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
Seasons
1. Country Living
Air Date: 2015-11-04
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
2. House of the Year
Air Date: 2015-11-11
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
3. House of the Year
Air Date: 2015-11-18
Kevin visits a luxurious city home, a glamorous Hollywood pad and a picture perfect, white modernist villa in north Wales
4. The Final
Air Date: 2015-11-25
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
1. Country Homes
Air Date: 2016-11-24
In this first episode, Kevin and co profile five amazing country homes on the long-list for the prize: including a large house camouflaged within a hill; a loving restoration in Wiltshire of a prototype modernist retreat; a Scottish home that blends an agricultural exterior with a sleek modern interior; and a slice of spectacular California modernism in Cornwall. Kevin then reveals which of these homes will make it onto the final shortlist.
2. Boundary Pushers
Air Date: 2016-12-01
Kevin, Zac and Damion profile five homes that are testbeds for architectural ideas, pushing the boundaries for residential design: a cool, concealed house built from glass and concrete; an uber-creative Wallace and Gromit-style house in Edinburgh squeezed onto a disused plot; a gorgeous, low-slung modern home in Cumbria camouflaged with stone; an experimental extension in London with a Japanese flavour; and an elegant house in Buckinghamshire that combines sustainability with glamour. Kevin then reveals which one has made it onto the shortlist and is in with a chance of winning House of the Year 2016.
3. Space Makers
Air Date: 2016-12-08
Kevin McCloud reveals another five homes vying to be crowned House of the Year 2016. These are houses that create space out of the smallest sites. There's an ultra-stylish one bedroom live/work space with an experimental garden roof; the transformation of a dark mews into a light and airy family home; a beautiful blend of beach living and high architecture in Dungeness; a clever extension in Harrogate; and a narrow beachfront garage that's been made over into a stunning home packed with a large art collection.
4. The Winner
Air Date: 2016-12-15
Kevin McCloud reveals the winner of the Royal Institute of British Architects House of the Year 2016. First though, there are four extraordinary nominated houses to review, all of which offer a creative response to a tricky site. There is a house stitched into a wall that sits between a Zen courtyard and an English walled garden; a clever, open plan family home built in a former allotment; a house made from a group of red tin pods on a piece of urban wasteland; and a large, glamorous home in Northumberland that creatively pulls northern light through the house.
1. Local Materials
Air Date: 2017-11-07
Kevin McCloud visits homes in the running for the 2017 Royal Institute of British Architects House of the Year. He is joined by architect Damion Burrows and Michelle Ogundehin, editor-at-large of Elle Decoration. In this episode, they visit five properties which draw on local materials and traditions, including a 21st-century shepherd's hut in Scotland.
2. Water
Air Date: 2017-11-14
Kevin McCloud, Damion Burrows, and Michelle Ogundehin look at five more inspiring homes in the running for the Royal Institute of British Architects House of the Year 2017. This episode considers homes with a watery connection, including a glamorous, white, curvy, cliff top residence with extensive views over the English Channel.
3. Homes in the Country
Air Date: 2017-11-21
Kevin McCloud, architect Damion Burrows and magazine editor Michelle Ogundehin review homes in the country. There's a luxurious tree house in Dorset that shows off the wonder of wood, and an awe-inspiring cantilevered concrete home on the Isle of Purbeck, with floor-to-ceiling glazing. Plus, a property with a cluster of zinc-clad boxes imitating local traditional Scottish farmsteads, and a 17th-century Devon barn that's been sensitively restored for modern living. But which will be shortlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects House of the Year 2017?
4. The Minimalists and the Winner
Air Date: 2017-11-28
Kevin McCloud reveals the winner of the most prestigious prize for residential architecture, the Royal Institute of British Architects House of the Year 2017. But first, Kevin, the architect Damion Burrows and magazine editor Michelle Ogundehin sift the final category from the long list, all of them homes that share a pared-back, minimal look. Properties include a former caretaker's shed in London, and a small but perfectly formed home with oak panelling and sleek polished concrete floors. Last in the series.
1. Hard-to-Build Houses
Air Date: 2022-11-16
Kevin McCloud explores the homes in the running to win the RIBA House of the Year award 2022, starting with five hard-to-build houses, including a pink beach house.
2. Incredible House Transformations
Air Date: 2022-11-23
Kevin McCloud and the experts visit five homes that have undergone incredible transformations, from a factory reborn to a library hidden within a former cowshed.
3. Pioneering Houses
Air Date: 2022-11-30
In the pioneering houses category, Kevin McCloud and the experts explore a home that fuses mock-Tudor with industrial chic, and a home with a mountain on the roof.
4. Meticulously Crafted Houses & the Result
Air Date: 2022-12-07
Kevin McCloud looks at a meticulously crafted barn conversion and a timber-framed, timber-clad eco home, before the RIBA House of the Year 2022 winner is announced.
1. Built Against All Odds
Air Date: 2025-11-19
The search for the House of the Year 2025 begins. Kevin McCloud reveals homes built against the odds, from a cliff-carved retreat and a storm-lashed abode to a collapsing hillside haven.
2. Homes That Take You on Holiday
Air Date: 2025-11-26
A Kent beach home blends work space with an endless sense of escape. A plot in east London transforms into a sun-filled sanctuary. And a taste of the Caribbean is conjured in suburban Surrey. Kevin McCloud explores houses that channel vacation vibes, from tropical paradises to Japanese tranquillity. But which will be shortlisted?
3. Materials and Craftsmanship
Air Date: 2025-12-03
Kevin explores outstanding craftsmanship in projects created in steel, sandstone and timber. A dramatic new sandstone home rises in Bannau Brycheiniog (the Brecon Beacons). Norwich’s medieval brick tradition is reinvented. And an 18th-century Essex barn is brought back to life beam by beam.
4. Incredible Transformations
Air Date: 2025-12-10
In the grand finale, Kevin McCloud explores dramatic re-inventions where barns, bungalows and townhouses are radically transformed. But only one can be crowned RIBA House of the Year 2025.
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Rating
6.8/10
Release Date
2015-11-04
Episodes
32 (8 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
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Production Companies
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