Patty Hopkins

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Patricia "Patty" Hopkins, Lady Hopkins, OBE (born Patricia Ann Wainwright in 1942) is an English architect who co-founded Hopkins Architects with her husband, Sir Michael Hopkins. She was born in Stoke-on-Trent to two doctors and studied at Wycombe Abbey and the Architectural Association, where she was one of only a few women in her class. In 1976 she and Michael started Hopkins Architects. They designed their own flexible live‑work home in Hampstead that also served as their office.

The couple pioneered new architectural ideas, including using lightweight fabric for the Mound Stand at Lord's (1987). In 1994, Patty and Michael Hopkins jointly received the Royal Institute of British Architects' Royal Gold Medal for Architecture, noted for their work that appeals to both ordinary people and architects. Patty played a key role in the Glyndebourne Opera House project completed that year.

She became an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of Architects in Scotland (1996) and of the American Institute of Architects (1997). She gave a keynote at the Women in Architecture luncheon in 2014. In 2024 she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to architecture. In 2014 the BBC faced criticism for omitting her from a photograph in a series about the modern "Brits" of architecture, though her partnership in Hopkins Architects was acknowledged in related materials and exhibitions.