Grand Designs at 25 is the ultimate celebration of the greatest TV series on modern architecture and design in Britain. Featuring Kevin McCloud's selection of the most game-changing constructions from the past 25 years, the book explores some of the most iconic - and challenging - builds ever seen on TV.From eco-builds to luxurious constructions, Grand Designs has undeniably impacted the world of architecture and design. Showcasing the most ambitious builds and touching human dramas from the series, Kevin provides readers with his famously insightful commentary, emphasising the journey that Grand Designs and its fans have embarked on over the past 25 years.Along the way, he offers a fascinating perspective on how home design has evolved to reflect contemporary lifestyles and highlights the significant legacy of this award-winning programme.Don't miss Grand Designs at 25, the essential collection of the most legendary builds from this perennially popular series, as chosen by Kevin McCloud himself.

Autorentext

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 government’s commitment to climate change policies for Channel 4’s The Great Climate Fight. Kevin’s other TV work includes two series of Man-Made Home, Kevin’s Supersized Salvage and Kevin McCloud’s Escape To The Wild, as well as his four part Grand Tour of Europe.
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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 organizations. 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.

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

Inhalt

Foreword by John Lonsdale
Foreword by Daisy Goodwin

1999    
Water Tower Conversion – Amersham
Straw Bale House – Islington
Hedgehog Co-op – Brighton 
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2001**    
Cruciform – Lambourn
Barn Conversion – South Devon
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2003**    
Rustic – Sussex 
Waterworks – Chesterfield
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2004**    
Beach House – Hastings    
Norwegian Longhouse – Glasgow    
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2005**    
Stealth House – Peckham    
White House on a Hill – Belfast    
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2006**    
Cedar-clad Box – Stirling    
Water Tower – Ashford    
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2007**    
Two Timber Houses – London    
Straw Bale Roundhouse – Cambridgeshire    
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2008**    
Lime Kiln House – Midlothian    
Sugar Cube – Bristol    
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2009**    
Vaulted Arch House – Weald of Kent    
Apprentice Store – Somerset    
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2010**    
Recycled Bungalow – Isle of Wight    
Passive House – Cotswolds    
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2011**    
Artists’ Barn – Braintree    
House in the Hills – Herefordshire    
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2012**    
Glass House – Brixton    
Artists’ Muse – Skye    
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2013**    
Flint Farm – Newbury    
Hangar House – Strathaven    
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2014**    
Container House – County Derry    
Engineered Timber House – North Cornwall     
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2015**    
Riverside Shed – South Downs    
Stilt House – East Sussex    
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2016**    
Tree House – Gloucestershire    
Shadow Barn – Horsham    
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2017**    
Extruded Barn – County Down    
Earth-sheltered House – Peak District    
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2018**    
Concrete House – Lewes    
Expedient House – Leominster
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2019**    
Watershed – Hull    
Lighthouse – North Devon    
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2021**    
Pond House – Chichester    
Self-heating House – Bletchley
Triangle House – Billingshurst    
Gardener’s Bothy – Kinross    
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2022**    
Spacesaver – Sydenham Hill    
Scandi Villa – South Manchester    
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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