Box, Design & Build
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| Company type | Private |
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| Founded | November 2011 |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | Auckland, New Zealand |
Key people | Dan Heyworth |
| Website | www |
Box Design & Build (also known as Box Living), is a design and construction company based in Auckland, New Zealand.[1][2]
History
[edit]Box was founded in November 2011 by entrepreneur Dan Heyworth, architect Tim Dorrington, builder Nat Jakich and surveyor Nat Holloway, as a platform of making architecturally designed homes for general public.[3][2]
The company works on the building model with a post-and-beam exoskeleton with off-site construction and prefabrication, the residential work is based on mid-century modern movement.[4][1]
A Box home in Hillsborough, Auckland featured on the TV show Grand Designs NZ in 2015.[5][6]
In 2013 and 2016, the company was awarded New Zealand Institute of Architects award for a project design of a home and post-and-beam design of a multi-unit housing respectively.[7][8][9]
In 2018 and 2019, the company won silver and gold awards for projects at the Regional Awards of the Registered Master Builders House of the Year competition.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Winning formula for living inside the box". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- ^ a b Stephen, Tina (2015-07-29). "Take a tour of a Box Living home". Stuff. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ "Small Business: Company culture - Dan Heyworth". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- ^ "Houses Revisited: Belmont house". Architecture Now. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ HAWKES, COLLEEN (2015-11-08). "Grand Designs treehouse creates another cliff-hanger". Stuff. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ HAWKES, COLLEEN (2016-09-16). "Grand Designs NZ: Where are they now?". Stuff. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ "BOX Post & Beam Home-Building System | Best Awards". bestawards.co.nz. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ Architects (www.nzia.co.nz), NZ Institute of. "Corrondella". NZ Institute of Architects (www.nzia.co.nz). Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ "BOX office | Best Awards". bestawards.co.nz. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ Builders, Registered Master. "House of the Year". House of the Year. Retrieved 2022-10-17.