The Maggie’s Centres Foundation, dedicated to the memory of Maggie Keswick Jenks, carries out a programme of assistance to cancer victims, which includes providing patients with maximum information on their pathology and lowering their level of stress and tension linked to the disease.
The Maggie’s Centres are housed in small pavilions, adjacent to hospitals specialised in treating tumours, and each building is considered one of the key elements for the success of the assistance provided. Pursuing a policy of high quality, the Foundation has for some time now entrusted the design of the pavilions to architects of contemporary architecture.
KJ Tait Engineers is undertaking the design commissions on a charitable basis for the following Centres:
Maggie’s Centre Fife, Kirkcaldy
Zaha Hadid Architects
Completed 2006
Maggie’s Centre Cotswolds, Cheltenham
MacCormack Pritchard Jamieson Architects
Completed 2010
Maggie’s Centre Oxford
Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Due for completion 2011
Maggie’s Centre Gartnavel, Glasgow
Office of Metropolitan Architecture
Due for completion 2011
Maggie’s Centre Nottingham
CZWG Architects
Due for completion 2011
Maggie’s Centre Swansea
Kisho Kurokawa
Due for completion 2011
Maggie’s Centre North East, Newcastle
Edward Culinan Architects
Due for completion 2012
Maggie’s Centre Lanarkshire
Reiach & Hall Architects
Due for completion 2012