
<p>Architect's Journal has reported on an embarrassing and controversial fumble from the BBC. Not only has the media outlet been criticized for "largely ignoring women architects in its series The Brits Who Built the Modern World," but it's now come under fire for an image (appearing at the beginning of episode 3) in which Patty Hopkins is photoshopped out of a group that includes her husband Michael Hopkins, Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Nicholas Grimshaw, and Terry Farrell.</p><p>The six architects are featured in RIBA's tie-in-exhibition; however, as the series chose to focus on the five male architects, the photographer removed Ms. Hopkins from the shot (unbeknownst to the BBC).</p><p>Lucy Mori of KL Mori Business Consulting for Architects told Architect's Journal: 'I am shocked that women's contribution to architecture has again been "airbrushed" from this populist history programme."In the original version of this image, taken at the opening of the RIBA exhibition 'The Brits Who Built the Modern World,' Patty Hopkins stands between Norman Foster and Richard Rogers. In this version, used in the television series, she is conspicuously absent. Image Courtesy of Architect's Journal</p><p>Yasmin Shariff of Dennis Sharp Architects added: 'It was not just these five men who built Britain. This is a very biased and misogynistic view of architecture. Decisions Foster and Rogers made at Team 4 were also down to the two other founding partners. Yet Wendy [Cheesman] and Su [Rogers] were also lacking from the show.'</p><p><a href="http://www.archdaily.com/483716/why-did-the-bbc-photoshop-patty-hopkins-out-of-this-image/">Keep reading...</a></p>