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.

EDITORIAL

Renovating a classic

Architecture update

Award-winning project

Planned to a tee

Architecture update

Find your look

Kevin McCloud • When it comes to your go-to place, are you a mermaid of the deep, a mountain lion or a creature of the lake?

COTSWOLDS PIONEER • Breaking with the traditional building style of the area, this contemporary house is all set to be a classic of the future

Plot twist • When the costs of materials shot up and the budget wouldn’t stretch, one architect built a home more creative and sustainable than his original design

Home to roost • One family made provision for protected bats in their new barn-style annexe

Aussie rules • Extending an Edwardian cottage in a conservation area called for careful planning and a collaborative approach

Find and secure the perfect plot • Use all the tools at your disposal to get the best site for your project

10 Homes on the coast • Building a house in a seaside setting may present challenges that are unique to coastal locations. Extreme weather conditions, rugged terrain, sloping ground and remote sites require careful consideration, often demanding ingenious building techniques and a healthy budget. But the rewards are rich for those who master the art of coastal construction.

BAUFRITZ

How low can you go? • Building a home or committing to a major retrofit project is an opportunity to keep future running costs to a minimum

Focus on swimming ponds • When set up correctly, this natural ecosystem keeps the water crystal clear

KITCHENS & BATHROOMS

Chef’s special

Fit for purpose

KITCHEN UPGRADE

The look and feel

Better than before

Blowing bubbles

KITCHEN UPGRADE

Top of the rocks

Great-value proposition • How to cut the cost of creating a new scheme

BATHROOM EDIT

Make it your own

Circle of light

Sit and soak

In suspense

Out of the past

An eco-friendly choice

In the black

Look to the past • Ideas for incorporating both contemporary and vintage designs in a scheme

MY GRAND IDEA • Architect Andrés Gobba was part of a team tasked with designing a home in a flood-prone region of Argentina