Vaughn McQuarrie has crafted a house that is part boatshed, part cathedral, and all charm.
On a hill above Waiheke Island’s Anzac Bay is a house that seems to recline on its elbows, wriggle down into the sand a little, and tip its face to the sun. It feels good inside. Welcoming, lofty, warm. “A celebratory space,” as local architect Vaughn McQuarrie puts it. The brief was offbeat.
“What we wanted was a combination of a cathedral and a boatshed,” says Wendie Hall, who lives here part-time with her partner Lois Simpson. The pair has owned the section for
