Grand Designs: House of the Year
Every year the Royal Institute of British Architects looks for the best new home in Britain, and this time Grand Designs is along for the ride.
Genre: Documentary
Cast:Kevin McCloud
S1.E1 ∙ Country Living
Kevin McCloud visits five homes built for country living, from a farmhouse in Somerset to a stunning modern glass villa with a spectacular jagged roof.
S1.E2 ∙ House of the Year
Kevin McCloud explores another set of inspiring homes for the House of the Year Award, including one that's clad in bright orange metal and a spectacular hidden home.
S1.E3 ∙ House of the Year
Kevin visits a luxurious city home, a glamorous Hollywood pad and a picture perfect, white modernist villa in north Wales.
S1.E4 ∙ The Final
Kevin visits a timber and steel home in Dungeness, a pink brick house in Belfast and a mill in Scotland, before revealing the overall winner of the House of the Year 2015 award.
S2.E1 ∙ Country Homes
Kevin profiles five country homes on the long-list for building of the year, including a house camouflaged within a hill and a slice of spectacular California modernism in Cornwall.
S2.E2 ∙ Boundary Pushers
Kevin profiles five nominated homes that push the limits of residential design, including a hidden house built of glass and concrete and an experimental London extension.
S2.E3 ∙ Space Makers
Kevin explores five homes that create space out of the smallest sites, including a dark mews and some high architecture in Dungeness.
S2.E4 ∙ The Winner
Kevin visits four extraordinary houses built on tricky sites before revealing the overall winner of the Royal Institute of British Architects House of the Year 2016.
S4.E1 ∙ Houses that dare to be different
A beautiful red house and a controversial glass building in henley are just two of the daring, spectacular homes competing to go through to the final of the prestigious architectural award.
S4.E2 ∙ Houses with a past
Five inspiring homes with a past bid for a place in the final, including a london gin distillery, a devon farmhouse and a 400-year-old wreck.
S4.E3 ∙ Extreme houses
Kevin and his fellow judges visit an awe-inspiring set of cantilevered black boxes, a far-flung crofter's cottage, a curvy concrete property, and a wedge house.
S5.E4 ∙ The Final
Kevin McCloud presents the seven houses on the short list for the 2019 RIBA National Award for House of the Year, which include the following: 1. A Restorative Rural Retreat. 2. The Black House. 3. The Green House. 4. House Lessans. 5. Nithurst House. 6. Pocket House. 7. Secular Retreat.
S7.E1 ∙ Hard-to-Build Houses
Kevin, Damion, Michelle and Natasha visit five hard-to-build houses, including a playful pink beach house, an extreme DIY eco-home, a redbrick reimagined and a London new-build
S7.E2 ∙ Incredible House Transformations
Kevin McCloud and the experts visit five homes that have undergone incredible transformations, from a Dutch barn and a factory reborn, to a library hidden within a former cowshed
S7.E3 ∙ Pioneers
Kevin and the experts explore the pioneering homes, from a suburban, mock-Tudor industrial chic fusion and a groundbreaking eco-extended historic cottage, to a London home with a mountain on the roof
S7.E4 ∙ Materials and Craftsmanship
Kevin and the experts look at a meticulously crafted barn conversion and a timber-framed, timber-clad eco home, before the winner of the RIBA House of the Year 2022 is announced
