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

Letter from the editor

PRODUCTS • These eight featured products are independently selected by our editorial team. If you have recommendations for products you think would be of interest we'd love to hear from you. Email: sanctuary@renew.org.au

REVIEWS • If you have recommendations for films, books, smartphone apps, podcasts, websites or anything else, email: sanctuary@renew.org.au

Mini homestead • In a small off-grid home in rural Victoria, built to a simple floor plan using local materials, this family lives closely connected with each other and their beautiful surrounds.

Years in the dreaming • Lifelong links to this Canberra suburb, combined with a long project gestation, produced a stunning new home for this young family.

Home base • Inveterate travellers Bill and Michele built a small, simple home base on the New South Wales central coast that their friends could use while they're away.

Wetland wonder • Designed for Adelaide's hot summers and cool winters, this updated heritage home supports biodiversity in the city with its native wetland courtyard.

More than meets the eye • Originally a volume builder display home, Nick's Townsville house exemplifies design for sustainability and energy-efficient comfort in the tropics.

Pretty in pink • Cool pink and white inside and out, this subtropical home challenges the status quo – and not just with its colour scheme.

Airy flair • A minimalist renovation to their 1970s Queenslander unlocked natural ventilation, energy efficiency and more useable space for this Cairns family.

EASY BREEZY • Sustainable design for the tropics

Gurriny Yealamucka Health and Wellbeing Centre

Lions Outback Vision Kimberley Eye Hub

Phyllip Street Studio

NANCY LAU'S TOP TIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE DESIGN IN THE TROPICS

ON THE DRAWING BOARD • In Malanda on Queensland's Atherton Tablelands, a house is taking shape that bucks convention, designed for harmonious communal living as well as top-notch performance in its tropical climate. Darren Finlay of Innovation House Australia explains the thinking behind it.

BEYOND BAL • As part of ongoing work to support communities rebuilding after bushfire, Renew is showcasing homes that demonstrate resilient design and building practices that go beyond simply meeting legislated bushfire building requirements.

Eco-friendly, long-life modified wood • Native hardwoods are beautiful, strong and durable, but we need to wean ourselves off destructive forestry practices. Building designer and recreational woodworker Dick Clarke takes one hardwood alternative for a test run.

SHACK SHAKEUP • Lillian and David are planning to move permanently to their beloved beach shack at Jam Jerrup, on Victoria's Westernport Bay, but first it needs an overhaul for thermal comfort and more living space. Designer James Goodlet...