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- ↑ Richard Waite, Laura Mark (5 March 2014). "BBC slammed for 'bias' after Patty Hopkins is sidelined in TV show". Architects' Journal . Retrieved 23 October 2015.
Deborah Saunt co-founder of DSDHA, said: 'The point is that the BBC are publicising the work of these great British architects without including a very important sixth member (being a full partner in Hopkins Architects from the beginning) - a member who was present at the time when the group photo was taken! To knowingly choose to use a metaphorically or literally edited photo without Patty in it, is an outrage.'
