Grand Designs (1999)

Name: Grand Designs
Genre: Documentary, Reality
Cast: Kevin McCloud

★ 7.2 47m/ep Documentary · Reality Latest: S28 E06

British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.

Cast: Kevin McCloud
Country: United Kingdom
First aired: April 29, 1999

Seasons

Season 1 · 8 episodes
Season 2 · 17 episodes
Season 3 · 16 episodes
Season 4 · 8 episodes
Season 5 · 11 episodes
Season 6 · 8 episodes
Season 7 · 12 episodes
Season 8 · 12 episodes
Season 9 · 13 episodes
Season 10 · 14 episodes
Season 11 · 12 episodes
Season 12 · 12 episodes
Season 13 · 11 episodes
Season 14 · 10 episodes
Season 15 · 4 episodes
Season 16 · 9 episodes
Season 17 · 9 episodes
Season 18 · 9 episodes
Season 19 · 7 episodes
Season 20 · 7 episodes
Season 21 · 6 episodes
Season 22 · 7 episodes
Season 23 · 11 episodes
Season 24 · 8 episodes
Season 25 · 6 episodes
Season 26 · 5 episodes
Season 27 · 7 episodes
Season 28 · 6 episodes

Season 1 Episodes

1. The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven, East Sussex
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.
2. The English Barn, Oxfordshire
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!
3. The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton
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.
4. The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham
Kevin McCloud travels to Amersham, where a couple plan to design an 'invisible' house, blending in with the earth banks of the surrounding reservoirs.
5. The Eco-House, Suffolk
A Suffolk couple plan an environmentally friendly house with solar heating, grey water systems and reclaimed materials.
6. The Chapel, Cornwall
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.
7. The House of Straw, Islington, North London
Kevin McCloud is in lslington where Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth have come up with a highly experimental design for a home/office.
8. The Glass-House, Town Fields, Doncaster
Kevin McCloud travels to Doncaster where Michael Hird and Lindsay Harwood are building a futuristic glass and steel house in a suburb of Doncaster.