Grand Designs

Season 261999

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

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8 Episodes

E01 The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven

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.

April 29, 1999

E02 The English Barn, Berkshire

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!

May 6, 1999

E03 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.

May 13, 1999

E04 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.

May 20, 1999

E05 The Eco-House, Suffolk

A Suffolk couple plan an environmentally friendly house with solar heating, grey water systems and reclaimed materials.

June 3, 1999

E06 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.

June 10, 1999

E07 The House of Straw, Islington

Kevin McCloud is in lslington where Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth have come up with a highly experimental design for a home/office.

June 17, 1999

E08 The Glass-House, 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.

June 24, 1999

Grand Designs

E01 The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven

E02 The English Barn, Berkshire

E03 The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton

E04 The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham

E05 The Eco-House, Suffolk

E06 The Chapel, Cornwall

E07 The House of Straw, Islington

E08 The Glass-House, Doncaster

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E01 The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven

E02 The English Barn, Berkshire

E03 The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton

E04 The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham

E05 The Eco-House, Suffolk

E06 The Chapel, Cornwall

E07 The House of Straw, Islington

E08 The Glass-House, Doncaster