Located across Britain and abroad, Maggie?s Centres are conceived to provide a welcoming ?home away from home? ? a place of refuge where people affected by cancer can find emotional and practical support. Inspired by the blueprint for a new type of care set out by Maggie Keswick Jencks, they place great value upon the power of architecture to lift the spirits and help in the process of therapy.  The design of the Manchester centre aims to establish a domestic atmosphere in a garden setting and, appropriately, is first glimpsed at the end of a tree-lined street, a short walk from The Christie Hospital and its leading oncology unit.

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Architects: Foster + Partners

Location: Christie Hospital Nhs Trust, Wilmslow Rd, Manchester, Manchester M20 4BX, UK
Area: 1922.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Nigel Young / Foster + Partners

Client: The Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Centres Trust

Structural Engineer: Foster + Partners

Quantity Surveyor: Gardiner & Theobald

M+E Engineer: Foster + Partners

Landscape Architect: Dan Pearson Studio

From the architect. Located across Britain and abroad, Maggie?s Centres are conceived to provide a welcoming ?home away from home? ? a place of refuge where people affected by cancer can find emotional and practical support. Inspired by the blueprint for a new type...