Sanctuary 71 is all about creatively different approaches to housing: think self-contained backyard studios, multigenerational homes, flexible layouts designed to work as one or two dwellings, and even shared houses. From Perth to Sydney and across the ditch to New Zealand’s North Island, we profile new-build and renovation projects offering creative solutions to the issues of housing availability and affordability we’re facing. In On the drawing board, one enterprising couple telsl the story of their Central Victoria cohousing project. We make the case for salvaging and reusing timbers in knockdown-rebuild projects, and Mara Ripani walks us through alternatives to impermeable paving, including hardy ground cover plants – plus much more.