Maggie's
The Maggie's cancer caring centres aim to help anyone who has, or has had cancer, as well as their family and friends. They are not intended as a replacement for conventional cancer therapy, but as a caring environment that can provide advice for a healthy body and mind. They are located nearby, but separate from, existing NHS hospitals.
The centres were founded by, and named after, Maggie Keswick Jencks, who, as the wife of architectural theorist Charles Jencks, believed in the ability of buildings to uplift people. Consequently, the buildings are designed by leading architects - the Dundee centre was the first building in the UK by Frank Gehry, a personal friend of Maggie's. Maggie died of cancer in 1995.
List of Centres
Open:
- Edinburgh, at the Western General Hospital, designed by Richard Murphy
- Nominated for 1997 Stirling Prize
- Glasgow, at Beatson Oncology Centre, designed by Page and Park
- Dundee, at Ninewalls Hospital, designed by Frank Gehry
- Nominated for 2004 RIAS Award for Architecture
Worked On:
- Kirkcaldy, Fife, at the Victoria Hospital, designed by Zaha Hadid
- Inverness, Highlands, at Raigmore Hospital, designed by Page and Park
- London, at Charing Cross Hospital, designed by Richard Rogers
- Cambridge, at Addenbrookes Hospital, desinged by Daniel Libeskind
- Sheffield. at Royal Hallamshire and Weston Park Hospitals, designed by David Bickle
Planned:
- Nottingham, at Nottingham Hospital, to be designed by Piers Gough
- Cheltenham, at Cheltenham Hospital, to be designed by Sir Richard MacCormac
- Wishaw, Lanarkshire, at the Wishaw General Hospital
- Swansea