Maggie's Centres

Charles Jencks, Trustee and Co-founder with Maggie Keswick in 1995 of a series of Cancer Caring Centres. Maggie's Centres, are a charity that have become influential for their enlightened provision of uplifting environments for cancer care, designed by some of the worlds most renowned architects. Maggie Keswick Jencks (1941-1995) developed the idea of a Cancer Caring Centre, along with her friends, Laura Lee, the CEO of Maggie's, Marcia Blakenham, and Charles. A short history of this is recounted in 2010 and her booklet 1997(ed. Marcia Blakenham). Charles Jencks' book 'The Architecture of Hope' gives an in-depth description into the explanation and ethos of Maggie's Centres.

Maggie's Centres can be found in the following locations:

Edinburgh 1996, Architect Richard Murphy; Landscape Architect Emma Keswick

Glasgow (Gatehouse) 2002, Architect David Page

Dundee 2003, Architect Frank Gehry; Landscape Architect Arabella Lennox-Boyd

Highlands 2005, Architect David Page

Fife 2006, Architect Zaha Hadid

West London 2008, Architect Lord Richard Rogers; Landscape Architect Dan Pearson

Cheltenham 2010, Sir Richard MacCormac; Landscape Architect Dr Christine Facer Hoffman Cardiff, South East Wales, Architect Dow Jones

Glasgow (Gartnavel) 2011, Architect Rem Koolhaas; Landscape Architect Lily Jencks Southhampton

Nottingham 2011, Architect Piers Gough CBE Yorkshire

Swansea 2011, Architect Kisho Kurokawa; Landscape Architect Kim Wilkie Barcelona

Hong Kong 2013 Architect Frank Gehry; Landscape Architect Lily Jencks Oldham