Maggies Dundee , Scotland

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.

Architects: Frank Gehry & James F Stephen Architects

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.

Gehry - US Office
Frank 0. Gehry & Associates Inc (Gehry Partners LLP)
1520-B Cloverfield Boulevard Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA
tel 310 828 6088 fax 310 828 2098

Frank Gehry & Associates have reserved (not used) www.foga.com

Photos of Dundee Maggies Centre, Dec 2003 © adrian welch:

West Approach; Close-ups around tower


South facade rotating from south-west


Details of South facade


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
mary.maggies.centre@ed.ac.uk

Fundraising:
Valerie Busher, Regional Fundraising Co-ordinator Maggie's Centre Tom McDonald Avenue Dundee.
01382 496384
valerie.maggies.centre@ed.ac.uk

Frank Gehry + early site photos from 2003



Perfectly Frank was screened on STV & Grampian on 29 Sep.

Architecture Books

Other Scottish Project by Frank Gehry, Architect:
Edinburgh Guggenheim: Frank Gehry 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

Built
Richard Murphy, Phase I, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, 1994
Richard Murphy, Phase II, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, 1997-2001
Page & Park, Western Infirmary, Glasgow
Frank Gehry, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

On Site / Proposed
Zaha Hadid, Kircaldy, Fife: on site Dec 2003
Page & Park, Inverness: on site Aug 2003
Reiach and Hall Architects, Wishaw: proposed start 2004

Hawkins & Brown, Sheffield: proposed start 2004
Richard Rogers, London: proposed start 2004
Daniel Libeskind, Cambridge: proposed start 2004
Kisho Kurokawa, Swansea: proposed start 2007

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





Maggies Centres - www.maggies.ed.ac.uk

Donate to Maggies Dundee: 01382 496384

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



Scottish Architecture: best Scottish Buildings of the last three decades

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Contemporary Architects

Frank Gehry Architects - Gehry Partners LLP, Santa Monica, USA
tel 310 828 6088

Maggies Dundee: Best Building in Scotland shortlisted in 2004