Doctor’s offices and hospitals are not known for inspiring design, but since 1996 the British charity Maggie’s has built cancer centers around the world that provide support in architecturally rich and uplifting environments devised—often on a pro bono basis—by top talents such as Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, and Norman Foster. The upcoming Maggie’s Centre in Yorkshire, England, continues the tradition with a bold design by Thomas Heatherwick that will be constructed on the campus of the St. James’s University Hospital.

The new center will resemble a series of planters which, when combined, will create the building and garden, offering a peaceful and therapeutic space for patients and their families. Landscape designer Marie-Louise Agius of Balston Agius will conceive the gardens that surround and sit atop the structure. Maggie’s Yorkshire location is scheduled to be completed in 2017.

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