rogers stirk harbour + partners awarded 2009 stirling prize

rogers stirk harbour + partners has been awarded the 2009 RIBA stirling prize for its 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. 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.’

image by richard bryant (also main image)

image by richard bryant

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