[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.