Patty Hopkins
| Patty Hopkins | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Patricia Ann Wainwright 1942 (age 74–75) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Architectural Association |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse(s) | Sir Michael Hopkins |
| Awards | Royal Gold Medal for Architecture |
| Practice | Hopkins Architects |
Patricia Ann "Patty" Hopkins, Lady Hopkins (born 1942) is a British architect and joint winner, along with her husband Sir Michael Hopkins, of the 1994 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture.
She was born Patricia Ann Wainwright in 1942, the daughter of Denys Wainwight. Both parents were doctors (her grandfather had been an architect) and she was sent to Wycombe Abbey boarding school in Buckinghamshire. After considering a career in science, she opted to take the entrance exam to enrol at London's Architectural Association, in 1959 becoming one of five women out of 60 students. At age 20 she married fellow AA student, Michael Hopkins, after which they lived in Suffolk until 1970 before moving to North London.
After graduating from the Architectural Association, Hopkins set up her own practice.
In 1976 she set up an architectural practice Hopkins Architects with her husband. Notable is the couple's own home, which they built themselves (1976) in Hampstead, London, to be used as a flexible live-work space, an office for their business for the next eight years and a home for themselves and their three children. The house had transparent glass walls and an exposed steel frame with a lack of internal walls. Together they continued to create buildings using innovative new materials, for example using lightweight fabric for the Mound Stand at Lord's Cricket Ground (1987).
In 1994 Patty and Michael Hopkins were jointly awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Royal Gold Medal for Architecture, with the medal citation saying "What best characterises the work of Michael and Patricia Hopkins is an equal appeal to ordinary people and to architects." Patty Hopkins had a major role in the new Glyndebourne Opera House project, completed the same year.
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