
Grand Designs
★ 7.1 · 1999 · 47m · Documentary
British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
Episodes
▶1. The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven, East Sussex45m · 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, Oxfordshire45m · 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, Brighton45m · 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, Amersham45m · 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, Suffolk45m · A Suffolk couple plan an environmentally friendly house with solar heating, grey water systems and reclaimed materials.▶6. The Chapel, Cornwall45m · 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 London45m · 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, Doncaster45m · Kevin McCloud travels to Doncaster where Michael Hird and Lindsay Harwood are building a futuristic glass and steel house in a suburb of Doncaster.










