Architects, is home to new Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences in Portland, whose interiors were entrusted to ROAM Interior Design. Known previously as HKS Hospitality, ROAM outfitted the 251-room hotel, featuring 207 guest rooms and 44 suites, with a luxurious ode to Oregon’s forest. The hotel’s bar and lounge, Meadowrue, takes this design cue in an even more mystical direction.
Meadowrue begins with a grand staircase, whose irregular steps take after mossy basalt falls of the nearby Mt. Hood. Steps lead to a swanky, nature-inspired bar. Set beneath a canopy of vertical crystals, lighting, and greenery, the bar features a reclaimed Oregon tree trunk with a live-edge table and shimmering green panels. The various vertical elements, which disappear into the glowing cove above, is meant to evoke traversing through the forests among its large trees.
Read more about the bar on aninteriormag.com.