View from inside a U-Build wooden structure with square and diamond cut-outs, colourful panels with circular patterns on the walls, and sunlight streaming through openings, revealing an outdoor area beyond.

Stacks of U-Build wooden boxes with circular holes are arranged inside a wooden structure featuring cut-out diamond shapes on the walls. Colourful panels with large dots are visible on the right side of the image.

A small U-Build structure with a translucent plastic façade featuring geometric patterns and coloured dots, set between shipping containers in an industrial car park under a cloudy sky.

A small U-Build wooden structure with patterned cut-outs and open sides, featuring stacked wooden boxes with colourful circular holes inside. The setting appears to be an industrial outdoor area.

Three children interact with large U-Build wooden building blocks, assembling and exploring them in a public indoor space. Other people and abstract art are visible in the background.

A wooden U-Build organiser with four compartments containing metal washers, screws, bolts, and a blue tool, placed on a tiled floor with a black-and-white circular pattern.

Children play on large U-Build wooden blocks in an open, modern indoor space with a high ceiling. A bold yellow DESIGN sign is displayed above a mezzanine level, and the floor features a geometric tile pattern.

People interact with large wooden U-Build blocks stacked in various shapes inside a spacious, bright museum with patterned floors and a high ceiling. Some adults and children are building, whilst others watch or walk by.

Box Library is Live

As of September 2025, our Box Library is officially live and now has a lively network of users and movers.

Open-access for anyone interested, we have up to 300 boxes available to borrow. Our plywood boxes have already lived many exciting lives, from a pop-up stage to host DJ decks and an intimate seating area, to an exhibition wall or a pop up street skate park. The plywood boxes can be used for educational purposes, to promote construction practice as a viable interest to anyone, through to engaging with activism and celebrating the power of community.

The boxes can turn up completely flat-packed, for speedy reconstruction using simple off-the-shelf screws and a driver. They can then be bolted together to create various structures and shapes. Once the parts are dismantled, they are able to be taken to other locations for further use, or put into our storage container (made of more boxes), until required again. This is part of our usual effort to promote a circular economy. If these units are no longer required at a certain location, we can hopefully offer them to another project, as part of our circular principles.

If you’re looking to set up an event or maybe just create some temporary storage, you could pick up a small quantity of boxes to help with your project. You may need a car big enough to fit all the boxes in. Please note borrowing boxes is subject to availability.

Collection is at our workshop: N18 3QT. Normal opening hours: 9-5, Monday to Friday.