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The smell of an oily rag is helpful in most architectural scenarios, to wipe the spilt paint, to pick up excess polyurethane and to wipe down a water colour painting at conceptual level……

When two architects decide to build their own dwelling and have a spare to put in the boot for a rainy day, then such a rag is really helpful.

Simple planning enables a vibrancy of living in what would be best described as suburban mediocrity. Cladding of Ullos with aluminum joinery is intended not to hassle the Bungalow in the front.

Spaces for compression and expansion, dark and light, inside and outside, and most importantly vibrancy and sensuality.

Lots of in built furniture, enables the use of internal colour to be as free as the habitants within.

There is a reason why Architects should never be allowed to project manage.

Date:  2019

Awards:  NZIA Canterbury Architecture Awards 2019 - Housing- Multi Unit

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The BOS Practice is driven by the pursuit of quality - a belief that our surroundings directly influence the quality of our lives, whether in the workplace, at home or the public spaces and structures in between. It is not just buildings but urban design that affects our wellbeing. We are concerned with the physical context of a project, sensitive to the culture and climate of their place. We have applied the same priorities from housing to education to furniture.

The BOS philosophy and values that inspire every project are the same regardless of scale or size. This explains why no detail is too small in its importance for the BOS Practice and why the same amount of care and attention will be lavished on the design of a door handle, a tap, or a piece of furniture.

These, after all, are the elements of the environment that we physically touch every day of our lies. The BOS Practice believes the quality of a project is not necessarily related to how much it costs, but rather how wisely the resources of time and money are spent. The setting of standards is more about an attitude of mind in defining goals and honouring commitments. In that sense the most important things have not changed - in particular the philosophy of quality and optimism at the most personal of levels.