Hidden away in Trinity College, Prof Edward McParland exlpores a replica of a legendary Viennese watering hole. In the common room on Trinity College campus is a bar, inaccessible to the public, designed by deBlacam and Meagher in 1984. Modelled on the American Bar by Adolf Loos from 1907 in Vienna, this icon of classic modernity is reproduced as a mirror copy. Shane deBlacam, known as the godfather of Irish architecture, takes us through the story of how this became an offshoot to their refurbishment of the Dining Hall (Richard Castle 1741) after its near destruction following a fire in 1984.

Meeting Point: Steps of Dining Hall