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Photo of a building with a wooden façade and sloping walls
Photo of a building with a wooden façade and sloping walls © Hufton and Crow Photography / Studio Libeskind

Client:
Maggie's Trust (Maggie's Centres)

Completion:
2023

Location:
London, UK

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Maggie's Center, London

In the latest Maggie's project in London, for which the renowned New York studio Libeskind is responsible, everything is extraordinary, as with most of the foundation's projects.

With its curved and sloping exterior façade and roof garden, this small but architecturally bold building presented our colleagues at ZÜBLIN Timber with a major challenge. We had to come up with a creative solution for the building's special wave-like free-form façade.

The free-form façade was created using individual curved elements. The biggest challenge was to translate the complex geometry of the architectural design into reality. We used a total of around 620m2 of laminated veneer lumber for the timber frame elements and the façade panels of the free-form façade.

This is the third time we have been able to implement a building for the Cancer Support Foundation; in addition to the projects in Oldham (2016) and Oxford (2014), the current project in London is the foundation's 24th location.

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Impressions

  • Photo of a building with a wooden façade and sloping walls. Shot at night. © Hufton and Crow Photography / Studio Libeskind
    Photo of a building with a wooden façade and sloping walls. Shot at night. © Hufton and Crow Photography / Studio Libeskind
  • Photo of a building with a wooden façade and sloping walls. You can see another large building in the picture. © Hufton and Crow Photography / Studio Libeskind
    Photo of a building with a wooden façade and sloping walls. You can see another large building in the picture. © Hufton and Crow Photography / Studio Libeskind
  • Photo of a building with a wooden façade and sloping walls. Picture at dusk. © Hufton and Crow Photography / Studio Libeskind
    Photo of a building with a wooden façade and sloping walls. Picture at dusk. © Hufton and Crow Photography / Studio Libeskind
  • Photo of an interior. Two women are sitting on a light-colored couch. © Hufton and Crow Photography / Studio Libeskind
    Photo of an interior. Two women are sitting on a light-colored couch. © Hufton and Crow Photography / Studio Libeskind
  • Photo of a recreation room. Four women are in the room. Three are sitting, one is standing. © Hufton and Crow Photography / Studio Libeskind
    Photo of a recreation room. Four women are in the room. Three are sitting, one is standing. © Hufton and Crow Photography / Studio Libeskind
  • Photo of an interior with white walls. A woman is walking up the stairs. © Hufton and Crow Photography / Studio Libeskind
    Photo of an interior with white walls. A woman is walking up the stairs. © Hufton and Crow Photography / Studio Libeskind
  • Photo of an interior. Two people are sitting on a green couch. © Hufton and Crow Photography / Studio Libeskind
    Photo of an interior. Two people are sitting on a green couch. © Hufton and Crow Photography / Studio Libeskind
  • Photo of an interior with white walls and a large staircase. © Hufton and Crow Photography / Studio Libeskind
    Photo of an interior with white walls and a large staircase. © Hufton and Crow Photography / Studio Libeskind
  • Photo of two women. Laura Lee on the left and Queen Camilla on the right at the opening of the new Maggies Center in London. © Alex Maguire Photography
    Photo of two women. Laura Lee on the left and Queen Camilla on the right at the opening of the new Maggies Center in London. © Alex Maguire Photography
  • Our services
    • Planning
    • Manufacture, delivery and installation of the timber structure and façade
  • Products used

    Wall elements made of timber frame construction, laminated veneer lumber façade

  • Architectural office

    Studio Daniel Libeskind, magma architecture

  • Engineering office

    Expedition Engineerig Ltd

  • Project Manager

    Sir Robert McAlpine

  • Cost Manager

    Gardiner & Theobald LLP