Grand Designs (1999)

Name: Grand Designs
Rating: 7.1

Rating: 7.1

IMDb

Synopsis

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

First Air Date: 1999-04-29

Last Air Date: 2025-11-12

Number of Seasons: 27

Number of Episodes: 259

Networks: Channel 4

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Top Cast

Kevin McCloud as Host
Sean Simons as Self

Seasons

Season 1 (1999)

Season 2 (2001)

Season 3 (2003)

Season 4 (2004)

Season 5 (2005)

Season 6 (2006)

Season 7 (2007)

Season 8 (2008)

Season 9 (2009)

Season 10 (2010)

Season 11 (2011)

Season 12 (2012)

Season 13 (2013)

Season 14 (2014)

Season 15 (2015)

Season 16 (2015)

Season 17 (2016)

Season 18 (2017)

Season 19 (2018)

Season 20 (2019)

Season 21 (2021)

Season 22 (2021)

Season 23 (2022)

Season 24 (2023)

Season 25 (2024)

Season 26 (2025)

Season 27 (2025)

Season 1 (1999)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven, East Sussex (1999-04-29)

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.
Ep. 2: The English Barn, Oxfordshire (1999-05-06)

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!
Ep. 3: The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton (1999-05-13)

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.
Ep. 4: The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham (1999-05-20)

Kevin McCloud travels to Amersham, where a couple plan to design an 'invisible' house, blending in with the earth banks of the surrounding reservoirs.
Ep. 5: The Eco-House, Suffolk (1999-06-03)

A Suffolk couple plan an environmentally friendly house with solar heating, grey water systems and reclaimed materials.
Ep. 6: The Chapel, Cornwall (1999-06-10)

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.
Ep. 7: The House of Straw, Islington, North London (1999-06-17)

Kevin McCloud is in lslington where Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth have come up with a highly experimental design for a home/office.
Ep. 8: The Glass-House, Town Fields, Doncaster (1999-06-24)

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