SPINNAKER BAY HOUSE | CONTEMPORARY NEW-BUILD
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 New Zealand gable form as its starting point, drawing on the original baches that first put Spinnaker Bay on the map. Timber bevel-back weatherboard and James Hardie Axon panel were selected for their ability to age well and ask little in return.
Inside, the lower level is light, airy and deliberately open, with multiple living spaces flowing into one another and three bedrooms on the upper level. The interplay of light and shadow is handled with care throughout, creating lofty spaces above while introducing purposeful screens and recesses that carve out privacy where it's needed.
Project Scope - concept design, developed design, building consent, on-site monitoring
Interiors by Gezellig Interiors
Build by Tailored Building
Photography by Tori Hayley
