Box Design & Build
TypePrivate
FoundedNovember 2011
Founders
  • Dan Heyworth
  • Tim Dorrington
  • Nat Jakich
  • Nat Holloway
HeadquartersAuckland, New Zealand
Key people
Dan Heyworth
Websitewww.box.co.nz

Box Design & Build (also known as Box Living), is a design and construction company based in Auckland, New Zealand.[1][2]

History

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

  1. 1 2 "Winning formula for living inside the box". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  2. 1 2 Stephen, Tina (2015-07-29). "Take a tour of a Box Living home". Stuff. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  3. ↑ "Small Business: Company culture - Dan Heyworth". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  4. ↑ "Houses Revisited: Belmont house". Architecture Now. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  5. ↑ HAWKES, COLLEEN (2015-11-08). "Grand Designs treehouse creates another cliff-hanger". Stuff. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  6. ↑ HAWKES, COLLEEN (2016-09-16). "Grand Designs NZ: Where are they now?". Stuff. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  7. ↑ "BOX Post & Beam Home-Building System | Best Awards". bestawards.co.nz. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  8. ↑ Architects (www.nzia.co.nz), NZ Institute of. "Corrondella". NZ Institute of Architects (www.nzia.co.nz). Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  9. ↑ "BOX office | Best Awards". bestawards.co.nz. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  10. ↑ Builders, Registered Master. "House of the Year". House of the Year. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
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