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This one-off special celebrates 25 years of the nation’s favourite homebuilding programme as Kevin McCloud looks back at the most incredible projects Grand Designs has followed - the triumphs, the disasters and the most iconic moments.
Zahid and Ferzana from Leeds replace an old coastguard station on an exposed East Yorkshire headland with a cantilevered, three-storey steel and glass box to take in the panoramic sea views. But right from the start the build is fraught with issues.
High flying millennials Zara, a professional make-up artist, and her partner Giuliano, who works in tech, build an ambitious 400 square-metre, malthouse-inspired home in Lincolnshire – with Giuliano, a complete building novice, project managing.
Kara and Jonny build a striking stone and zinc home in West Yorkshire, motivated by Kara's paralysis due to a rare autoimmune condition. Kara wants to create a home that is not only beautiful but will help her regain some independence in her life.
Tony and Ara hope to create a house all about health and wellbeing - all the more pressing as Ara has an autoimmune condition. Living on site to save money, Tony is responsible for managing the build himself, in order to shield Ara from any stress…
Adam and Tassy take on a giant water tower, a 20 metre concrete column in Northamptonshire. They’re determined to turn it into a fun, practical family home with curved walls, slides, secret rooms, fireman's pole, swimming pool and a sky garden.
In 1999 paragliding school owners Tim and Jules built a timber framed family house on the cliffs above Newhaven. Now, 25 years later, Kevin returns to see how life has been for the very first Grand Designs family in the house where it all began.
