Grand Designs

Grand Designs magazine is essential reading for anyone who is building, renovating, or improving their own home. In each issue you can expect to find 40+ pages of inspirational real homes complete with in-depth project details and exclusive tours of new TV houses. Up-to-date information allows you to stay abreast of the latest architecture, design and construction ideas and innovations. Practical project features include advice from industry experts on a wide range of challenges such as building on an awkward plot, overcoming a lack of light or space, or working with a tight budget. And, as designing a kitchen or bathroom is one of the most complex – and expensive – room transformations to tackle, every month you’ll find a project feature on each, along with beautiful real-life case studies.

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Grand Designs

EDITOR’S LETTER

Architecture update • Original projects to inspire your own self-build or renovation

Maximum exposure

Fast mover

All square

Historical transformation

A quiet moment

Kevin McCloud • England’s planning process is far from perfect, says our editor-at-large, and the solution is not as simple as it seems

Rising to the challenge • On an Essex coastal floodplain, this home is protected from changing sea levels by a gravity-defying cantilever

A deeper connection • This new home was designed to respect and take advantage of its beautiful rural setting

Back together again • A grand old house has been made whole once more, gaining a sleek modern extension in the process

Appreciation society • The passage of time hadn’t been kind to this almost 170-year-old house, but one couple and their architect vowed to put things right

PROJECTS

Guide to renewables • How to choose the right system for your home and maximise the benefits

5 TIPS FOR SUCCESS

10 Homes with amazing glazing • Inspiring ways to incorporate glass into your build project

Subscription offer! • Get Grand Designs magazine delivered to your door each month

A new opening • Ideas for glass doors that perform brilliantly as well as enhancing the look of your home

AT THE SHARP END

FOCUS ON Wool carpet • A practical guide to finding the best design for your space

STYLE AND COMFORT

KITCHENS & BATHROOMS

KITCHEN UPGRADE

Trend report • Fresh ideas for 2022, from touch-free taps to clashing colours

CHANGE IT UP

BATHROOM EDIT

Small and perfectly formed • How to design a new en suite or cloakroom – or remodel what you already have

OUTSTANDING DESIGN

All an illusion • Mirrored surfaces, patterned tiles and a clever use of space combine in this bijou bathroom

MY GRAND IDEA • American architect Nathan Dalesio used eco-friendly cork panels to clad his family home in the Lower Hudson Valley, USA