211:, Donald Street, Karori (1966–1977). The Wellington Teachers College, Karori, Stage One was awarded an NZIA Silver Medal (1972), and an NZIA Local Award (Enduring Architecture) (2005). Wool House (also now known as Old Wool House) was recognised with an NZIA Wellington Branch Enduring Architecture Award (2002)and the residential Dobson House, Hankey St, Wellington received an NZIA Wellington Branch Enduring Architecture Award (2004)
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224:'s projects on Wellington's urban form, namely: "Te Aro Replanned" (1947), "Homes Without Sprawl" (1957), "City Approaches" (1959) and "Wgtn 196X" (1961). Toomath also presented professional evidence for the Wellington City Council on proposals for controlling building heights, protected viewshafts and urban form planning (1989–1990) in hearings before the Planning Tribunal.
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Following his return from studying architecture in the United States and working with Walter
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about New
Zealand construction. Pevsner found the detailing of a post in the carport unrefined. Toomath argued that it reflected an honesty in detailing, relevant to New Zealand architecture. The Mackay House, Silverstream is symmetrically planned and was designed for a couple without children.
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Toomath's work reflects an exploratory and intelligent engagement with modernist architectural ideas. A key architectural interest was the articulation of continuous space, which is particularly evident in his
Toomath Senior house, Lower Hutt (1949), and the Mackay house, Silverstream (1961). The
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Auckland College of the University of New Zealand between 1945 and 1949. He graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture, and was awarded a UNZ two-year travelling scholarship which took him to Europe in 1951. Adding an early Fulbright Graduate Award in 1952 enabled him to complete a MArch at
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stopped moves for its demolition. He wrote papers on conservation matters and presented evidence in support of a number of heritage buildings including: the AMP Head Office
Building, the State Fire Insurance Building, Wharf Sheds 7 and 21. He had an active role in campaigns to save
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Loyalty and
Disloyalty in the Architecture of the British Empire and Commonwealth: Selected Papers from the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand,
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Formulation
Fabrication: The Architecture of History: Proceedings of the seventeenth annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand: Wellington, New Zealand, November
252:. He was a regular participant of the "Designmark" Advisory Panels, New Zealand Industrial Design Council from 1969, and a Judge of the Prince Philip Award for New Zealand Industrial Design (1981–1985).
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Dudding, Michael. 'A Useful
Exercise: The context, content, and practical application of W H Alington's 'Thesis on the Theory of Architectural Design'. Thesis. VUW, 2005.
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Toomath and Wilson. Toomath and Wilson were later joined by Don Irvine and Grahame Anderson in 1972, forming the firm Toomath Wilson Irvine Anderson Ltd.
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Toomath's other key works include Wool House, Featherston Street, Wellington (1955, in association with Bernard Johns & Whitwell) and the
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Findlay, Michael. "House Your Father: A Breakthrough Home Design Has Been Buried beneath a Welter of 'Improvements'."
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Toomath Senior house is famous as the site of a discussion Toomath and Lew Martin had with architectural historian
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Marriage, Guy. "No Free Love: The Dearth of Media Output from the Architectural Centre in the Swinging Sixties."
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McCarthy, Christine. "Going for Gold: New Zealand Houses in the 60s through the Veil of the NZIA Bronze Medals."
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Clark. "Space Explorer." pp. 170-73.; Dudding. "A Final Formality" p. 10.; McCarthy "Going for Gold" pp. 50-51.
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Toomath, Stanley William. "Education by Design: The Architectural Centre - Educating the Public and Its Own."
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Toomath, Stanley William. "The Design of Interiors, Furniture, and the Selection of Components."
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Toomath, Stanley William. "Anscombe's 1940 Centennial Exhibition; and an historic confrontation"
442:"...about as austere as a Dior gown...": New Zealand architecture the 1960s: a one day symposium,
515:"...about as austere as a Dior gown...": New Zealand architecture the 1960s: a one day symposium
508:"...About as Austere as a Dior Gown...": New Zealand Architecture The 1960s: A One Day Symposium
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Dudding, Michael. "A Final Formality: Three Modernist Pavilion Houses of the Early 1960s".
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On his return from New York Toomath set up practice, and three years later was joined by
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Wellington's Old Buildings: A Photographic Guide to Old Buildings in Central Wellington.
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Wellington's New Buildings: A Photographic Guide to New Buildings in Central Wellington
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Skinner, Robin. "Nikki Down Under: Impressions of Pevsner in New Zealand."
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Tyler, Linda. "The Urban and the Urbane: Ernst Plischke's Kahn House."
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Toomath, Stanley William. "Geoff Nees: Trailblazer for Good Design."
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Toomath, Stanley William. "Search for Expression of Human Values."
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Toomath, Stanley William. "Architecture in the Next 50 Years."
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Looking for the Local: Architecture and the New Zealand Modern
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Gatley. "The Wellington CBD Replanned: Wgtn 196X." pp. 17-25.
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662:. Ed. Charles Walker. Auckland: Balasoglou Books, 2005. 248.
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Gatley, Julia. "The Wellington CBD Replanned: Wgtn 196X."
423:. ed. Alister Taylor. Auckland: Alister Taylor, 2001. 880.
704:. Ed. John Wilson. Christchurch: Te Waihora, 1996. 79–87.
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Exquisite Apart: 100 Years of Architecture in New Zealand
690:. Ed. John Wilson. Christchurch: Te Waihora, 1996. 33–38.
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Exquisite Apart: 100 Years of Architecture in New Zealand
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NZ Historic Places Trust, Wellington Regional Newsletter
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Toomath, Stanley William. "The Gestation of the Group."
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Staffan, Jan. "Interview with William Stanley Toomath."
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Petry, Bruce. "Interview with Stanley William Toomath."
289:"Shopping Center in Three Circles." pp. 72-75. New York.
517:. Ed. Christine McCarthy. Wellington: VUW, 2005. 48–55.
510:. Ed. Christine McCarthy. Wellington: VUW, 2005. 63–67.
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Walker, Paul. "Order from Chaos: Replanning Te Aro."
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Toomath, Stanley William. "Into the Post-War World."
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Toomath, Stanley William. "A House in Stokes Valley."
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NZ architecture post-World War II oral history project
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The Elegant Shed: New Zealand Architecture since 1945.
371:"1962 Bronze Medal House: Silverstream, Wellington."
127:(12 November 1925 – 20 March 2014) was a New Zealand
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Ed. Christine McCarthy. Wellington: VUW, 2005. 7-11.
340:"Teachers Training College, Wellington" pp. 154-159.
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Zeal and Crusade: The Modern Movement in Wellington
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Zeal and Crusade: The Modern Movement in Wellington
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Zeal and Crusade: The Modern Movement in Wellington
644:Toomath, Stanley William. "A House at Lower Hutt."
244:Toomath was also the Head of the School of Design,
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381:dir Tony Hiles (Wellington: City Associates, 2007)
301:dir Tony Hiles (Wellington: City Associates, 2007)
464:Garrett, James. "Home Building - Our Tradition."
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672:Toomath, Stanley William. "Past Indicative."
611:The Journal of the NZ Institute of Architects
584:. Wellington: Oral History Centre, ATL, 2002.
577:. Wellington: Oral History Centre, ATL, 2001.
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227:Toomath led a small team whose report on the
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280:Toomath "The Gestation of the Group." p. 17.
562:, CXIV, March 1955 pp. 72–5. New York.
555:. 1991. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett, 1997.
454:Wellington: Oral History centre, ALT: 2007.
310:"Toomath Wilson Irvine Anderson" pp. 174-84
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480:At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design
260:Toomath is the subject of a documentary
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553:A History of New Zealand Architecture
558:"Shopping Center in Three Circles".
520:McCarthy, Christine. "High Modern."
503:. Wellington: Wingfield Press, 1951.
402:"Wellington's Building Criticised."
697:. Auckland: Balasoglou Books, 2005.
421:New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001
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594:"Toomath Wilson Irvine Anderson",
482:. Auckland: Random House NZ, 2004.
452:W H Alington Oral History Project.
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437:. Wellington: VUP, 2000.
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131:who practised mainly in
707:"Wellington Town Hall"
530:, and Gillian Chaplin.
499:Lee-Johnson, Eric, ed.
171:where he was taught by
125:Stanley William Toomath
105:Wool House (Wellington)
79:Wellington, New Zealand
47:Stanley William Toomath
752:People from Lower Hutt
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496:Wellington: VUP, 1994.
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392:. XXV.12(1963): 40–43.
321:Looking for the Local.
246:Wellington Polytechnic
187:Architectural practice
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