Sanctuary: modern green homes magazine subscription

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Sanctuary 57 is available now! Build green, build beautiful, build affordable. Australia's best magazine for people looking to build and renovate sustainably. Discover the latest design ideas and cutting-edge green technology, the best ethical technology and furnishing buys, and tips and solutions to help you create a comfortable home for life.

Inside: Sanctuary 57 is our ‘Star power’ special, with a focus on high Star-rated homes that hit the sweet spot for low-bills comfort. There’s a suburban eco development in Melbourne that bucks the cookie-cutter trend to deliver three individually designed high-performing homes, all over 8 Stars. An 8.7-Star Perth ‘forever home’ is tailored for ageing in place as well as very low operating costs, and one designer’s own family house on the NSW south coast makes the most of readily available materials to achieve an impressive Star rating on a budget. In Canberra, a modest renovation saw one brick cottage jump from 3.8 to 7.7 Stars, and on our cover, a 8.4-Star Passive House built from prefabricated cross-laminated timber is a calm, cosy oasis on a tiny block next to a busy train line. In 'On the drawing board', Adelaide architect Ruth Nordstrom explains the design process behind her studio’s demonstration houses that came in at 8.2 and 10 Stars. Elsewhere, we look at taking recycled materials ‘next level’ by relocating and reusing an old house, plus we visit three projects whose owners did just that. Our experts help you choose the right windows with recommended window and frame combinations for each Australian climate zone, and just in time for summer, there’s inspiration for how renters and those on a budget can create shading using plants – plus much more.