glass hill: L bar at andaz hotel

left: L bar nearing completion right: joe nunn of glass hill working on the structure all images courtesy of gallery libby sellers

gallery libby sellers presents ‘L bar’, a pop-up bar located at the andaz hotel‘s entrance, on liverpool street during london design week 2010.

faced with the challenge of commissioning a design for the bar within a short time frame and overseeing its physical manifestation within a couple of weeks, gallery libby sellers appointed london-based practice glass hill  (markus bergström and joe nunn) to complete the job.

a large flat bed truck delivered the bar in sections. then the roof was craned onto the legs before encasing the structure in red cedar shingle panels. over the course of two days, glass hill constructed the bar.

for the design duo, the brief was a fast paced one, which allowed them to bring their poetic design solutions to a wider audience. during five days of the festival, the wooden, vaulted ‘L bar’ will provide drinks for both the local commuter and design community from september 21st – 25th, at 5-8pm daily.

L bar arriving on flat-bed trucks

L bar under construction outside the andaz hotel, london

joe nunn (left) and markus bergstrom (right) working on the L bar

hard at work

glass hill’s markus bergstrom and joe nunn standing a top the flat-bed truck

exterior view of the bar which consists of red cedar shingles

simulation of the L bar

technical drawing

cross section

technical drawings and measurements