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Book TitleIrish architecture : the RIAI annual review 2017 / 2018
Chapter TitleProjects : a sense of place : Marconi Station at Derrygimlagh
Chapter AuthorConroy, Eddie
Book EditorO'Connell, Sandra
PublisherThe Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
ISBN9780956749383
Date2019
Volume8
Page(s)pp74-83
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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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