Hidden away in Trinity College, we explore 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, was closely involved in the design, which became an offshoot of the practice’s refurbishment of the Dining Hall (Richard Castle, 1741) following its near destruction by fire in 1984.

Meeting Point: Steps of Dining Hall