Season 1 · Episode 1
A couple in Newhaven face a race against time as they build their dream home on windswept cliff-top site in time for the birth of their baby.
Kevin travels to Oxfordshire to meet the Randolphs, who built their first house 10 years ago and now, in their 70s, have decided to do it all again!
This project was a co-operative venture - 10 young families each put in 30 hours of construction work per week. Kevin travels to Brighton to meet a co-operative of ten young families, including ex-travellers and single parents, who are building both their own and each others homes. A housing association bought the land from the council for £58,000. Paul then worked with the association to put the co-operative together. All the members were people on the council's housing list.
Kevin McCloud travels to Amersham, where a couple plan to design an 'invisible' house, blending in with the earth banks of the surrounding reservoirs.
A Suffolk couple plan an environmentally friendly house with solar heating, grey water systems and reclaimed materials.
Kevin McCloud travels to Cornwall to visit Gavin Allen and Jane Fitzsimons, who are trying to convert a chapel into a home and a teleworking office for Jane.
Kevin McCloud is in lslington where Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth have come up with a highly experimental design for a home/office.
Kevin McCloud travels to Doncaster where Michael Hird and Lindsay Harwood are building a futuristic glass and steel house in a suburb of Doncaster.
Discover how Singapore's architects and futurists plan to radically transform the city in response to the daunting challenges it faces.
2018
They are some of the world’s all-time greatest building projects. Most have stood the test of time, but with today’s technology, could they be duplicated and done better?
2019
Kevin McCloud follows an innovative community-led regeneration scheme in Castleford.
2008
Architect George teams up with garden designer Luke Millard to offer people two design solutions - one for the kitchen and one for the outside - before the homeowners' decide how much of their budget to allocate to each improvement.
2025
The fascinating and dramatic stories behind some of the grandest designs never built.
2013
Under the leadership of architect Samppa Lappalainen, we follow the passion projects of house builders from the beginning, from the design table through construction stages and challenges to the finished dream home. Where did the old dreams start and what kind of work must be done to fulfill the dreams? And was all the hard work worth it?
2022
Personal reflections on the best of 20th Century architecture.
1988
An exploration of some of the world's most famous structures and the inspirations of the architects behind them.
The enormous popularity of recent British dramas such as Downton Abbey, Mr. Selfridge, and Sherlock, has led to vast interest in the real-life stories and history of the icons of Great Britain. Each episode of this series visits a famous British building or institution to explore its past and present, meeting a wide range of experts and historians along the way.
2014
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Kevin McCloud presents Grand Designs Abroad. The stakes are higher, the risks are multiplied, and the ambition - to build your dream home in the perfect European location - is greater than ever.
2004
An entertaining series about how our Swedish houses, homes, and cities have developed, and what they might look like in the future. The series' guide, Petra Mede, and architecture experts Gert Wingårdh and Mark Isitt take us on a journey through time, starting 100 years ago and continuing 100 years into the future. Come along to the village street, the big city, the industrial town, the countryside, the dream cottage, the suburbs, the city center, and the village!
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse meets people who know and care about architecture, real estate and design, and finds out what guided their choices in the design and construction of their homes.
2021
This series travels the length and breadth of Britain to find out how the Victorians built Britain. It uncovers the incredible and surprising stories behind iconic landmarks; discovers the hidden heroes behind the epic constructions; and finds out how the incredible advances made by the Victorians forged the world we live in today.
