Patera Building

The Patera Building prototype, a significant example of British high-tech architecture, was manufactured in Stoke-on-Trent in 1982 by Patera Products Ltd. In 1980, Michael Hopkins^[1]^[2] architects and Anthony Hunt Associates engineers were instructed by LIH (Properties) Ltd to design a relocatable building 216 square metres in size.

Longton Industrial Holdings Plc (LIH), an industrial group based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, commissioned designs for an “off the peg” relocatable industrial building made from steel. They sought to expand their interests in steel fabrication, intending to sell the buildings as a product. The Patera Products Ltd factory where the Patera buildings were made and where the first two were erected was in Victoria Road, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

^ Davies, Colin (1993). Hopkins The Work of Michael Hopkins and Partners. Phaidon Press Ltd. pp. 48–55. ISBN 0-7148-2782-7.
^ Donati, Cristina (2006). Michael Hopkins. Skira Editore. pp. 38–41. ISBN 88-7624-653-3.

[1] Davies, Colin (1993). Hopkins The Work of Michael Hopkins and Partners. Phaidon Press Ltd. pp. 48–55. ISBN 0-7148-2782-7.

[2] Donati, Cristina (2006). Michael Hopkins. Skira Editore. pp. 38–41. ISBN 88-7624-653-3.

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