Grand Designs — Season 1
Grand Designs·Season 1·1999·8 episodes

Season 1

Grand Designs
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Apr1999
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Season 1

8 episodes

  • S1·E1

    The Timber Frame Kit House, Newhaven, East Sussex

    April 29, 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.

  • S1·E2

    The English Barn, Oxfordshire

    May 6, 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!

  • S1·E3

    The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton

    May 13, 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.

  • S1·E4

    The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham

    May 20, 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.

  • S1·E5

    The Eco-House, Suffolk

    June 3, 1999 · 45 min

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

  • S1·E6

    The Chapel, Cornwall

    June 10, 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.

  • S1·E7

    The House of Straw, Islington, North London

    June 17, 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.

  • S1·E8

    The Glass-House, Town Fields, Doncaster

    June 24, 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.

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