Grand Designs
TV-PG
8.5
1999
Documentary
British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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- Cast:
- Kevin McCloud
Episode 11 : Carmarthen: The Eco-House
November. 16,2005
Andrew and Lowri Davies embark on a project to build an environmentally friendly farmhouse in rural Wales. Encouraged by their architect, they opt for some state-of-the-art experimental building materials; but do their builders know how to use them?
As the budget spirals out of control, they find it increasingly difficult to balance the budget with their desire for a sustainable home.
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Episode 10 : Devon: Miami Style Beach House
November. 09,2005
Kevin McCloud meets Julie and Mark Veysey, whose Grand Design is a stunning Miami-style beach house on a beachfront plot overlooking the south Devon coast. Julie and Mark have had several holidays in Miami, and Julie wanted to recreate the outdoor beachfront lifestyle back in England, living in a house full of light and sun, within easy reach of the waves.
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Episode 9 : Belfast: A 21st Century Answer to the Roman Villa
November. 02,2005
This is Belfast, one of the great cities of the industrial revolution, and home to Thomas and Dervla O?Hare. They?ve lived here for 18 years, and although they still love their tiny cottage for its compactness, they?re about to build something much, much bigger. They?re building a 21st century answer to the Roman villa, with a copper roof, glass and concrete walls and vast amounts of living space all arranged around a central courtyard.
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Episode 8 : Revisited - Sussex: The Woodsmans Cottage
October. 26,2005
Kevin returns to see how Ben Law's woodsman's cottage has changed. The house has bedded down into its landscaped kitchen garden and his life has changed in unexpected ways.
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Episode 7 : Devon: Shaped Like a Curvy Seashell
October. 19,2005
Kevin McCloud meets Pat Becker, who lives in a large Georgian house in Devon. But now that her family have flown the nest, she's building a new home at the bottom of the garden.
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Episode 6 : Revisited - Waterloo: The Violin Factory
October. 13,2005
Louise and Milko wanted to build the home of a lifetime. Milko's job as a well-paid City banker meant they could think big, so Louise set up her own architectural practice and they bought a disused violin factory in the heart of London's Waterloo. The crumbling building was hemmed in on all sides and had no views, but Louise had a vision of a spectacular loft-style home that would combine stunning design with utter luxury
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Episode 5 : Revisited - Hackney: The Terrace Conversion
May. 04,2005
Kevin takes a trip back to the home of John and Eleni Flood, who completely gutted their Victorian terraced house to create an open, light and modern space
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Episode 3 : Gloucester: The 16th Century Farmhouse
April. 20,2005
Kevin McCloud follows Jeremy and Louise Brown as they try to bring their Grade II Listed 16th-century Gloucestershire farmhouse into the 21st century.
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Episode 2 : Peckham: The Sliding Glass Roof House
April. 13,2005
When Monty Ravenscroft and Clare Loewe began looking for a house to buy in London they soon realised that the only affordable option was to build one themselves. They snapped up a dirt cheap slither of land in Peckham at an auction only to be told it was too small to put a house on. Undeterred, three years ago, engineering whiz Monty began building an extraordinary experimental bungalow that filled the site to bursting point.
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Episode 1 : Revisited - Edinburgh: 19th Century Sandstone House
April. 06,2005
Kevin returns to see whether the couple's solo attempts to transform a wreck of an old stone building in Leith, with no previous building experience, has been successful.
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