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Grand Designs at 25 Kevin McCloud

Grand Designs at 25 By Kevin McCloud

Grand Designs at 25 by Kevin McCloud


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Grand Designs 25 features Kevin McCloud's personal selection of the most significant and memorable builds from 25 years of this acclaimed TV series.

Grand Designs at 25 Summary

Grand Designs at 25: Game-changing designs from the iconic series by Kevin McCloud

A collection of the most iconic, stand-out builds from this perennially popular, long-running TV series, as chosen by Kevin McCloud.

Grand Designs has had a major impact on domestic architecture and design. As the programme celebrates its 25th anniversary, Grand Designs at 25 showcases Kevin McCloud's selection of the most impressive and memorable self-build projects from the last 25 years.

From houses crafted from shipping containers to eco-builds and luxe constructions, these homes demonstrate the extraordinary power of design and of the imagination to create stunning living spaces. In insightful commentary, accompanied by stunning images, Kevin highlights their key features and why the designs work. Along the way, he provides a fascinating view of how the design of our homes has changed to reflect contemporary lifestyles, and the important legacy of this award-winning programme.

About Kevin McCloud

Kevin McCloud is best known for the internationally acclaimed, Bafta award-winning series Grand Designs which has been running on Channel 4 for 25 years. It is now shown around the world along with spin-off series including Grand Designs: The Street and Grand Designs: House of the Year. Grand Designs has grown to encompass Grand Designs Magazine and live consumer event Grand Designs Live.

Kevin recently joined forces with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Mary Portas to challenge the governments commitment to climate change policies for Channel 4s The Great Climate Fight. Kevins other TV work includes two series of Man-Made Home, Kevins Supersized Salvage and Kevin McClouds Escape To The Wild, as well as his four part Grand Tour of Europe.

Kevin has written several books on design and champions sustainable development, context, the historic environment, and ecological construction. He studied History of Art and Architecture at Cambridge, is an Honorary Fellow of both the RIBA and the Society of Light and Lighting, a fellow of WWF and a recalcitrant patron of a handful of organisations. His two ambitions remain to entertain and to make the built environment better and consequently make people feel better.

He was awarded an MBE in 2014 for his services to architecture.

Table of Contents

Foreword by John Lonsdale
Foreword by Daisy Goodwin

1999
Water Tower Conversion Amersham
Straw Bale House Islington
Hedgehog Co-op Brighton

2001

Cruciform Lambourn
Barn Conversion South Devon

2003

Rustic Sussex
Waterworks Chesterfield

2004

Beach House Hastings
Norwegian Longhouse Glasgow

2005

Stealth House Peckham
White House on a Hill Belfast

2006

Cedar-clad Box Stirling
Water Tower Ashford

2007

Two Timber Houses London
Straw Bale Roundhouse Cambridgeshire

2008

Lime Kiln House Midlothian
Sugar Cube Bristol

2009

Vaulted Arch House Weald of Kent
Apprentice Store Somerset

2010

Recycled Bungalow Isle of Wight
Passive House Cotswolds

2011

Artists Barn Braintree
House in the Hills Herefordshire

2012

Glass House Brixton
Artists Muse Skye

2013

Flint Farm Newbury
Hangar House Strathaven

2014

Container House County Derry
Engineered Timber House North Cornwall

2015

Riverside Shed South Downs
Stilt House East Sussex

2016

Tree House Gloucestershire
Shadow Barn Horsham

2017

Extruded Barn County Down
Earth-sheltered House Peak District

2018

Concrete House Lewes
Expedient House Leominster

2019

Watershed Hull
Lighthouse North Devon

2021

Pond House Chichester
Self-heating House Bletchley
Triangle House Billingshurst
Gardeners Bothy Kinross

2022

Spacesaver Sydenham Hill
Scandi Villa South Manchester

2023

House in the Woods South Herefordshire
Passive House Premium North Cotswolds

Honourable Mentions
2003: Threshing Barn Surrey
2004: German Kit House Esher
2005: Modernisation of Elizabethan Farmhouse Gloucester
2006: Farmhouse Chalet Renovation Les Gets, France
2007: Gentrified Fourteenth-century Peel Tower Yorkshire
2008: Contemporary Family House Bath
2009: Twenty-first-century Farmhouse Marlborough
2010: Modest Contemporary Home Woodbridge
2011: Hole in theWall Kensington
2012: Camden Workshop Camden
2013: Cob House East Devon
2014: Cliff Top House North Wales
2015: Cow Shed South Somerset
2016: Woodland House Essex
2017: Box House East London
2018: Twins Houses Sheffield
2019: Round House Lincolnshire
2021: Cemetery Lodge South West London
2021: Barn Conversion Sevenoaks
2022: Modular House Tunbridge Wells
2023: Tree House Scunthorpe

Afterword by Ned Williams
Episode List
Acknowledgements
Index
Picture Credits

Additional information

NGR9781836001331
9781836001331
1836001339
Grand Designs at 25: Game-changing designs from the iconic series by Kevin McCloud
New
Hardback
Quarto Publishing PLC
2024-09-05
272
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