A TRUE TEAM EFFORT
We’ve been arguing the merits of an integrated architect + builder approach since we began, but it’s really hard to communicate the benefits unless a client has actually been through the process before – we don’t know what we don’t know! We are about to publish this year’s magazine and one of the articles is […]
What’s the difference between a franchise builder, Box™ and an architect?
A Frequently Asked Question we get is ‘what is the difference between an Architect, Box, House Company and the other design build options’ available.
BOX ETHOS
Equal part architect, equal part builder. Builders who design. Designers who build. This was the seed of Box: a firm belief that the best way to produce livable and lovable homes was through builders, designers and customers working closely together, not against one another. Success comes through an understanding, appreciation and trust of each other’s […]
As we were saying….design beauty
The term ‘form follows function’ is used so frequently in architectural discourse that is has become as clichéd as ‘indoor/outdoor flow’. So what does it actually mean?When architect Louis Sullivan (a pioneer of the American skyscraper) coined the phrase in 1896, he originally used the words “form ever follows function” and the simple premise was […]
