Sanctuary: Modern Green Homes

Build green, build beautiful, build affordable. Sanctuary is Australia's premier magazine for people looking to build and renovate sustainably. The magazine profiles the work of Australia’s leading environmental architects and designers and provides a wealth of ideas and advice on how to make your home more sustainable, no matter what your budget. Discover the latest design ideas and cutting-edge green technology, and tips and solutions to help you create a comfortable home for life. Each issue features lavish, full-colour spreads and floor plans for sustainable new homes and renovations. Regular topics include affordable housing ideas, design for climate, energy saving technology for the home, prefab and modular design and more. Sanctuary is published by Renew, a not-for-profit organisation that inspires, enables and advocates for people to live sustainably in their homes and communities.

Sanctuary: Modern Green Homes

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So simple • A minimal renovation and tiny but targeted extension to Penny and Adam’s West Hobart home delivers a homely, grounded result.

Treechange win • Covid gave this Perth couple a nudge to fast-track their Yallingup treechange dreams.

Studio portrait • In Melbourne’s inner suburbs, Tom and Rachel turned their unloved brick garage into a seriously useful home office and guest room.

Prefab perfection • Squeezed onto a tight inner-Melbourne site, a high- performing prefabricated extension gives a Victorian cottage a new life.

Among the dunes • A holiday home in Robe, South Australia, now accommodates extended family and friends in a cluster of prefabricated pods that sit lightly on the sand dunes.

Top of the range • On a boulder-strewn slope with divine views in central Victoria, an architect’s prefabricated Passive House is a prototype for future client projects.

Committed to the cause • On Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Julie and her architect took up the challenge of a sustainable relocatable home on a budget.

Built back better • Undaunted by losing her house to bushfire, Rae chose a modular solution for her custom-designed kangaroo sanctuary and new home on the New South Wales South Coast.

Prefab power • OFFSITE CONSTRUCTION GATHERS PACE

Treasure trove • GIVING PRECIOUS TIMBER ANOTHER LIFE

TOOLKIT FOR ELECTRIC HOMES: A new resource can help households make the switch away from gas • Whether you are building or renovating a home, have already had a home energy consult, are thinking about swapping out your old gas hot water system, or are planning to add solar or a battery to your energy system, the Getting Off Gas Toolkit is designed to help.

ON THE DRAWING BOARD: A tale of two retrofits • Architect Jeremy Wells of Tochi Workshop made targeted, cost-effective retrofits to his own and a client’s very similar Melbourne homes to improve their energy efficiency and liveability. He explains the lessons learned.

DESIGN WORKSHOP: A home for the generations • When Heather and her family moved from their 1950s home into a new granny flat at the rear of the property, they realised how much better life can be in a thermally comfortable dwelling. They are keen to upgrade the old house to match, and add space and flexibility for multi-generational living. Local architect Matt Thitchener has some suggestions on how best to go about it.

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