Patching Lodge is a new seventy-six unit mixed tenure (26 leasehold, 10 shared ownership, 40 rental) older persons' housing scheme built on a prominent site near Brighton sea front.

In addition to the extra care flats, several facilities are provided on the ground floor for use by the wider community of older people. These include amenities such as a restaurant, a hairdresser, a chiropodist, a coffee bar and a shop. Also incorporated in the building is a Healthy Living Centre run by the Primary Care Trust and a care link office to receive calls from older people using alarm equipment.

This is the first building to be developed in a 'tall buildings corridor' in line with a new city planning policy that has been applauded by the Government as a good example of progressive planning.

Green issues have been given keen consideration, and a combined heat and power plant has been incorporated, which serves not only this new building, but also one hundred and forty-eight flats in two adjacent buildings. Hence the energy performance of the existing buildings will be enhanced by this new one.

Archadia Chartered Architects architectural practice is located in Hampton, Middlesex 
in south-west London and also in Surbiton, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey.