Challenge A cup of joe on the go? It’s the morning ritual of many, and Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) looked to bring a full-service coffee house to the Huntsville, Alabama area with a turn-key construction solution. Their plans included constructing a multi-level structure offsite and having it fully operational within days of its arrival […]

While it’s still winter across the country, pitchers and catchers report for spring training in early February, a reminder that baseball season and warmer weather are just around the corner. As the players fine tune their skills in temperate climates, stadium operations managers back home are working on ways to perfect their part of the […]

The year is 2010. Apple has just released the iPad, Justin Bieber is at the top of the music charts, and “Glee” is the hit T.V. show of the year. Like the ubiquitous ad campaign says, whatever you’re trying to do, there’s an app for that. Ten years later, the marketing world has thoroughly infiltrated […]

Challenge In the past decade, countless companies have taken their businesses online, offering customers a streamlined and accessible shopping experience. Through the rapid growth of technology, e-commerce has continued to dominate; however, some products and services require an in-person experience to best understand their brand. Firmenich has been in the scent production business for more […]

Challenge For developers, office space is typically confined to rental trailers capable of traveling from site to site. While the units are functional, they are usually far from visually pleasing. When Kane Realty, a developer located in Raleigh, sought a new approach to traditional construction offices, they selected Boxman Studios. The task at hand? Design […]

Traditional construction is not known for being expeditious. Weather can wreak havoc on a construction schedule, labor shortages are common and delayed materials impact the schedule and budget. Here are five reasons shipping container buildings save time in the overall construction process, getting products to market an average of 30-50 percent faster than bricks-and-sticks construction. […]

In today’s world of skyscrapers and monuments, it seems that most people will agree, bigger is better. Impressive buildings leave a more lasting impression, right? Traditional construction has drawn our iconic city lines and marked important changes in history and culture. It also raises some important questions. How does this mentality impact our earth and […]

Modular construction has gotten a bad rap. When you think of the building method, no doubt you’ll conjure up images of low-cost, low-quality homes that look hot off the cookie cutter. Something like this.     These structures don’t even touch the potential of modular construction. And when you use shipping containers in the off-site […]

To start, Third Placemaking is a concept we’ve developed at Boxman Studios to codify how spaces can be designed for both commerce and community building. The term is a meeting point between a marketing concept: Third Place, and an architectural concept: Placemaking. Third place is a marketing theory that suggests people spend most of their […]

Parking lots are a problem for retail developers, anchor tenants, and parking management companies. The overarching challenge is ultimately, there are too many parking spots and many of them are rarely (if ever) used. In urban centers and downtown areas parking can consume up to 14% of incorporated land. The reason for this is twofold. […]