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.

GRAND DESIGNS

Editorial

Sun worshipper

Best in show?

Tiny triumphs

Balancing act

Inside story

A clever combination

Kevin McCloud • Our editor-at-large ponders the ecological and aesthetic value of ensuring a building site is a mud-free zone

The joy of simplicity • A sleek steel and glass pavilion has changed the lives of one couple

HIGH IDEALS • Perched at the top of a sloping woodland site, this house is an outstanding expression of its owners’ creativity

Putting it right • Updating a stone cottage with a two-storey extension has enabled its owner to enjoy the rewards of living in a wildlife haven

A respectful renovation • Preserving the historically important features of a medieval stone and timber house was a priority for this project

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Acoustic comfort and joy

Hushed heating

Low-noise doors

Quiet curtains

Acoustic panels

Sound-absorbing plaster

Silent heating

Quiet tumble-drying

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10 TV houses with incredible glazing • With self-build design trends requiring the maximum amount of natural light and expansive outdoor views, big windows and glazed doors with minimal framing have never been in greater demand. But glazing must also perform better than ever before – not least since the recent update to Part L of the Building Regulations – to reduce the amount of heat transferred through the panes and frames. The following projects are testament to the design and practical benefits of glazing, and the ingenuity of the architects and Grand Designers who used it to such brilliant effect.

Over and out • Scaling up your extension ideas to a doubleheight design comes with ample rewards

FOCUS ON Dining tables • How to choose the right shape, style and size of design for your space and the way you’ll use it

KITCHENS & BATHROOMS

Makes a change

Purposeful piece

A beautiful base

Colour and texture

Top - level ideas

Top of the glass • A bespoke worksurface brings together the colours used in this bold scheme to provide the perfect cover story

Pick and choose

Ready for colour

Less is more

Good to touch

12 steps to a new scheme • Whether you’re improving an existing room or designing one from scratch, follow this advice for a fantastic end result

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MY GRAND IDEA • Architect Theo Games Petrohilos and the Unknown Works team used cross-laminated timber to extend a family home