Dr William Tozer | RIBA ANZIA 📍
@williamtozer.bsky.social
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
Surely a large part of this is just survivorship bias. The ‘traditional’ buildings around us today are the best ones, which have survived demolition for that reason.
www.dezeen.com/2025/10/30/t...
www.dezeen.com/2025/10/30/t...
November 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Surely a large part of this is just survivorship bias. The ‘traditional’ buildings around us today are the best ones, which have survived demolition for that reason.
www.dezeen.com/2025/10/30/t...
www.dezeen.com/2025/10/30/t...
‘Build It Together highlights growing examples of good practice: flexible working, transparent promotion processes, and networks leading change from the ground up. ‘
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October 31, 2025 at 4:53 AM
‘Build It Together highlights growing examples of good practice: flexible working, transparent promotion processes, and networks leading change from the ground up. ‘
www.riba.org/campaigns/po...
www.riba.org/campaigns/po...
October 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Seems like a misread to say that this is a Y*MBY win. If the Y*MBY movement was focused on tactical high density housing around transport hubs, they’d have much broader support. Upzoning everywhere and letting the market decide is the Y*MBY platform.
www.dwell.com/article/what...
www.dwell.com/article/what...
October 16, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Seems like a misread to say that this is a Y*MBY win. If the Y*MBY movement was focused on tactical high density housing around transport hubs, they’d have much broader support. Upzoning everywhere and letting the market decide is the Y*MBY platform.
www.dwell.com/article/what...
www.dwell.com/article/what...
‘For decades, the prototypical dream house was one you would hardly need to leave . . . Today, many Americans would say that their dream house is simply one they can afford.‘
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/r...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/r...
October 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
‘For decades, the prototypical dream house was one you would hardly need to leave . . . Today, many Americans would say that their dream house is simply one they can afford.‘
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/r...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/r...
Really?! That’s a pretty wild interpretation of that rule.
September 30, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Really?! That’s a pretty wild interpretation of that rule.
‘What the Floor Plans for Famous Sitcom Homes Might’ve Looked Like IRL’
www.dwell.com/article/floo...
www.dwell.com/article/floo...
September 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
‘What the Floor Plans for Famous Sitcom Homes Might’ve Looked Like IRL’
www.dwell.com/article/floo...
www.dwell.com/article/floo...
Ian Moore’s lecture thoughtfully chose a selection of projects to illustrate a particular theme in his work, identified a number of repeated elements of his design strategy, and followed their development and permutations. Refreshingly self-reflective.
www.nzia.co.nz/explore/news...
www.nzia.co.nz/explore/news...
September 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Ian Moore’s lecture thoughtfully chose a selection of projects to illustrate a particular theme in his work, identified a number of repeated elements of his design strategy, and followed their development and permutations. Refreshingly self-reflective.
www.nzia.co.nz/explore/news...
www.nzia.co.nz/explore/news...
I was fortunate to meet Sir Nicholas Grimshaw once. A charming person, who seemed to take a genuine interest in everyone he spoke with. What a career and life he had.
September 16, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I was fortunate to meet Sir Nicholas Grimshaw once. A charming person, who seemed to take a genuine interest in everyone he spoke with. What a career and life he had.
LinkedIn accidentally being funny.
September 15, 2025 at 5:08 AM
LinkedIn accidentally being funny.
Is that median house price as a percentage of median income on y axis?
Rents track income pretty closely, so the back of the envelope calculation I like to do is to apply wage inflation to house prices in 2000, to see what they ‘should’ be in 2025, without the private debt-fueled asset bubble.
Rents track income pretty closely, so the back of the envelope calculation I like to do is to apply wage inflation to house prices in 2000, to see what they ‘should’ be in 2025, without the private debt-fueled asset bubble.
September 13, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Is that median house price as a percentage of median income on y axis?
Rents track income pretty closely, so the back of the envelope calculation I like to do is to apply wage inflation to house prices in 2000, to see what they ‘should’ be in 2025, without the private debt-fueled asset bubble.
Rents track income pretty closely, so the back of the envelope calculation I like to do is to apply wage inflation to house prices in 2000, to see what they ‘should’ be in 2025, without the private debt-fueled asset bubble.
Here’s what you were trying to make. Let’s see what you actually made. Nailed it!
September 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Here’s what you were trying to make. Let’s see what you actually made. Nailed it!
Very pleased to see a house extension on this year’s Stirling Prize shortlist.
Totally agree with this comment from Chris Foges of the Architects Journal:
‘architectural distinction can be found in projects of every type from small to very large’
#hughstrange
Totally agree with this comment from Chris Foges of the Architects Journal:
‘architectural distinction can be found in projects of every type from small to very large’
#hughstrange
September 8, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Very pleased to see a house extension on this year’s Stirling Prize shortlist.
Totally agree with this comment from Chris Foges of the Architects Journal:
‘architectural distinction can be found in projects of every type from small to very large’
#hughstrange
Totally agree with this comment from Chris Foges of the Architects Journal:
‘architectural distinction can be found in projects of every type from small to very large’
#hughstrange
September 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Rendered Futures: Drawing Architecture.
An architectural drawing exhibition that just finished at Objectspace, Auckland.
A couple of examples from the sprawling show, by Anthony Hoete (L) and Andrew Barrie (R)
An architectural drawing exhibition that just finished at Objectspace, Auckland.
A couple of examples from the sprawling show, by Anthony Hoete (L) and Andrew Barrie (R)
August 28, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Rendered Futures: Drawing Architecture.
An architectural drawing exhibition that just finished at Objectspace, Auckland.
A couple of examples from the sprawling show, by Anthony Hoete (L) and Andrew Barrie (R)
An architectural drawing exhibition that just finished at Objectspace, Auckland.
A couple of examples from the sprawling show, by Anthony Hoete (L) and Andrew Barrie (R)
Interesting recent refurbishment of one of the spaces in Loos’s 1912 Goldman and Salatsch Building—in Architectural Digest, April 2025.
August 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Interesting recent refurbishment of one of the spaces in Loos’s 1912 Goldman and Salatsch Building—in Architectural Digest, April 2025.
While ‘home ownership’ rates in many places remain similar to the 1960s, what this really measures is the number of people with a mortgage.
This hides the fact that the banks actually owner far more of those houses. Mortgages have ballooned.
source: sportnz.org.nz/media/4300/f...
This hides the fact that the banks actually owner far more of those houses. Mortgages have ballooned.
source: sportnz.org.nz/media/4300/f...
August 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
While ‘home ownership’ rates in many places remain similar to the 1960s, what this really measures is the number of people with a mortgage.
This hides the fact that the banks actually owner far more of those houses. Mortgages have ballooned.
source: sportnz.org.nz/media/4300/f...
This hides the fact that the banks actually owner far more of those houses. Mortgages have ballooned.
source: sportnz.org.nz/media/4300/f...
‘Herzog & de Meuron set out to make the most sustainable office building in Switzerland. The scheme, which recently completed in Basel, is timber-framed with point foundations and no basement to minimise concrete use.‘
www.ribaj.com/buildings/ho...
www.ribaj.com/buildings/ho...
August 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
‘Herzog & de Meuron set out to make the most sustainable office building in Switzerland. The scheme, which recently completed in Basel, is timber-framed with point foundations and no basement to minimise concrete use.‘
www.ribaj.com/buildings/ho...
www.ribaj.com/buildings/ho...
August 12, 2025 at 5:48 AM
‘Yet if it was initially plausible to think that the labour market might disperse the migrant population, the housing market was never likely to. It clumped people of colour together in run-down parts of British cities.’
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August 7, 2025 at 5:18 AM
‘Yet if it was initially plausible to think that the labour market might disperse the migrant population, the housing market was never likely to. It clumped people of colour together in run-down parts of British cities.’
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
academic.oup.com/past/advance...
August 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM
August 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Museum of Anthropology, Arthur Erickson, Vancouver, 1976.
#architect #arthurerickson #photograph #williamtozer
#architect #arthurerickson #photograph #williamtozer
July 30, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Museum of Anthropology, Arthur Erickson, Vancouver, 1976.
#architect #arthurerickson #photograph #williamtozer
#architect #arthurerickson #photograph #williamtozer
Museum of Anthropology, Arthur Erickson, Vancouver, 1976.
#architect #arthurerickson #photograph #williamtozer
#architect #arthurerickson #photograph #williamtozer
July 29, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Museum of Anthropology, Arthur Erickson, Vancouver, 1976.
#architect #arthurerickson #photograph #williamtozer
#architect #arthurerickson #photograph #williamtozer