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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍

@williamtozer.bsky.social
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Critic, educator, researcher, architect | Posting daily about architecture | Bartlett UCL PhD | also studied RMIT, University of Auckland | Founder of William Tozer Associates @williamtozerassoc.bsky.social

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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 5h
Rock House, Peter Aldington, London, 1970. #Architect #PeterAldington #Photograph #WilliamTozer #ModernistPerambulations
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Botschi House, Pierre Botschi, London, 1980. #Architect #PierreBotschi #Photograph #WilliamTozer #ModernPerambulations
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Woodsford Square, Frey, Drew and Partners, London, 1968–74 #Architect #FreyDrewPartners #Photograph #WilliamTozer #ModernistPerambulations
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
At the time these were being built, I was telling anyone who would listen that NZ’s supposed crisis of quantity of housing should not be an excuse to create a crisis of quality of housing. Also lacking in storage, outdoor amenity, and space generally. tinyurl.com/mr2b2edy
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No regulations on too-hot homes likely until 2031
Advocates for people living in overheating new builds are dismayed that officials will not consider comprehensive changes to fix the issue until 2031.
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Prince’s Yard townhouses, Sarson and Greenaway architects, London, c 1970. #Architects #SarsonandGreenaway #Photograph #WilliamTozer #modernistperambulations
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Mount (apartments), Douglas Stephen and Partners, London, 1964. #Architect #douglasstephen #Photograph #WilliamTozer #ModernistPerambulations
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bailey-Hickey House, Tom Kay, London, 1967. #Architect #TomKay #Photograph #WilliamTozer #modernistestates
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Magazine (Serpentine North cafe), Zaha Hadid, London, Hang on a minute . . . #Architect #ZahaHadid #photograph #WilliamTozer
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
7 July Memorial, Carmody Groarke, London, 2009. #Architect #CarmodyGroarke #Photograph #WILLIAMTOZER
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Natural History Museum eastern extension, G.A.H. Pearce (Department of the Environment), London, 1973. #Architect #GAHPearce #Photographer #WILLIAMTOZER
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Received an email from a contractor offering salvage timber from their ‘deconstruction projects’. Not really my thing. Do you have anything salvage from a phenomenology project?
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A Serpentine, Lanza Atelier, London, 2026. #SerpentinePavilion2026 #Architect #LanzaAtelier #Photograph #WilliamTozer
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A Serpentine, Lanza Atelier, London, 2026. #SerpentinePavilion2026 #Architect #LanzaAtelier #Photograph #WilliamTozer
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A Serpentine, Lanza Atelier, London, 2026. #SerpentinePavilion2026 #Architect #LanzaAtelier #Photograph #WilliamTozer
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Cladding?
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A Serpentine, Lanza Atelier, London, 2026. #SerpentinePavilion2026 #Architect #LanzaAtelier #Photograph #WilliamTozer
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A Serpentine, Lanza Atelier, London, 2026. #SerpentinePavilion2026 #Architect #LanzaAtelier #Photograph #WilliamTozer
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Pénétrable BBL Jaune, Jesús Rafael Soto, 1999 (2023 edition), as installed in London 2026. I encountered this installation on my way to see this year’s Serpentine Pavilion, and I personally found it more architecturally interesting.
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Victoria & Albert Museum extension, AL_A (Amanda Levete), London, 2017. Bizarre to me that this was completed in 2017, when this pseudo-futuristic style of architecture had well and truly run its course. Awkward spaces inside and out. Visually awkward to the exterior too.
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Very sorry to hear of the passing of Clinton Bird. I completed my first architecture degree at Auckland. Having done a Geography degree previously, his insightful urban design class really resonated with me, connecting what I had learnt before with architecture. www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026...
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Obituary: Clinton Bird – University of Auckland
Remembering Clinton Bird: one of Auckland's most respected urban design advocates and former Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Auckland.
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Hayward Gallery, Greater London Council (Norman Engleback, E.J. Blyth, Warren Chalk, and Ron Herron et al), London, 1968. #architect #GreaterLondonCouncil #photograph #WilliamTozer #anishkapoor
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hayward Gallery, Greater London Council (Norman Engleback, E.J. Blyth, Warren Chalk, and Ron Herron et al), London, 1968. #architect #GreaterLondonCouncil #photograph #WilliamTozer
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Southbank Centre, Greater London Council (Norman Engleback, E.J. Blyth, Warren Chalk, and Ron Herron et al), London, 1968. #architect #GreaterLondonCouncil #photograph #WilliamTozer
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Architecture is so intrinsic to Pizza Hut’s brand that they made it their logo. Curiously, however, they’ve also abandoned that architectural form.
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Entrance to the Hayward Gallery, viewed from the undercroft of the Southbank Centre, Greater London Council (Norman Engleback, E.J. Blyth, Warren Chalk, and Ron Herron et al), London, 1968. #architect #GreaterLondonCouncil #photograph #WilliamTozer
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
First the online phenomenon of Backrooms brought the architectural term ‘liminal space’ into pop culture. Now the Backrooms movie has introduced the general public to what it feels like when elements of your model are misaligned.
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Law Courts, Arthur Erickson, Vancouver, 1973. #ArthurErickson #CanadianArchitecture #Photograph #williamtozer
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Weird that suddenly the architectural media is talking about enfilade and piano noble in projects a lot more than they ever used to. Not convinced these devices are actually occurring more in projects. Surely mostly just new buzzwords for both architects and critics.
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Law Courts, Arthur Erickson, Vancouver, 1973. #ArthurErickson #CanadianArchitecture #Photograph #williamtozer
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
‘rank upon rank’ might be part of the problem. The quality of what we build matters. As the councillor says here, this is what happens when you leave it to the market. The market is dysfunctional. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
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Ghost town: Nearly 500 new homes in Christchurch CBD but only 50 new residents
Christchurch City councillor Nathaniel Hertz Jardine is standing in the residential heart of a rebuilt Christchurch.
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Law Courts, Arthur Erickson, Vancouver, 1973. #ArthurErickson #CanadianArchitecture #Photograph #williamtozer
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Law Courts, Arthur Erickson, Vancouver, 1973. #ArthurErickson #CanadianArchitecture #Photograph #williamtozer
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Law Courts, Arthur Erickson, Vancouver, 1973. #ArthurErickson #CanadianArchitecture #Photograph #williamtozer
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Pretty sure Norman Foster works at Foster and Partners.
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
‘Practising architecture today has two flavours: foregoing principles for work, or foregoing work for principles’ I disagree strongly on abandoning the idea of architecture as art, but agree with a lot of it. De Graaf is very thoughtful as always. www.ribaj.com/intelligence...
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Reinier de Graaf: How to make architecture meaningful again
OMA partner and Architecture Against Architecture author Reinier de Graaf’s 14-point manifesto for reforming a profession he argues is heading for irrelevance.
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A lot of people hating on the build quality of the new New Museum building by OMA, but saying they like the form. So I’m going to go ahead and say I don’t like the form.
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
It’s curious watching architects use music on Instagram, and seemingly not realise the difference between copyright, licensing, and royalties. As producers of creative work themselves, you’d think by they’d know better.
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Jealous House by Owain Williams Architects. ‘It’s called the Jealous House, a reference to Iago’s description of jealousy in Shakespeare’s “Othello” as “the green-eyed monster which doth mock / The meat it feeds on.”’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/r...
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A Green ‘Monster’ Hides on a Quiet London Street
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I’ve long thought there is a curious circularity to the Pritzkers contributing to the internationalisation of architecture through their Hyatt hotels, and then rewarding starchitect internationalism through the Pritzker Prize. www.dezeen.com/2026/03/05/p...
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"Maybe the Pritzker delay says exactly what we need right now"
With the Pritzker Architecture Prize in potential jeopardy over its patron's links to Jeffrey Epstein, Edwin Heathcote reflects on the award's relevance in 2026.
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Hoping someone at Dwell doesn’t know the meaning of the word ‘literally’, otherwise this is a terrifying story.
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Eero Saarinen facade retained, external alterations and addition by David Chipperfield, and lavish interiors by French designer Joseph Dirand. Too many cooks? www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘A gilded temple to the new world order’: inside the former US embassy that is now a super-luxe hotel
Even the cheap rooms cost £1,400 a night at London’s bling-heavy hangout for high net worth individuals. From mega-basement spa to gaudy rooftop bar, our writer takes a tour
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
‘he sponsored a yearlong seminar and studio at the Yale School of Architecture in 2000 and 2001 . . . the seminar began with lectures from leading architects and the studio ended with students proposing conceptual designs for a possible house . . .’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/r...
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An Art Collector’s Vision Set in Rock in Millbrook, N.Y.
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Calder’s work was about negative space,” says Herzog, “so our process was one of excavating and carving, rather than creating positive form.’ www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
‘The townhouse he updated . . . with attention to its midcentury roots is part of a residential complex that emerged in Norway's postwar housing boom.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/g...
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
As they have grown in size, Adjaye’s projects have all too often given the impression of someone in a hurry . . . the Princeton museum [is] leagues ahead’ I wonder if this is partly because they lost a lot of projects when this one was being realised. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘We want people to get lost!’ Princeton’s new museum survives scandal to deliver a mazey art ambush
It is architect David Adjaye’s first major project since the allegations that rocked his firm – a bold museum for Princeton University with exhibits that sneak up on its students. But do the insides m...
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
‘contrary to the suburban stereotype, [Irvine’s] neighborhoods are layered with a diversity of single-family homes and multiunit buildings’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...
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Maybe America Needs Some New Cities
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
‘It would be hard to design a more menacing building if you tried.’ www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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An eco obscenity: Norman Foster’s steroidal new skyscraper is an affront to the New York skyline
It contains enough steel to go round the world twice – and even has a fake breeze to flutter the stars-and-stripes flag in its lobby. If this $4bn colossus is just the first of a new breed of bulky su...
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
“it was kind of a sign that the market is shifting and that these very tight solutions are becoming the norm.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/r...
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Tuck Yourself In at Night. Then Tuck Your Bed In for the Day.
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
‘differences in the composition of income growth and its translation into housing demand—as opposed to differences in housing supply—can explain both the higher average price growth and low growth in quantity in some metro areas relative to others’ www.frbsf.org/research-and...
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Housing Affordability and Housing Demand - San Francisco Fed
Understanding housing demand dynamics through two indicators, income growth and population growth, provides important insights into housing affordability. Research shows that average U.S. income growt...
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Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍 @williamtozer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
‘a fascinating new exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal, which explores the development of modern architecture in the first decades of communist China.’ www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘A cave complex worthy of Batman!’ Mind-boggling buildings that showed the world a new China
The birth of the People’s Republic is seen as a time of drab buildings. But this dazzling show, featuring a factory in a cave and a denounced roof, tells a wildly different story
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