Grand Designs

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Grand Designs

Architectural designer Dan & interior designer Nina want to build a sleek, unique larch clad family house. But their biggest challenge is to convert a swamp into a sweeping, biodiverse waterscape with a natural swimming pond.

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Season 19
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Gretta plans to build a Malaysian-inspired pavilion, designed by her nephew, on her sister and brother-in-law's land in Ely in Cambridgeshire. Will this family affair and story of renewal end in harmony?
Kevin McCloud meets architect Iain and his wife Jenny, who intend to build an enormous black minimalist house right in the middle of a 19th-century Scottish country estate.
Master carpenter Olaf faces the biggest challenge of his career: creating an oasis for himself and his partner Fritha on a tiny slice of land in Sussex near a mainline railway and a major road.
Joe and Claire hope to create 'one of the greatest homes on the planet', that looks like a huge piece of art, with 34 enormous, angled zinc shards. But the expensive build faces mind-boggling problems.
Season 18
In Cornwall, former skydivers Leigh and Richard fall head over heels in love with a listed but derelict 17th century flour mill. Taking a huge leap of faith, they sell their house to live in a caravan on site. (Final)
Energy conservationist Andrew plans to build a radical, self-heating home by storing the warmth of the summer sun into insulated earth banks. But will this gigantic thermal experiment work?
Nathan and Amye are building a cathedral-like home modelled on local Dutch barn houses with a sleek twist and a 5000-tile armadillo roof. But the pressure mounts for project manager Nathan.
Kevin meets Greg and Georgie who plan to convert a cavernous, dilapidated, 35-year-old barn in Georgie's parents' garden in Kent into a peaceful safe haven. But the building work soon squeezes their budget.
Justin plans to restore a neo-Gothic cemetery keeper's lodge in south-west London and convert its toilet block into a luxury extension complete with a moat and swimming pool. But can he keep his budget under control?
Season 17
Edward and Hazel Short build a shining white art deco lighthouse, with additional bedroom wing and infinity pool, all on a rugged but beautiful clifftop spot in North Devon. But their wildly optimistic plan runs into trouble.
After recovering from leukaemia, musician Toby Leeming is driven to build five interlinked barn structures in a horseshoe around an old oak tree in Suffolk. But can he balance high architecture ambitions?
Engineer Richard Bennett and partner Felicia Böhm transform an underground water reservoir in the Humber Estuary into a family home. It proves to be an epic task to demolish the concrete roof and grind the reservoir walls.
Design engineer Mark Butler is paralysed from the waist down. Along with wife Penny he builds a cutting-edge new wheelchair friendly family home in Warwickshire with full accessibility built into its fabric.
Paul and Amy Wilkinson build a lakeside home in Lincolnshire made up of five circular timber buildings. But Paul's health suffers as he struggles to get this complicated build finished in just 12 months.
Former engineer Andy Stakes and his partner, Jeanette Hardy, build a new house right on top of a sheer cliff in Scotland. But after batting winds and rain, will a last-minute design change ruin everything they've worked for?
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.
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