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Loos’ American Bar, Kärntner Bar (1908) *

Artist/Designer: Adolf Loos

Project Location: Vienna, Austria

Figure 1: Adolf Loos the Art of Architecture. London: I.B. Tauris, 2013. 70. Print. Masheck, Joseph
Figure 2: Jay Merrick. "The Loos canon: Adolf Loos at the RIBA." The Architect's Journal. Last modified February 3, 2011. ( Source | Accessed : April 12, 2016 )
Figure 3: Adolf Loos, Cargocollective. "Kärntner Bar." ( Source | Accessed : April 12, 2016 )
Figure 4: Fredric Morton. "Vienna's Evening Star." Vanity Fair. Last modified February 2013. ( Source | Accessed : April 12, 2016 )
Figure 5: Glynn, Simon. "Kärntner Bar (American Bar)." Photograph. 2007. Galinsky.com ( Source | Accessed : April 12, 2016 )
Figure 6: Glynn, Simon. "Kärntner Bar (American Bar)." Photograph. 2007. Galinsky.com ( Source | Accessed : April 12, 2016 )
Figure 7: Glynn, Simon. "Kärntner Bar (American Bar)." Photograph. 2007. Galinsky.com ( Source | Accessed : April 12, 2016 )

Style/Period(s):
Modern

Primary Material(s):
Stone, Textile, Wood, Paint, Light

Function(s):
Hospitality, Restaurant, Coffee Shop

Related Website(s):

Significant Date(s):
20th Century, 1907, 1908

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:

Ashby, Charlotte., Gronberg, Tag, and Shaw-Miller, Simon. The Viennese Café and Fin-de-siècle Culture. 1st ed. Austrian and Habsburg Studies ; v. 16. New York: Berghahn Books, 2013.
August Sarnitz, Adolf Loos, 1870-1933 : Architect, Cultural Critic, Dandy, (Cologne: Taschen), 2003.
Beatriz Colomina, "Sex, Lies and Decoration: Adolf Loos and Gustav Klimt," Thresholds 37, (2010): 70-81.
Joseph Masheck, Adolf Loos: The Art of Architecture, (New York: I.B. Tauris), 2013.
Loos, Adolf, Opel, Adolf, and Opel, Daniel. On Architecture. Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought. Riverside, Calif.: Ariadne Press, 2002.
Todd Eberle, "Vienna’s Evening Star," Vanity Fair, February 2013, https://www.vanityfair.com/style/food/2013/02/vienna-american-bar-third-man-nyc.

Building Address: Kärntner Durchgang 10, 1010 Wien, Austria

Significant Dates: Construction Dates (1907-1908)

Supporting Staff/ Designers: NA.

Tags: Bar Interiors, Modern Bars, Talking Architecture, Mahogany, Onyx

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