Building study: Maggie’s Southampton by AL_A
In Southampton AL_A has created an uplifting, other-worldly new Maggie’s Centre featuring innovative loadbearing ceramic spine walls, writes Ellie Duffy
Architects’ completed buildings in the health sector: hospitals, hospices, clinics and social care facilities
By Ellie Duffy. Photography by Hufton + Crow 28 July 2021 3,894 Views
In Southampton AL_A has created an uplifting, other-worldly new Maggie’s Centre featuring innovative loadbearing ceramic spine walls, writes Ellie Duffy
By Fran Williams. Photography by Hufton + Crow 1 July 2021 3,585 Views
AL_A’s ‘oasis-like’ cancer care centre features concertina-like ceramic walls and sits within a landscaped garden. It is set to formally open next month
By Ike Ijeh. Photography by Hufton + Crow 19 November 2020 13,179 Views
The practice’s first foray into healthcare exemplifies its showmanship while meeting users’ emotional needs, writes Ike Ijeh
By Richard Waite 12 June 2020 1,222 Views
Construction has finished on a new timber-frame Maggie’s centre, designed by Heatherwick Studio, in the grounds of St James’s University Hospital, Leeds
By Fran Williams 17 February 2020 938 Views
The practice’s first completed whole building, Maggie’s at the Royal Marsden in south London is clad in bright red extruded terracotta tiles
By Fran Williams 21 May 2019 430 Views
Miralles Tagliabue EMBT’s 400m² pavilion-like Maggie’s sits within a UNESCO World Heritage Site
By Fran Williams 24 April 2019 2,432 Views
With the permanent facility on hold, an interim Maggie’s Centre built on a car park plot creates an engaging piece of experiential architecture. Fran Williams reports. Photography Anthony Coleman
By Rob Wilson 14 December 2017 849 Views
This week, after a seven-year odyssey – first failing to get planning and then getting planning only to be subject to a judicial review – the Steven Holl-designed Maggie’s Barts has opened
By Jon Astbury 26 June 2017 868 Views
The centre, which opened at the start of June, is the 21st Maggie’s Centre built to date
By Alan Dunlop 26 April 2017 1,463 Views
The stunning site is a missed opportunity at Garbers & James’s Forth Valley Maggie’s Centre, says Alan Dunlop. Photography by Keith Hunter