About Patty Hopkins
Born 1942. Patty Hopkins is a British architect.
Patricia Ann Hopkins, Lady Hopkins, (née Wainwright; born 1942), is an English architect and joint winner, along with her husband Sir Michael Hopkins, of the 1994 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture.
Early life Hopkins was born in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, to Shelagh (née Barry, 1909–2003) and Denys Wainwight (1908–2008).
Hopkins was educated at Wycombe Abbey boarding school in Buckinghamshire. after which they lived in Suffolk until 1970 before moving to North London.
2014 incident
In 2014 the BBC was criticised when it allegedly removed Patty Hopkins from a photograph used as an illustration in the third programme of the BBC's series The Brits Who Built the Modern World.
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Who is Patty Hopkins?
British architect
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Patty Hopkins was born in 1942 in Stoke-on-Trent.
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Patty Hopkins is an architect.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Patty Hopkins. https://biography.guide/patty-hopkins/
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