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Patricia Patkau
Patricia Patkau is a founding principal of Patkau Architects, alongside John Patkau.
Background & practice
Patricia Patkau is a founding principal of Patkau Architects, alongside John Patkau. The practice's work includes community buildings, houses, installations and furniture, with material research informing its larger projects. Its 2023 RAIC Architectural Practice Award profile identifies both founders and describes an approach grounded in the latent qualities of a site. The source recognises a collaborative office rather than isolating one author's achievements.
How to read the work
Treat a site's existing conditions as design resources, combining attention to craft with physical experiments that explore how familiar materials can produce unfamiliar spatial and structural possibilities.
Founding principal named by RAIC; the 2023 distinction belongs to Patkau Architects.
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