Grand Designs

Season 1

1999 · 8 episodes · 6h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven, East Sussex

   29 Apr 1999 · 45 min

   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.

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   2. The English Barn, Oxfordshire

   6 May 1999 · 45 min

   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!

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   3. The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton

   13 May 1999 · 45 min

   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.

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   4. The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham

   20 May 1999 · 45 min

   Kevin McCloud travels to Amersham, where a couple plan to design an 'invisible' house, blending in with the earth banks of the surrounding reservoirs.

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   5. The Eco-House, Suffolk

   3 Jun 1999 · 45 min

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

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   6. The Chapel, Cornwall

   10 Jun 1999 · 45 min

   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.

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   7. The House of Straw, Islington, North London

   17 Jun 1999 · 45 min

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

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   8. The Glass-House, Town Fields, Doncaster

   24 Jun 1999 · 45 min

   Kevin McCloud travels to Doncaster where Michael Hird and Lindsay Harwood are building a futuristic glass and steel house in a suburb of Doncaster.