“...cohousing needs to be a serious option in the housing mix and it needs to be supported by planning policy and business leadership.” Well, the 7.30 Report program about cohousing in which we we featured the other week was …

Cohousing in Germany- a workshop with Professor Kristien Ring
Guy Luscombe from The AGEncy Project was invited by the NSW Government Architect to attend a special round table workshop with Professor Kristien Ring, author of ‘The Self Made City‘, on the eve of her keynote address to the Sydney Architecture …
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So, what is cohousing?
Cohousing? Before talking about what cohousing IS, it is important to be very clear about what it ISN’T. Cohousing is NOT a 21st century name for a commune or a kibbutz or a student share house or whatever concept might …

New housing alternatives a hallmark of the ‘new ageing’ Australia
By Guy Luscombe In 2014 I was lucky enough to complete a Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship to study innovative forms of accommodation for the aged in Europe. I called the project ‘New Architecture for the New Aged’ and the ‘NANA …
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