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.

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Grand Designs

EDITOR’S LETTER

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

Kevin McCloud • Reflecting on 25 years of Grand Designs, our editor-at-large extols the virtues of the architecture of modesty

All in good time • One couple proceed with caution when renovating and extending a listed property

FROM HALL TO HOME • With the completion of this semi-detached house, a 1930s building transforms from commercial premises to side-by-side homes

Easy does it • Subtle changes bring out the best in this conservation area heritage home

ADVENTURES IN SPACE • It may be tiny, but this home has everything a young family needs

Subscribe to the print edition • Project inspiration and advice you can refer to time after time

GRAND DESIGNS PROJECTS

How to manage your project • Knowing what’s involved in running a build will help you decide whether to tackle it yourself or hire an expert

Fit for purpose • Ways to ensure your home is optimised for good health

10 Impressive timber TV houses • Projects demonstrating the advantages of building with wood

KITCHENS & BATHROOMS

KITCHEN UPGRADE

Ways to save on a new scheme • Get a stunning kitchen for less with this cost-conscious design and buying advice

BATHROOM EDIT

Ideas for walls and floors • Practical and stylish surfaces, plus advice on microcement

MY GRAND IDEA • Architect Ross Perkin and the Emil Eve practice upgrade a London townhouse with two terracotta-clad extensions