Early Life
Box was born in London, briefly attending Highgate School but, due to his father's job as a civil engineer, spent most of his childhood in Sri Lanka, then the British colony of Ceylon. After studying architecture at North London Polytechnic he served in the Royal Armoured Corps during World War II.
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