SPINNAKER BAY HOUSE Contemporary New-Build

Some clients arrive with a mood board. These ones arrived with a philosophy. First-time homeowners who had spent years researching, planning, and refining their aesthetic before breaking ground - they knew precisely what they wanted and, just as importantly, what they didn't.

The brief was clear: a design that was classical in profile, enduring in style, and low in upkeep. No trends. Nothing that would date. A home that would still feel right in thirty years.

Macfie Architecture's response reaches back to the area's own history. The two-storey new-build takes the iconic New Zealand gable form as its starting point, drawing influence from the original Kiwi baches that first put Spinnaker Bay on the map. Timber bevel-back weatherboard and James Hardie Axon panel were selected not for their aesthetic alone, but for their ability to age well and ask little in return.

Inside, the lower level is light, airy, and deliberately open - multiple living spaces that flow into one another and up to three bedrooms on the upper level. The interplay of light and shadow is handled with care throughout, creating lofty, generous spaces above while introducing purposeful screens and recesses that carve out privacy where it's needed.

The result is a home that stands apart without shouting about it - a quietly confident addition to the coastline, built for a family who knew exactly what they wanted.

Project Scope - concept design, developed design, building consent, on-site monitoring.

Build by Tailored Building

Interiors by Gezellig Interiors

Photography by Tori Hayley