Maggie?s Yorkshire Centre Leeds, Yorkshire Cancer Care, Bexley Wing St James?s University Hospital, England
Maggie?s Yorkshire Centre, Leeds
St James?s University Hospital Development, West Yorkshire design by Heatherwick Studio, UK
5 May 2022
Maggie?s Yorkshire Centre is one of four 2022 RIBA Yorkshire Award Winners
2022 RIBA Yorkshire Award Winners

photos © Hufton and Crow
Maggie?s Yorkshire Centre Award
Jury Report
Sitting on very un-presupposing piece of land in the heart of St James Hospital campus in Leeds, next to a multi storey car park and the main ambulance route through the hospital, the latest in a line of Maggie?s cancer support centres has been born.
When approaching the exterior of the building it is immediately apparent that this is no ordinary building, submerged in tree and shrub planting with cascades of foliage running down its glazed facades.
The building addresses the storey change in level across the site by sprouting a series of timber canopies (three in all) like giant toadstools, which add further to the natural wilderness of the planting.
External materials of whitewashed timber, glass and dark bronze coloured glazing and roof edging, all combine to provide a convincing, non-threatening and friendly aesthetic, the antithesis of many of the adjoining hospital buildings themselves.
Upon entering the building via the gently sloping path, you are struck instantly by the sense of calm and the peaceful atmosphere within the generous open spaces whic...