{"id":10753,"date":"2016-10-19T05:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrnystyleandtravel.com\/?p=10753"},"modified":"2016-10-10T20:23:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T00:23:23","slug":"viennas-loos-bar-pops-up-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrnystyleandtravel.com\/?p=10753","title":{"rendered":"Vienna\u2019s Loos Bar Pops Up in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Few bo\u00eetes are more deserving of the moniker \u201cjewel box\u201c than Vienna<\/a>\u2019s fabled Loos Bar<\/a>. At less than 300 square feet, Adolf Loos\u2019s modernist masterpiece is smaller than many American closets\u2014yet the Viennese architect\u2019s masterful use of mirrors beneath a coffered ceiling creates the illusion of a never-ending expanse of space and light.<\/p>\n

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Interior of Loos Bar \u00a9Robin Roger Peller<\/p><\/div>\n

The erstwhile saloon of a private gentleman\u2019s club, Loos American Bar<\/a> (or just Loos Bar or the American) opened in 1908 after Loos returned from a three-year sojourn in the United States. With only three banquettes sheathed in absinthe green leather complemented by a tessellated floor in green and white marble, Loos Bar is one of Vienna\u2019s most romantic watering holes, beloved for its cozy and dimly-lit interior.<\/p>\n

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Bar Non-Lieu \u00a9breadedEscalope<\/p><\/div>\n

New Yorkers who yearn for an equally clandestine cocktail (without an eight-hour flight on Austrian Airlines<\/a>) can wander into the Austrian Cultural Forum New York<\/a> (ACFNY), where Viennese design firm breadedEscalope<\/a> has created a pop-up homage to Loos Bar.<\/p>\n

As a participant in ACFNY\u2019s ten-year retrospective of Vienna Design Week<\/a>, breadedEscalope offers Bar Non-Lieu<\/a> (2015), which is approximately the size of a steamer trunk from yesteryear, albeit comprised of particle board on its exterior. With the addition of removable wooden legs, Bar Non-Lieu resembles an amalgam of a sideboard and a classical bar cabinet\u2014yet a pair of latched doors enables two people to step inside and take a seat, thereby affording a new perspective on the ostensibly simple object.<\/p>\n

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Interior of Bar Non-Lieu \u00a9breadedEscalope<\/p><\/div>\n

Once inside Bar Non-Lieu<\/a>, a patron has the impression of being seated at an atmospheric bar, complete with decanter and shot glasses, candles and ashtray, and a series of mirrors that expands the sense of space. Though you are seated in a box from the waist up, you feel as if you are inhabiting a private cocktail lounge built for two people to share secrets and spirits. The interior design muffles external noises while the cocktail bar is proportioned perfectly for a conversation between two people. The addition of a stovepipe and ashtray enables smokers (of whatever) to fully indulge without fear of asphyxiation.<\/p>\n

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Bar Non-Lieu \u00a9breadedEscalope<\/p><\/div>\n

In honor of Vienna Design Week<\/a>\u2019s first decade, the exhibition at ACFNY (which runs through 16 January 2017) showcases the work of Austria\u2019s contemporary designers, often working in tandem with celebrated Viennese manufacturers such as J. & L. Lobmeyr<\/a>, Wiener Silber Manufactur<\/a>, and A.E. K\u00f6chert Juweliere<\/a>. Comprised of fir wood framing and mahogany-stained plywood, as well as mirrors and a set of bar stools, Bar Non-Lieu also comes with a set of handmade tumblers and decanter.<\/p>\n

From its inception in 2007, Vienna Design Week<\/a>\u2019s modus operandi<\/em> has been \u201cA City Full of Design,\u201d a slogan that manifests the festival\u2019s desire to view design as a means of activating the urban environment. Accompanied by a 400-page publication<\/a>, the exhibition at ACFNY is a celebration of Austria\u2019s most influential design festival\u2014and, as made manifest in breadedEscalope<\/a>\u2019s Bar Non-Lieu, an homage to Viennese designers such as Adolf Loos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Few bo\u00eetes are more deserving of the moniker \u201cjewel box\u201c than Vienna\u2019s fabled Loos Bar. At less than 300 square feet, Adolf Loos\u2019s modernist masterpiece is smaller than many American closets\u2014yet the Viennese architect\u2019s masterful use of mirrors beneath a … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[135,137],"tags":[2693,2716,2712,2715,2692,2714,2713,2718,2717,1486,2690,1487],"class_list":["post-10753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design","category-style","tag-acfny","tag-adolf-loos","tag-austrian-airlines","tag-austrian-cultural-forum","tag-austrian-cultural-forum-new-york","tag-bar-non-lieu","tag-breadedescalope","tag-loos-american-bar","tag-loos-bar","tag-vienna","tag-vienna-design-week","tag-wien"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.mrnystyleandtravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bar-Non-Lieu-\u00a9David-Plakke.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p31sdB-2Nr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrnystyleandtravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrnystyleandtravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrnystyleandtravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrnystyleandtravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrnystyleandtravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10753"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrnystyleandtravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10760,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrnystyleandtravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10753\/revisions\/10760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrnystyleandtravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrnystyleandtravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrnystyleandtravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrnystyleandtravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}