Reg.Nr. IRL/46-1980

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
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.