Modular Pop-Up Bar in Sydney Can Be Flat Packed Away

A secret 1920's style speakeasy <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/06/11/prefab-bar-made-from-tubs-lights-up-the-night/" target="_blank">pop-up bar</a> recently appeared in the Darlinghurst area of Sydney. The Doghouse is a dream bar creation by Melbournites Rob Dumaresq and Hugh Gurney, and interior decorator Adele Winteridge of <a href="http://www.foolscapstudio.com.au/" target="_blank">Foolscap</a>. Inspired by secrecy and concealment, the bar was completed as part of the design competition <a href="http://www.thepremise.com.au/" target="_blank">The Premise</a> and features fold-away tables, vintage ornaments, beer bottle decorations and other <a href="../materials/" target="_blank">eco-friendly materials</a>. Open for only one more weekend, if you're in the area you'd better check this hidden spot out - if you can find it that is...

Designed for the "Premise" dream bar competition, The Doghouse is a secret pop up bar in Darlinghurst in Sydney.

Open through this weekend, visitors to the bar can go in and get a taste of what a 1920's speak-easy bar might have been like.

Decorated with eco materials, vintage decor, and beer bottles the bar is a dream of old-world flair and dark stained wood.

The bar idea was dreamed up by Melbournites Rob Dumaresq and Hugh Gurney with an interior designed by Adele Winteridge of Foolscap.

The dark wood interiors contain fold up and away tables inspired by original speak-easy bars that needed to conceal their true motive.

Environmentally sustainable plywood was used to construct the modular bar space, that will be uninstalled and flat packed at the end of the weekend.

Adele from Foolscap says that the main sustainable materials used in the pop-up bar were three: eco ply/jute rope and hired/recycled vintage furniture and fixtures.

Beer bottles are used as decor along the bar and are hoisted using the jute rope and a pulley system.

The entire experience encourages patrons to engage with the themes of secrecy and concealment.

The Doghouse announced the winner of the design competition on September 13th and then 24 days later opened the doors of the secret pop-up bar.

The location though is no secret, and you can find it this weekend at 287A Liverpool St, Darlinghurst, open Thursday thru Sunday from 6 pm to 12 am.

Adele also said, "As the bar was installed in only five days, the design incorporates set design elements, as well as addressing issues of sustainability and re-usability through a modular design constructed from environmentally sustainable plywood."

After the weekend, the entire bar will be flat packed away and maybe will end up as another pop-up bar in a city near you.