Grand Designs 25/2
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shirt said:
Jimboka said:
shirt said:
SJobson said:
shirt said:
SJobson said:
shirt said:
as this was a repeat
It wasn't.guess i must have seen it somewhere else.
i must have seen it elsewhere or in a magazine.
This particular chap however was involved with a very similar build project in the UK that was featured on telly too... bottles in the walls, old rubber for walls.
They showed a snap shot of it at the start yesterday - thats where you are probably getting deja vu from.
^^yeah, similar to the futuresystems one, but done on the cheap and hitting all the pitfalls!
http://www.future-systems.com/architecture/archite...
its this exact house i mean, as i had a mental image of it that exactly matched the house when i googled it.
i know a few architects and have an interest in it, so would probably have been some magazine or other.
http://www.future-systems.com/architecture/archite...
its this exact house i mean, as i had a mental image of it that exactly matched the house when i googled it.
i know a few architects and have an interest in it, so would probably have been some magazine or other.
ewenm said:
I wouldn't class it as a "Grand Design" and wouldn't want to live there myself, but good luck to them. It reminded me of visitor centres at nature reserves...
Agreed - I think the more recent series of Grand Designs has gone away from the original programme idea.Some of the earlier builds truly were "Grand"
The Violin Factory
![](http://www.channel4.com/4homes/images/mb/Channel4/4homes/on-tv/grand-designs/episode-guides/s4-e1-waterloo-violin-factory/gallery/waterloo-dining-room-lg.jpg)
The French Manor house
![](http://www.channel4.com/4homes/images/mb/Channel4/4homes/on-tv/grand-designs/episode-guides/abroad-creuse/gallery/creuse-house-ext-lg.jpg)
The Waterworks
![](http://www.channel4.com/4homes/images/mb/Channel4/4homes/on-tv/grand-designs/episode-guides/s3-e2-chesterfield-water-works/gallery-page/chesterfield-exterior-lg--gt_full_width_landscape.jpg)
The Scheduled Monument in Yorkshire
![](http://www.channel4.com/4homes/images/mb/Channel4/4homes/on-tv/grand-designs/episode-guides/s5-e13-14th-century-castle-yorkshire/gallery/yorkshire-new-exterior-lg--gt_full_width_landscape.jpg)
And possibly my favourite, purely because I really warmed to the people - or it could be that the hand-made chimney pots were thrown by my father-in-law(!) ..... the Leith house - although I wasn't a huge fan of the interior.
![](http://www.channel4.com/4homes/images/mb/Channel4/4homes/on-tv/grand-designs/episode-guides/s4-e3-edinburgh-19th-century-sandstone-house/gallery/edinburgh-finish-lg--gt_full_width_landscape.jpg)
cardigankid said:
Apart from the interior what was there about that last one to admire that wasn't done in about 1845? And the interior really sucked.
I think for me, it is the "rescuing" of a building that would probably have collapsed/been demolished etc if someone hadn't taken it on. Same applies for all of those buildings - I agree about the interior of the Leith house... definately not what I would have done.Certainly rescuing was the order of the day for the Yorkshire castle - although when the spine wall "collapsed" it looked a bit suspicious to me.... the stonemasons just so happened to have a camcorder rolling at the time? Did it collapse, or was the building easier to restore/develop with the spine wall missing?!
Meeja said:
cardigankid said:
Apart from the interior what was there about that last one to admire that wasn't done in about 1845? And the interior really sucked.
I think for me, it is the "rescuing" of a building that would probably have collapsed/been demolished etc if someone hadn't taken it on. Same applies for all of those buildings - I agree about the interior of the Leith house... definately not what I would have done.Certainly rescuing was the order of the day for the Yorkshire castle - although when the spine wall "collapsed" it looked a bit suspicious to me.... the stonemasons just so happened to have a camcorder rolling at the time? Did it collapse, or was the building easier to restore/develop with the spine wall missing?!
Jimboka said:
Anyone know what happened to the house with the 'Wing' shaped roof that got stained when it poured down with rain / owner kept getting hurt & it all went pearshaped?. Would love to see a revisit on that one & see how it all turned out..
http://www.cloud8.org.uk/index.htmlThat's the site, but it hasn't been updated for 4 years.......
Jimboka said:
Anyone know what happened to the house with the 'Wing' shaped roof that got stained when it poured down with rain / owner kept getting hurt & it all went pearshaped?. Would love to see a revisit on that one & see how it all turned out..
They did shoot a re-visit of it..... and it still wasn't finished!He ended up putting a veneer on the inside of "that" roof - which was the one thing he swore he wasn't going to do.
I'd be surprised if it wasn't at least being lived in by now - if not finished. He was very dedicated to the cause - I'm just not sure the cause was the right one!
r1chardb said:
Meeja said:
cardigankid said:
Apart from the interior what was there about that last one to admire that wasn't done in about 1845? And the interior really sucked.
I think for me, it is the "rescuing" of a building that would probably have collapsed/been demolished etc if someone hadn't taken it on. Same applies for all of those buildings - I agree about the interior of the Leith house... definately not what I would have done.Certainly rescuing was the order of the day for the Yorkshire castle - although when the spine wall "collapsed" it looked a bit suspicious to me.... the stonemasons just so happened to have a camcorder rolling at the time? Did it collapse, or was the building easier to restore/develop with the spine wall missing?!
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