Artful Industry
Architectural photographer Simon Wilson has an artist’s eye and a maker’s mind. So, he was well-qualified to build this holiday hut in the hills of Waipu, 90 minutes north of Auckland.
Simon and his wife, Anna MacLeod found the land – 10 acres with a peep of Taranga Island – by serendipity. “We had no previous association with Waipu but Anna has Scottish heritage and I’m a surfer and when we first drove into town, we noticed the MacLeod tartan on the welcome sign. Then there was a surfboard above the bar at the pizza barn and we thought: ‘What is this place?’”
To make it affordable, the couple, who have two children, went halves in the lifestyle block with friends
