Access Building to Aillwee Cave
Access building to pre-historic cave: regulates entry and exit, displays informative and educational material and provides a shop and a small restaurant. The main object of the design was to provide a building which in distant views would be hardly distinguished from the ...
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Project details
Title: | Access Building to Aillwee Cave |
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Entr. year: | 1980 |
Result: | Diploma |
Country: | Ireland |
Town: | Ballycahill, Ballyvaughan, County Clare |
Category type: | cultural landscape |
Notes: | -New building in a conservation area |
Building type/ Project type: | Cultural/Natural landscape |
Actual use: | Access building, visitor center |
Built: | 20th century |
Architect / Proj.leader: | A. & D. Wejchert, Architects (Dublin - IE) |
The Jury's citation: | "For the well-conceived design of an entrance building to Aillwee Cave" |
Web, Links: | www.aillweecave.ie/ |
Description:
Access building to pre-historic cave: regulates entry and exit, displays informative and educational material and provides a shop and a small restaurant. The main object of the design was to provide a building which in distant views would be hardly distinguished from the landscape - exept from the doorway nothing at all can be seen from outside.
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