TypeAgencyParallel NameWilliam ToomathBill ToomathDate Range12 November 1925 – 20 March 2014DescriptionStanley William "Bill" Toomath was born in Lower Hutt in 1925.
He worked first in a architectural office in Wellington before moving to Auckland to study architecture at Auckland College of Architecture from 1945-1949, where he obtained a Bachelor of Architecture. He was later awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, which enabled him to study at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he obtained a Masters of Architecture.
He returned to New Zealand in 1954 and was involved in several architectural firms over his long career, including Toomath and Wilson, with Derek Wilson, and Toomath Wilson Irvine Anderson Ltd, with Derek Wilson, Don Irvine and Grahame Anderson.
Aside from professional practice, William Toomath was also Head of the School of Design at the Wellington Polytechnic from 1979-1989 and wrote design articles for architecture and design publications.
He was also an advocate for the preservation of heritage architecture, despite his own style leaning distinctly modernist.
