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| Book Title | Irish architecture : the RIAI annual review 2017 / 2018 |
| Chapter Title | Projects : a sense of place : Marconi Station at Derrygimlagh |
| Chapter Author | Conroy, Eddie |
| Book Editor | O'Connell, Sandra |
| Publisher | The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland |
| ISBN | 9780956749383 |
| Date | 2019 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Page(s) | pp74-83 |
| Content | text |
| Note(s) | For this Wild Atlantic Way, Signature Discovery Point, Denis Byrne Architects created a 5km looped walk, visitor experience at the Marconi Station, (1907-1922), and landing site of Alcock & Brown's historic first non-stop transatlantic flight (1919). A series of Corten steel shelters or ‘hides’ have been installed, forming compact shelters containing interpretative content. |
| Subject(s) | rural areas ; telecommunications ; history ; landscape ; heritage tourism ; boardwalks ; industrial architecture ; bogs ; interpretive centres |
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| UCD Location | Search UCD Library Catalogue |