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Maggie's Centre, Dundee, Scotland

Maggie's Dundee Location: Tayside, eastern Scotland 2003 Architects: Frank Gehry & James F Stephen Architects New garden at the Maggie's Centre in Dundee The landscape designer is Arabella Lennox-Boyd The statue is by Antony Gormley Photographs © Keith Hunter Photography image © Maggie's Centres Photos © Adrian Welch: West Approach; Close-ups around tower Frank Gehry was selected to design Dundee Maggies Centre by friend Charles Jencks and his former wife - Maggie Keswick-Jencks - who died of cancer and set about creating civilised buildings for people learning to cope with cancer. This is the third Maggies Centre in Scotland; more are underway. South facade rotating from south-west The most famous building by Frank Gehry is the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain, described by Time Magazine as "The Building of the Century"; recently he has completed the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA. Frank (1929-) was born in Toronto, Canada and has become a naturalised American citizen. Photos of Dundee Maggies Centre, Dec 2003 © adrian welch Details of South facade (no larger image for 4th picture along) Balcony to south; views from the balcony back to centre Tower shadow; East facade details Views of North (& west) facades rotating from north-east to north-west Departure (or Arrival) Maggies Dundee - Archive Cancer Care Centre 'shawl' begins to emerge early 2003... signature architecture of shiny surfaces on 'vernacular' base Dundee Maggie’s Centre (also known as Maggies Cancer Care Respite Centre) opened 25 Sep 2003 interior: Sorry, no larger images A further 10 Cancer Care centres are in development throughout the UK, see www.maggiescentres.org. Frank Gehry, Architect: Contact: Mary Wells, Centre Head, Maggie's Centre, Tom McDonald Avenue, Dundee. 01382 632999 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Fundraising: Valerie Busher, Regional Fundraising Co-ordinator Maggie's Centre Tom McDonald Avenue Dundee. 01382 496384 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Frank Gehry + early site photos from 2003 Perfectly Frank was screened on STV & Grampian on 29 Sep 2003 Architecture Books Other Scottish Project by Frank Gehry, Architect Edinburgh Guggenheim: Frank Gehry project with Farningham McCreadie Partnership International Symposium - Dundee 26 Sep 2003 'Breathing Space - towards an aesthetic for cancer care' Speakers were: Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Charles Jencks, Richard Murphy, David Page Breathing Space Exhibition lasted from 27 Sep to 19 Oct 2003 Maggies Centres Buildings Maggies Centres Richard Murphy : Edinburgh, Scotland Page & Park : Glasgow, Scotland Frank Gehry : Dundee, Scotland Zaha Hadid : Fife, Scotland Page & Park Architects : Inverness, Scotland Reiach and Hall Architects : Wishaw, Scotland (previously by Ushida Findlay) Hawkins & Brown : Sheffield, England Richard Rogers : London, England Daniel Libeskind : Cambridge, England Kisho Kurokawa : Swansea, Wales CZWG : Nottingham, England Foreign Office Architecture : Newcastle, England Wilkinson Eyre : Oxford, England MacCormac Jamieson Prichard : Cheltenham, England Rem Koolhaas : Gartnavel, Scotland Frank Gehry - Scotland Dundee Maggies Centre Articles: Ruaridh Nicoll 14 Sep 2003 http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1041850,00.html Hugh Pearman http://www.hughpearman.com/articles5/gehry.html Jonathan Glancey 23 Sep 2003 http://www.guardian.co.uk/health/story/0,3605,1047636,00.html Vicky Allan 21 Sep 2003 http://www.sundayherald.com/36807 Karen Kiser 22 Sep 2003 http://www.arcspace.com/architects/gehry/maggies/index.htm Greg Gordon 27 Jul 2003 http://news.scotsman.com/archive.cfm?id=810172003 Frank Owen Gehry gave the Edinburgh University Laureation Address on 6 Dec 2000 RIAS Award for Architecture for Scotland Sep 2004 PR: Project: Maggie's Cancer Caring Respite Centre Address: Tom McDonald Avenue, Ninewell's Hospital, Dundee Architect: Gehry Partners LLP (design architect) with James F Stephen Architects Interior Designers (associate architect) Client: Maggie's Centre Project cost: £1.3m Completed: Sep 2003 The Maggie's Centre (the third to be built in Scotland) is a two-storey tower, comprising lobby, reception, office, library, lounge and private meeting rooms. The tower stands as a beacon to the public, identifying the centre as a place of respite to patients. As his first building in Britain, Frank Gehry encompasses his style of the Bilbao Guggenheim into a smaller scale. The judges remarked on how much detail had been packed into such a small building. Clever design and build quality were much in evidence as was an overall feeling of calm, enjoyment, contemplation and inspiration. Scottish Architecture Stamps Maggies Dundee was selected as one of six British buildings on the Royal Mail’s new collection of stamps celebrating contemporary UK architecture Donate to Maggies Dundee: 01382 496384 Maggies Dundee award : Best Building in Scotland shortlisted in 2004 Ninewells Hospital Expansion Wylie Shanks Architects appointed as lead consultant and architect for the £3m building extension of the Radiotherapy Department at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee Enlarge Map

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