Grand Designs

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Season 16
Concrete fanatic Adrian and wife Megan build a home in rural East Sussex made almost entirely out of the stuff. Adrian hopes his raw, exposed, modular concrete home will be the ultimate 21st century country house. (Final)
Identical twins Nik and Jon build two near identical houses in Sheffield. Raised up on steel stilts on the site of an old corn mill, these two extraordinary houses will pay tribute to Sheffield's industrial past.
Chiropractor Steph and husband Alex try to build a sleek contemporary family farmhouse on old farmland, an ambition she's held for 20 years. But lack of money leads to extended life in a caravan and a total re-design.
Elinor and Born Barikor build a hypoallergenic home to alleviate their two young sons' life threatening allergies. Their home is built with low toxin materials and cutting edge filtration systems to purify the air.
Harry and Briony Anscombe embark on a radical mission to build a giant five-bedroom house inspired by an American Modernist house Harry saw in the cult 80s film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Young Spanish architect Jaime and his wife Mimi Fernandez embark on an epic mission to convert a crumbling mini castle in Buckinghamshire into a family home.
Season 15
Ed and Rowena Waghorn continue to build a handcrafted, five bedroom house on an eight acre smallholding in Herefordshire, 10 years in the making. Progress on the build was slow as Ed decided to do most of the work himself.
Joe and Lina take on the London property market, as they build their own home on a tiny 38 square metre plot. They'll need to cleverly maximise the space, but the project soon runs months behind schedule and over budget.
After 15 years of saving and planning, Fred and Saffron Baker start work on their innovative new family home on a 30 degree slope. Kevin McCloud visits the Peak District as they build into the thick Derbyshire limestone.
Kevin McCloud visits a couple whose home resembles a giant snake. The building was inspired by an ammonite shell, has a scaly, curving structure that spirals over two levels combining natural materials with modern technology.
Kevin meets two designers who plan to convert a crumbling Victorian dairy into a family home, but when the true extent of its condition is exposed, the couple have to decide how much decay they are willing to live with.
Kevin McCloud meets a couple who plan to build a unique, Roman-inspired home on protected land surrounding one of Britain's most historic abbeys in Hertfordshire.
Kevin McCloud meets a young architect and shed fanatic who plans to transform an old agricultural building in County Down, Northern Ireland, using new techniques and materials.
Kevin McCloud meets a couple who combine their love of old with contemporary architecture as they transform a derelict Victorian gatehouse in North London. Can they balance their busy lives with project managing the build?
Kevin McCloud examines an ambitious upside-down, New Zealand-inspired hill house clinging to a steep slope. The couple bought the Malvern Hills plot in Worcestershire through the internet without seeing it first.
Season 14
Stuart and Rosie Treasurer are out to turn their 60s dormer bungalow into a generous 21st century piece of slick architecture on a budget. But the ultra-modern wooden box that sits on top starts the neighbours grumbling.
Mark and Candida Diacono set themselves an ambitious schedule of just seven months to build their house and barn. The house has a timber frame and timber cladding, and the barn, an all steel frame and traditional Devon cob.
Can you really build a 'Grand Design' when you've only got £500? That's what Simon and Jasmine Dale had in the bank when they started their unique three-bedroom family house high up in the hills of rural Pembrokeshire.
Bricklayer Paul Rimmer has spent over forty years restoring and renovating the dilapidated Victorian terraces of Bolton. Now he wants to hand-build a state-of-the-art contemporary home - not out of brick, but out of wood.
After recovering from illness, artist Michelle Parsons and her architect husband David found a beautiful plot in an Essex woodland where David devised a sleek, black clad, three-bedroom house with a separate artist studio.
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