Project Details
- Project Name
- Maggie's Dundee
- Location
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Dundee ,United Kingdom
- Architect
- Gehry Partners
- Client/Owner
- The Maggie's Centre Trust
- Project Types
- Healthcare
- Project Scope
- New Construction
- Size
- 250 sq. meters
- Year Completed
- 2003
- Shared by
- Hanley Wood LLC
- Consultants
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Landscape Architect: Arabella Lennox-Boyd,Structural Engineer: Arup Scotland,Construction Manager: HBG Construction,General Contractor: Torith Ltd,Structural Engineer: Cowley Structural,Structural Engineer: Timberwork,Structural Engineer: W B Watson,null: D H Morris
- Project Status
- Built
- Cost
- $2,100,000
Project Description
Maggie’s Dundee (2003) is the only permanent building in the United Kingdom designed by Los Angeles architect Frank Gehry. An intimate structure atop a Scottish hill, the white, cottage-like building with a wavy silver roof is modeled on a traditional Scottish “butt n’ ben” dwelling, a two-roomed home comprised of a living and kitchen area, and a bedroom. The curves and folds of the interior timber structure envelop visitors, with spaces organized around the central social area of the kitchen table. In a video accompanying the exhibition, Gehry recounts how he imagined his friend Maggie Keswick in a dream suggesting that he tone down his originally more exuberant design proposal. The completed site includes earthwork mounds and a labyrinth designed by landscape designer Arabella Lennox-Boyd as well as signature artwork by sculptor Antony Gormley.
