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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | November 2011 |
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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]
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]
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