Plas Menai, National Outdoor Pursuits Centre, Caernafon
A new built centre for water and mountain activities. The layout of the complex provides some shelter from the prevailing wind and weather to the open spaces around the building in this exposed position. It is built with local natural materials, designed to provide a robust ...
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Project details
Title: | Plas Menai, National Outdoor Pursuits Centre, Caernafon |
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Entr. year: | 1984 |
Result: | Diploma |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Town: | Caernafon, Gwynedd (Wales) |
Category type: | architectural heritage |
Notes: | A new built centre |
Building type/ Project type: | Sports, leisure and well-being building/structure |
Actual use: | Sports centre |
Architect / Proj.leader: | Bowen Dann Davies Partnership, Architects (Colwyn Bay - GB) |
The Jury's citation: | "For the sensitive design of the new National Outdoor Pursuits Centre in an area of Landscape Conservation" |
Web, Links: | www.plasmenai.co.uk/ |
Description:
A new built centre for water and mountain activities. The layout of the complex provides some shelter from the prevailing wind and weather to the open spaces around the building in this exposed position. It is built with local natural materials, designed to provide a robust atmosphere appropriate to the activities.
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