Maggie's Centre, Nottingham
The Building Built in 2011 and designed by Piers Gough from CZWG this unique building is nestled among trees in the City Hospital grounds in Nottingham. This is one of a number of Maggie's centres around the world, all designed to be bright and uplifting spaces for cancer patients undergoing treatment. The Nottingham centre appears to float among the trees and its sense of symmetry and shape create a sense of space and balance. The Photograph I had an hour or so after parking up at the hospital and wanted to try for a picture of the Roman Catholic church in Arnold (more on that in a later article I hope). As I headed across the hospital grounds I spotted this highly unusual building nestled in the trees and knew it would make an interesting subject. The best angle was from the road running alongside which goes up something of an incline, so I shot this from a lower viewpoint giving the building more prominence in the frame. I needed to use the shift mechanism on the lens to...