maggie's center, london by rogers stirk harbour + partners
photo richard bryant
image courtesy rogers stirk harbour + partners

british firm rogers stirk harbour + partners have been awarded the 2009 RIBA
stirling prize for their design of maggie's centre, a cancer care facility in hammersmith, london.

dedicated to late landscape architect maggie jencks (wife of author and artist charles jencks),
the building has been designed on a domestic scale. the centre's heart is the double-height
kitchen, from which the three sitting rooms, library, courtyard gardens and a number of
other spaces for more private or personal conversations, open. read more

the RIBA stirling prize is awarded to 'the architects of the building which has made
the greatest contribution to british architecture in the past year.'


photo richard bryant
image courtesy rogers stirk harbour + partners


photo richard bryant
image courtesy rogers stirk harbour + partners