A Hammersmith health centre is among six buildings shortlisted for a prestigious British architecture award.
Maggie's Centre, in Rainside Road, will go up against British-designed buildings worldwide for the Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize 2009.
The two-storey, pavilion-style Maggie's Centre, created by Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners, is described as a "quietly confident" haven for cancer patients and as having an "informal" and "positive" atmosphere.
The centre will compete against a museum in Denmark, a mixed-use residential scheme in Liverpool, an "aspirational" wine cooperative in Spain and an 18-storey office building to sit on top of a new "public space" at 5 Aldermanbury Square in the City.
Sunand Prasad, RIBA president, said: "This is a fascinating set of schemes -the judges have a hard but eagerly anticipated decision to make."
This year's jury includes architect Benedetta Tagliabue, Sir John Sorrell, chairman of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, and designer Thomas Heatherwick.
The winner of the competition, run in association with The Architects' Journal and Crystal CG, will be announced at Old Billingsgate on 17 October at a ceremony broadcast live on Channel 4.
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