Grand Designs (1999)
Grand Designs (1999)
British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.

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1x01 Newhaven, 1999

29 April, 1999 9:00 pm
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.

1x02 Oxford, 1999

06 May, 1999 9:00 pm
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!

1x03 Brighton, 1999

13 May, 1999 9:00 pm
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.

1x04 Amersham, 1999

20 May, 1999 9:00 pm
Kevin McCloud travels to Amersham, where a couple plan to design an 'invisible' house, blending in with the earth banks of the surrounding reservoirs.

1x05 Suffolk, 1999

03 June, 1999 9:00 pm
A Suffolk couple plan an environmentally friendly house with solar heating, grey water systems and reclaimed materials.

1x06 Cornwall, 1999

10 June, 1999 9:00 pm
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.

1x07 Islington, 1999

17 June, 1999 9:00 pm
Kevin McCloud is in lslington where Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth have come up with a highly experimental design for a home/office.

1x08 Doncaster, 1999

24 June, 1999 9:00 pm
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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