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

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

Bold upgrade

Beauty of reuse

A new angle

All in a sequence

Architecture update

Kevin McCloud • Our editor-at-large reflects on a decade of missed opportunity for the UK’s self-builders

Reaching new levels of har mony • Neatly stepping down a sloping site, this home is a happy fusion of inspiration from around the globe

Of timber and stone • One couple set about building an energy-efficient home in the South Downs National Park

High drama • A bold design and materials palette ensures this house makes a big impression

The perfect arrangement • The new-build house, which is clad in pine and pale brick, stands next to a restored flower shop

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PROJECTS

How to find your dream plot • Use all the tools at your disposal to track down and secure the best site for your project

10 Extraordinary extensions • A selection of innovative expansion projects

Fix your funding • The latest expert advice on self-build mortgages and other finance options

Ceramic, porcelain and stone floor tiles • Advice on suitability, installation, cost and keeping your floor looking great for years to come

KITCHENS & BATHROOMS

KITCHEN UPGRADE

Cook, eat, relax, repeat • Ideas for planning a practical and stylish multifunctional space

BATHROOM EDIT

Success on a small scale • Space-enhancing ways to design a tiny or awkwardly shaped room

A room of two halves • Waterproofing one end of this narrow room enabled its owner to fit in a bath and walk-in shower

MY GRAND IDEA • Norwegian architect Margit Klev’s bright red home is inside a huge greenhouse