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

EDITOR’S LETTER

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

Event guide

Tour the new show home • The amazing Grand House is a centrepiece of the event and where you can experience the latest design innovations. Every product featured is available to buy at the show

Self-build simplified • Browse the Grand Build hall to find inspiration, ideas and suppliers for your construction project

Renovation ideas • Inspiration for your refurbishment, from kitchen and bathroom suppliers to a free expert advice service

Interiors inspiration • Find furnishing and home improvement ideas, and stylish products to buy

Green Living Live • This part of the show is dedicated to eco-friendly products and services. You’ll find free advice and a wealth of ideas for making your home sustainable

For your perfect outdoor space • The Gardens area is where you’ll find an exciting collection of exhibitors supplying everything from hot tubs to bespoke buildings

HOMES

Up for an adventure • One couple built a hillside home that perfectly suits their love for the outdoors

Open all areas • Taking down ground-floor walls provides one young family with a bright and spacious layout in a heritage home

IT’S THAT SIMPLE • With its pared-back desig n, this extension to a Victorian cottage is a stylistic and literal link between old and new

ARADICAL RENOVATION • Building up and out from the basement of a 1980s house gave one family a home with a stunning outlook

GRANDE DESIGNS PROJECTS

Find a plot for your project • Use all the tools at your disposal to get the perfect piece of land

10 City homes on awkward sites • Manipulating space in an inventive way is the key to success when designing a home on a small, sloping, awkwardly shaped or difficult-to-access site. Restricted urban plots offer opportunities for creative thinking, often prompting ingenious builds and bringing good design to historical neighbourhoods while revitalising city living. Whether going up a storey instead of building outwards, or demolishing and starting again, where there is a will there is usually a way.

Overhead glazing • What to consider when looking for rooflights, lanterns or structural glazing

KITCHENS & BATHROOMS

KITCHEN UPGRADE

Design with light • Ways to use lamps, pendants, spots, strips or tracks to create a sensational scheme

BATHROOM EDIT

In the best place • A selection of storage ideas to ensure everything’s just where you need it

MY GRAND IDEA • – Architects Inês Almeida and Luis Fonseca designed and built a climate-sensitive home in Portugal