Maggie's Centres: healing architecture?

Maggie's Centre Edinburgh, conversion by Richard Murphy Maggie's Edinburgh, the first Maggie's Centre, opened in 1996. Originally a stable block behind Edinburgh's Western General Hospital, it was converted by Richard Murphy Architects , with an extension added in 2001. 'A placebo is a phoney cure that works,' Jencks explains. 'You can imagine all sorts of ways in which architecture adds to the placebo effect' Photograph: PR Photograph: guardian.co.uk Maggie's Centre Glasgow, conversion by Page \ Park Maggie's Glasgow, which opened in 2002, occupies a Victorian former gatehouse and was converted by David Page of Glasgow-based Page \ Park . 'if the carers are cared for, they turn up, they enjoy it and you create this virtuous circle, this mood in a Maggie’s Centre which is quite amazing,' says Jencks Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian Photograph: Murdo Macleod/guardian.co.uk Maggie's Centre Dundee, by Frank Gehry The first purpose-built Maggie's Centre was designed by Frank Gehry, a friend of Maggie Keswick's. The building, which opened in 2003, was inspired by historic Highland dwellings and the folds of a Dutch hat worn by a girl in a Vermeer painting Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian Photograph: Murdo Macleod/guardian.co.uk Maggie's Centre Highlands, by Page \ Park Maggie's Highlands in Inverness, which opened in 2005, was designed by David Page of Page \ Park, with surrounding landscaping by Jencks himself Photograph: PR Photograph: guardian.co.uk Maggie's Centre Fife, by Zaha Hadid The design of Maggie's Fife, Zaha Hadid's first built work in the UK, proved controversial when it opened in 2006. Critics compared its dark, angular facade to a 'stealth bomber' and 'Darth Vader helmet' Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA Archive/Press Association Ima Photograph: Andrew Milligan/guardian.co.uk Maggie's Centre London, by Richard Rogers The first Maggie's Centre in London was designed by Richard Rogers of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and opened in 2008. It is surrounded by gardens by the landscape designer Dan Pearson Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian Photograph: Graeme Robertson/guardian.co.uk Maggie's Centre Nottingham, design by Piers Gough of CZWG Architects Designs for six new Maggie's Centres around the country have been unveiled, with additional centres to come Images taken from The Architecture of Hope: Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres by Edwin Heathcote and Charles Jencks with Laura Lee and Katy Mahood (Frances Lincoln) Photograph: PR Photograph: guardian.co.uk Maggie's Centre North East, design by Edward Cullinan Architects Edward Cullinan's design for a Maggie's Centre in Newcastle features a sustainable building constructed around a hidden courtyard Photograph: PR Photograph: guardian.co.uk Maggie's Centre Cotswolds, design by Richard MacCormac of MacCormac Jamieson Prichard Construction on Maggie's Cotswolds, designed by Richard MacCormac, began in September 2009. The design converts and extends an existing Grade II listed building Photograph: PR Photograph: guardian.co.uk Maggie's Centre Gartnavel, design by Rem Koolhaas/OMA Maggie's Gartnavel will be the second Maggie's Centre in Glasgow, which has the highest incidence of cancer of any local council area in Scotland. Rem Koolhaas, a former teacher of Zaha Hadid, has designed the centre Photograph: PR Photograph: guardian.co.uk Maggie's Centre South West Wales, design by Kisho Kurokawa Maggie's South West Wales will be built at Singleton Hospital Swansea to a design by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa , who died in 2007 Photograph: PR Photograph: guardian.co.uk Maggie's Centre Oxford, design by Wilkinson Eyre Maggie's Oxford, which will replace an existing temporary centre, has been designed by Chris Wilkinson and Jim Eyre Photograph: PR Photograph: guardian.co.uk