The Quiet Room is adjacent to the Security Council Chamber and is an area where Council members can discuss issues in a private and peaceful atmosphere. Two artists contributed to the 2013 design of this room - Meuser Architekten submitted for the room design and Reuber Henning designed the textural wall rug. The room was planned in the 1950s under the guidance of Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer and over time has been modernized. Meuser Architekten’s room solution preserves the abstract form of the original design and features furniture manufactured by Walter Knoll in Herrenberg, Germany. The Reuber Henning wall tapestry is titled “Sprung in die Wolken” and depicts the German forests and natural landscape which emanates stability, soft warmth, and gentle tranquility. 

The Quiet Room was renovated during the UN’s Capital Master Plan (2009 – 2012) and Germany chose to refurbish it. This new design was sponsored by Germany’s Federal Foreign Office and the inauguration of the room marked the 40th Anniversary of Germany’s accession to the United Nations. Both the Secretary-General Ban-Ki-Moon and the Ambassador of Germany to UN were present for the ceremony as well as representatives from the Permanent Mission of Germany. At the ceremony the Secretary-General said, “The result … is an airy, friendly and inviting lounge with a tapestry showing and unmistakably German forest.” He also mentioned, “it is indeed a quiet room where delegates can catch their breath, collect their thoughts, and quietly exchange ideas.”