artistic side of architecture", and David Birkbeck, the director of Design for Homes, called her "She’s the last time that an architect had such an influential position in the civil service" when the government was serious about concept design. As a 20-year fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), the organisation established the Tindle lecture series in her honour and created the Tindle room for Fellows at the House. The RSA also founded the Patricia Tindale Legacy Award which "challenges students to design an element of the built environment that can be easily reconfigured to meet different functional requirements, helping to eliminate construction waste." References 1926 births 2011 deaths People from Chipping Barnet Alumni of the Architectural Association School of Architecture Architects from London British women architects Civil servants from London 20th-century British civil servants 20th-century English architects 20th-century English women 20th-century English people 21st-century English women 21st-century English people Civil servants in the Ministry of Housing and Local Government