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Anise Gallery in London is launching its third Christmas auction to raise money for Maggie’s, a charity set up by Maggie Keswick Jencks that provides cancer-care centres across the country and abroad.

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Anise Gallery in London is launching its 3rd Christmas auction to raise money for Maggie's, a charity set up by Maggie Keswick Jencks that provides cancer-care centres across the country and abroad.

Jeanette Barnes: Cranes at Blackfriars

Twenty years ago, as Maggie, the wife of architectural theorist and critic Charles Jencks, was dying from cancer, she had a modest vision to transform a room at the end of her hospital corridor in Edinburgh into one small haven for cancer patients. Fast forward to today and there are 18 Maggie's Centres, each designed by a well-known architect and located on the site of a large hospital, offering a domestic sanctuary that encourages self-help.

Ben Johnson, Unseen Space

A number of famous architects, many of whom have been involved with Maggie's, have donated works for the auction, including Ted Cullinan, Alison Brooks, Piers Gough and Chris Wilkinson, who has just completed the latest Maggie's Centre in Oxford. They will be sharing wall space with names such as artist Norman Ackroyd, NLA chairman Peter Murray and architectural photographers Paul Raftery and John MacLean.

Marc Wilson: Nord Pas De Calais, 2012

The work will be on display in the south London gallery from 20 November, with bidding starting online from 26 November. Bidding will close on 6 December with an evening of mulled wine and carols.

Norman Ackroyd: Winter Evening Windermere

Visit www.anisegallery.co.uk for more information on how to bid.

Also, keep an eye out for an interview with Charles Jencks in the latest issue of Blueprint (#337, November/December), in which he reflects on the success of the 18 Maggie's Centres of the past 18 years.