Dr William Tozer has architecture degrees from New Zealand, Australia and the UK, and is a British-qualified architect. He has taught at architecture schools in the UK and US, and writes prolifically on architecture. With experience in office, retail, exhibition, housing, and multi-unit housing sectors, Tozer founded the practice in 2002, and directs and curates the development of every project by liaising with other members of the studio.

University of Westminster, London, UK•guest reviewer/critic: Diploma course (US MArch equivalent) design unit presentations, 2014•exhibitor, exhibition of work in progress, 2000The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL), UK•participated in PhD Research Conversations session, 2014•guest critic/reviewer: Diploma course (US MArch equivalent) design unit presentations, 2012•delivered papers: Annual PhD Conferences, 2008, 2007 •exhibitor: Annual PhD Conference, 2008•guest critic/reviewer: Degree and Diploma course design unit presentations, 2007, 2001Oxford Brookes University School of Architecture, Oxford, UK•guest reviewer/critic: Diploma course (US MArch equivalent) design unit presentations, 2013University of Minnesota (U of M) School of Architecture, Minneapolis, USA•Professor in PracticeBDA/BS (UK BA equivalent) & MArch (UK Diploma equivalent) 2012–14•guest reviewer: BS, BA, BDA (UK Degree equivalent) & MArch (UK Diploma equivalent) 2011•see expanded entry below The University of Sheffield School of Architecture, Sheffield, UK•delivered paper: Alternate Currents Symposium, 2007 Canterbury School of Architecture, KIAD, Canterbury, UK•Part-time Lecturer / design tutor, Degree (US BS/BA equivalent) 2001–2005•see expanded entry belowCity University, London, UK•guest lecture: Hackney House and other projects, 2004 University of East London (UEL), London, UK•guest critic/reviewer: Diploma (US MArch equivalent) design unit presentations, 2002 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), London, UK•guest lecture: ’New Australians’: review of the architecture of the Sydney Olympics, 2001 RMIT University School of Architecture, Melbourne, Australia•guest reviewer: Lower Pool design studio presentations, 1999

•over 80 published articles on architecture, and art, furniture and industrial and product design•published in the following titles: Monument, Architectural Research Quarterly (Cambridge University Press), Detail, There (design journal of the University of Minnesota), NZ Home & Entertaining, Australian Style•select publications: Architecture Today Journal of Civic Architecture      “Thinking and Doing: The Interface Between Academia and Practice.” There: Journal of Design, University of Minnesota, volume 8 (2012).     A Theory of Making: Architecture and Art in the Practice of Adolf Loos,” doctoral thesis, University College London (2011).     “Character Lines: Herzog and de Meuron’s CaixaForum,” Monument, issue 89 (February/March 2009): 82–89.     “A Theory of Making: Methodology and Process in Architectural Practice,” Architectural Research Quarterly, (Cambridge University Press, volume 12, 2008): 134–148.     “Louise T Blouin Institute: West London,” Detail, English edition (January/February 2007): 14–15.•see www.williamtozer.com for a full bibliography of articles on the following subjects:6a, David Adjaye, Adjaye & Russell, Will Alsop, Arup, BHMA, Borgos Dance, Gianni Botsford, Caruso St. John, Chetwood Associates, David Chipperfield, Peter Cook / Spacelab, Alison Cooke, David Dennis, Robin & Lucienne Day, Tom Dixon, Robert Grace, El Ultimo Grito, FAT, Sarah Featherstone, Foundation 33, Norman Foster, Future Systems, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Happell Design, Harper Mackay, Herzog & de Meuron, Hudson Featherstone, Le Corbusier, Daniel Libeskind, Adolf Loos, Berthold Lubetkin, MAK, Mother, MUF, Simon Patterson, John Pawson, Mies van der Rohe, Terence Riley, William Russell, Hans Scharoun, Matthew Sheargold, Nicholas Stevens, Sybarite, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer & Janet Lawrence, Turner Prize, Andrew Tye, USE Architects, Victoria & Albert , Andy Warhol, What Architecture, Wigglesworth Till, 100% Design & Designers Block

University of Minnesota School of Architecture, Minneapolis, USA•faculty: 2012–15http://arch.design.umn.edu/directory/tozerw/index.html•Contemporary Architecture: history lecture coursehttp://contemporaryarchitecturearchitectsandthemes.wordpress.com/•Master's Final Projecthttp://compositeandaggregate.wordpress.comstudent received Student Choice Award•Comprehensive Studiohttp://criticalimpersonations.wordpress.comTwo students awarded Pickard Chilton Felllowships for projects developed in the studio.•guest lecture: 'Loos is More: The Architecture and Writing of Adolf Loos'•adjunct slam presentation: 'Practice as Design Method'•reviewer: Graduate design studios•guest reviewer: Undergraduate & Graduate design studios, design electives and workshops 2012, 2011•guest reviewer: Graduate Materials and Construction Systems, 2012, 2011 •guest lecture: Topics in Architecture: Architecture Portfolio Design, 2012, 2011

•BA (hons) in architecture (US BS/BA equivalent)•design studio: final year students•Comprehensive Design Project (CDP) program: requiring integration of constructional and structural systems, environmental strategies, and regulatory requirements •author of CDP brief for prison design, titled ‘Hung, Drawn & Quartered’•initiated with an examination of the Carceri etchings of Piranesi and exploring issues of environmental determinism and representation•author of CDP brief for embassy/cultural centre, titled ‘Stars in Their Eyes’•encouraging students to impersonate the design style of a favorite architect and then progressively depart from this to develop their own scheme•design methodology lecture

•residential and commercial projects•approx. 100 employeeshttp://www.amazon.co.uk/MAK-Architects-Peter-Murray/dp/1901033341

The Auckland Architecture Association has been founded to provide a common meeting ground for architects, planners, teachers, students and graduates.•committee member•organiser of the Urban Gaze urban design competition•editor of the Auckland Architectural Association Newsletterhttp://aaa.org.nz

•renamed Stevens Lawson Architectshttp://www.stevenslawson.co.nz/