The Architecture of Hope tells the remarkable story of Maggie’s Centres and the role architecture plays in helping people live well with cancer.
This book is the story of Maggie's centres, and how they have grown over the past 25 years to help people to live well with cancer. Never has the importance of the built environment and health been more important and topical than it is now.
For over 25 years their Co-Founder and Architectural Historian, Charles Jencks and their CEO Dame Laura Lee, supported by a plethora of outstanding architects, landscape and interior designers, have championed the impact that design can have on health. Ever since the first Maggie’s centre opened in Edinburgh twenty five years ago, ptheir teams see the positive impact their buildings, interiors and gardens have on people living with cancer and their families and friends.
In this third edition of The Architecture of Hope, the last book Charles Jencks wrote before he died in 2019, they celebrate the evolution of the concept that buildings can heal, the legacy Charles left behind and new essays exploring the relationship between cancer and design and the future of cancer care. This new edition includes the last major writings by Charles Jencks and information on all of their new and currently planned centres.
Product details
- Format: Paperback
- Page count: 296
- Size: 28 cm x 2.5 cm X 23 cm
- ISBN-13: 9781527259478
- Country of origin: Printed and bound in Wales