What happens when two young architects build their own home with little money but plenty of ideas?

Tim and Kev head to London’s Hampstead to visit Patty Hopkins, one of Britain’s most influential
architects and the co-founder of Hopkins Architects, the practice she started with her late husband
Michael in 1976.

For this very special interview she opens the doors to the iconic glass and steel home the pair designed for themselves that same year. It remains one of the most compelling residential examples of High-Tech architecture, a style that celebrates technology by exposing structural elements like steel frames, ducts and services as part of the design.

In 1994 Patty became only the third woman to receive the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture from the
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and in this intimate conversation she shares the story of her
radical house, the practice she built with Michael, and the quiet wisdom that comes from a life in
architecture. 

You can read more about the house here – hopkins.co.uk
 
Here’s a great new book about High Tech British architecture: High Tech Britian – c20society.org.uk

And the video Tim and Kevin talk about by Ned featuring Nick Grimshaw can be found via this link: Vimeo

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Big Design Adventure is proudly sponsored by Space Furniture (@spacefurniture), the Australian Institute of Architects (@institute_architects_aus) and is produced with the support of the Alastair Swayn Foundation (@alastairswaynfoundation).

 

Hosts: Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud
Guest: Patty Hopkins (@hopkinsarchitects)
Big Design Adventure is produced by Modernister Films on Wallumedegal land, Australia.
Executive Producer: Shelley Kemp
Audio Production: Madeline Joannou – Mylk Media
Music: Kit Warhurst (@kitwarhurst)

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