Foreword: Maggie's Programme -interview with Laura Lee (Maggie's Chief Executive) Section 1. VISION 1. Historic overview of the Maggie's Centres (1994-present), D. Ricchi (Oxford Brookes University, UK) 2. Maggie's Architectural Brief, A. Placidi, D. Ricchi (Oxford Brookes University, UK), D. Uzzell (University of Surrey, UK) 3. From Social Vision to Architectural Propositions: the evolving 'blueprint' of the Maggie's Centres, O. Sarfatti (Oxford Brookes University, UK) Section 2. BUILDINGS 4. Spatial Fields, A. Placidi (Oxford Brookes University, UK) 5. Furnitecture, A. Placidi (Oxford Brookes University, UK) 6. Atmosphere, A. Placidi (Oxford Brookes University, UK) Section 3. EXPERIENCE 7. Therapeutic Space, C. Frisone (Oxford Brookes University, UK) 8. Social Interaction and Privacy in a Maggie's Centres, S. Poncelet 9. Affordance in a Maggie's Centre, M. Cumming Afterword, Marcia Blakenham Appendix: Comparative Review of 28 Maggie's Centres - building information/text/drawings References Index