About Pitman Tozer Architects

Sustainable architecture that brings joy to people, homes and neighbourhoods. Currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, Pitman Tozer Architects is a studio with an established reputation for designing and delivering imaginative and practical projects on complicated urban sites. The studio’s expanding portfolio for public and private clients includes large-scale, mixed-use regeneration projects, buildings for education and high-quality homes. The practice has been critically acclaimed for Mint Street in Bethnal Green, a development for Peabody which won a New London Architecture Award 2014, Housing Design Award 2014 and RIBA Award 2015. Gap House, a narrow, new-build terraced London townhouse, won the RIBA Manser Medal in 2009, bringing the practice international acclaim. In 2021 The Reach, our scheme for Peabody in Plumstead, won Inside Housing’s Affordable Housing Scheme of the Year and Windmill Place, for Brick by Brick in Croydon, won Building Magazine’s Housing Development of the Year. We are currently delivering 700 homes on four sites across South and East London, which include a community hub, library, cafes, gym, supermarket and office space. We are working on our fourth building for Peabody, along with Gascoigne East Estate regeneration for Be First in Barking and Dagenham, and the regeneration of the area around Plaistow Underground station for Populo Living in Newham. Expertise Pitman Tozer Architects have carefully developed a range of skills and expertise that expand beyond the traditional role of the architect. We are able to offer expert advice, guidance and services in a number of areas which complement and enhance the work we do as architects including masterplanning, feasibility studies, building next to infrastructure, sustainability, design review, model making, visualisations, health & safety services, policy writing and review, collaborations and joint ventures, and research and teaching. Architecture We are architects shaping complex urban fabric, making cities great places to live. We offer full architectural services from project inception through design delivery to final completion and handover. We enjoy seeing projects all the way through, anticipating and resolving the many hurdles in between. Building next to infrastructure We have developed a reputation for making once unlovable locations liveable and indeed desirable. We have delivered site specific responses next to challenging infrastructure including elevated roads and busy railways, finding new design and technical solutions to air quality, traffic noise, overlooking and solar gain. Sustainability We consider the environmental impact of a building from the outset of a project, whether it’s a one-off private house or a large-scale urban regeneration project. We are committed to working with clients and consultants to deliver sustainable and resource efficient buildings, and minimise life-cycle costs through well considered, efficient and innovative design solutions. Masterplanning We have an interest in the city. Our experience of development in London, from high quality private housing to large scale regeneration schemes, means we see the city experience from many different angles. This experience underpins our approach to masterplanning and urban regeneration. Through our masterplan work we aim to help our clients fully optimise their site, providing urban continuity and cohesion, and promoting active and passive interaction of daily life that helps makes a city work. Feasibility Studies Often the viability of a project is unknown at the beginning, and the opportunities a particular site offers are not immediately apparent. We offer services at this early stage to assist with the development of a brief, helping to assess the feasibility of a project, its site, opportunities and possible constraints to a project’s delivery. Design Review We participate in a number of Design Review Panels for Local Authorities throughout Greater London, helping to support a borough wide approach to the promotion of architectural excellence for all new schemes. We also offer peer reviews to other designers. Model making We have an inhouse model maker who creates beautiful models of all our projects in a dedicated workshop complete with state-of-the-art laser cutting capabilities. Visualisations We are visual people and believe the communication of an idea is often simpler with an image. We produce in-house computer-generated images and renders to help describe our designs and offer these services alongside our architectural services. Health & Safety Services We carry out the role of Principal Designer on many projects, helping guide our clients through the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015, ensuring the buildings we design are safe to build, live in and maintain. Policy Writing and Review Our extensive work with Local Authorities has given us expert insight into the complex world of policy and guidance documents used by clients, planners and architects in the assessment of design proposals. We have carried out reviews and audits for several Local Authorities to help improve, update and often rewrite their policy documentation. Collaborations and Joint Ventures We enjoy working with others and are proud to have collaborated with other designers and developers on a number of projects, including working alongside other architects to deliver large scale masterplan and urban regeneration projects, to joint venture partnering with a developer to provide custom build housing. Research and teaching Since the studio first began, we have balanced the development of our professional practice with teaching posts and academic research at a number of leading architectural schools. As we learn about new technologies and construction innovations, we are keen to pass on the benefit of our knowledge to both our colleagues and the next generation of practitioners.