Kevin McCloud draws on 15 years of Grand Designs to look at the challenges of self-building in the city. With new visits and new interviews, he reveals which designs work best and why.
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French Manor House: 2014
Kevin McCloud returns to a remote part of France and the restoration project of a dilapidated manor house that Denise Daniel and Doug Ibbs started back in 2003
08-11-2019
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Malaga Revisit, 2013
Kevin catches up with the story of a daring modernist home in the Andalucian hills in southern Spain, as he revisits Gil and Hillary Briffa after 10 years
07-11-2019
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Revisit: Belfast, 2010
Kevin catches up with Thomas and Dervla O'Hare who built a spectacular home on a hillside in Belfast
28-10-2019
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Revisit: Amersham Water Tower, 2010
Kevin catches up with one of Grand Design's first ever projects, Andrew Tate and Deborah Mills' 100-foot-tall water tower conversion
25-10-2019
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Revisit: Midlothian, 2010
Kevin revisits Pru and Richard Irvine, who built a bespoke modern home on an old industrial site complete with lime kilns. Eighteen months on, has this giant of a house settled ...
24-10-2019
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Revisit: Killearn, 2009
Kevin McCloud revisits a Scottish loch-side pavilion to see if it delivered its promise for Jim Fairfull: a cure for his stress-related illness and a healthy, tranquil life for ...
23-10-2019
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Strathaven Revisit 2019
Six years on, Kevin returns to Scotland to see Colin and Marta's incredible metal home, inspired by aircraft hangars, now that the construction is finally finished
16-10-2019
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Revisit: Sussex, 2009
It took ten years to get permission for Ben Law's self-sufficient woodland cottage. Now that he's built it, using 1,000 year old methods, Kevin McCloud visits to see how things ...
14-10-2019
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North Devon 2019
Edward and Hazel plan a shining white art deco lighthouse on a rugged beautiful clifftop. But almost immediately their wildly optimistic plan runs into trouble.
09-10-2019
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West Suffolk 2019
After recovering from leukaemia, Toby is driven to build a complex home around an old oak tree. But can he balance high architecture and health with a comfy family place?
02-10-2019
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Living In The City
Kevin McCloud draws on 15 years of Grand Designs to look at the challenges of self-building in the city. With new visits and new interviews, he reveals which designs work best a ...
29-03-2019
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Cornwall, 2011
Stonemason Adam Purchase and his partner Nicola Brennan have 12 months to convert a silver mine engine house in Cornwall into a home, in what soon becomes a race against time.
23-01-2019
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Brittany, 2009
Daren Howarth and Adi Nortje are keen to build an earth-sheltered home from recycled materials in Brittany. The house is a very low tech one, mainly constructed from old car tyres.
05-12-2018
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Revisit: Weald Of Kent, 2011
Kevin returns to the Weald of Kent and one of the most innovative houses ever featured on Grand Designs - a highly experimental arch-shaped home built from clay tiles.
18-12-2018
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Galloway 2019
Andy and Jeanette plan a precarious cliff-top build on the west coast of Scotland. There are battles with extreme weather, budget overruns, and a sudden emotional shock.
04-09-2019
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Camden, 2012
Architect Henning Stummel and his partner Alice Dawson take on an awkward, jagged covered space, trapped between buildings in the crowded heart of north London
31-01-2019
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Padstow, Cornwall, 2018
Harry and Briony are relocating and building an American modernist house inspired by 80s teen comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The project is big and proves challenging.
02-10-2018
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Dorset, 2004
Kevin McCloud meets a couple who have spent 15 years planning their dream home - an exotic and inspired wooden-framed house - but is the New Forest ready for such a Grand Design?
03-05-2019
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Revisit: Isle Of Wight, 2012
Kevin returns to the Isle of Wight and the conversion of a 70s bungalow amidst unspoilt ancient woodland. Did the rebuild's unconventional techniques and alternative materials w ...
29-01-2019
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East Sussex 2015
Architect Ben Hebblethwaite wants to build a nautical home for his boat-loving uncle, James Strangeways, that floats on stilts. But a contractor problem puts the project at risk.
21-11-2018
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