From one studio in New Plymouth to teams across Taranaki, Waikato and Hawkes Bay.
Fifty years in, we’re still doing the same thing that started it all: taking on projects of all scales and complexity, and seeing them through. It’s the merger of creativity with technical and industry knowledge that lets us do it.
Design is a way of thinking, not a finishing touch. “It’s an approach to problem solving that we apply to all stages of the design and construction process,” says our Director Glenn Brebner. “Yes, it’s important that it looks and feels great, but it also has to be enduring and adaptable to a future we are only beginning to imagine.”
This way of thinking has deep roots. In 1974, Terry Boon opened the doors to what would become a nationally renowned company delivering projects from northern reaches of Te Tai Tokerau to the south of Murihiku. As the practice grew, it attracted new design thinkers who have gone on to become leaders in their own right, driving BOON’s company ethos – maintain the experience and wisdom of age to support the energy of the new generations and adaptation to new technologies.
BOON became part of the nationwide TEAM Architects network at the turn of the millennium – a creative collective of 10 studios which shares best practice and knowledge, resources and expertise, and giving BOON local agility with New Zealand-wide scale.
Taranaki remains our founding home, and we’re proud supporters of many local industries, initiatives and events, including a thirty-year support of the Taranaki Arts Festival Trust, with 23 years as event partner for WOMAD Aotearoa.