The Box™ World of Architecture & Construction
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Two sides to every (house) story
We’ve said it all along: when you combine a design-and-build crew under one roof, you achieve better results for clients. But although these two disciplines…
Shelter in place
Robyn and Leighton Langley felt conflicting emotions as they stood road-side on a wet and somewhat blustery day and watched a gigantic mechanical arm lift…
Rewind and redefined
It’s a familiar story: when youngsters enter the picture, the excitement of the big-city dream tends to pale. Childhood memories of beaches, open space and…
Back to the future of housing
If Box™ co-founder Dan Heyworth could wave a magic wand to solve the big issues facing the design-and-build industry, what would he do? In this…
All-Day Parking
Unless you were a local, you’d never know that behind the street façade of this home, is a leafy-and-lovely view of Grey Lynn park. Admittedly…
History at its Heart
Design manager Tony Borland-Lye discusses his favourite Auckland building As an architecture student at Auckland University, when Tony Borland-Lye headed off on food-finding missions…
What does it Cost to Design and Build a Box home.
https://youtu.be/nb9GBxr5J9c Dan Heyworth, one of the Box founders, discusses the approach Box™ takes when building a new home and how we address the difficult question…
Keeping it Real
A cluster of cabbage trees stretching into the sky, against a backdrop of islands and ocean, is an iconic indicator that locates this property immediately…
Why William the Conqueror is partly to blame for our housing problems
The quest to create affordable housing in New Zealand is an interminable dilemma. But as Dan Heyworth writes, the issue comes from the old British…