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

HOMES

‘A shadow in the landscape’ • The outline of this house follows the contours of the stunning cliffside around it

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

TIME TO GET IT RIGHT • Following a feasibility study, one couple used drawings, 3D modelling and digital walk-throughs to perfect every detail of their new house

Forward facing • The cost to run this house amounts to just a few pence per day and it’s ready to adapt to whatever the future holds

An antidote to busy lives • A joint venture between three siblings results in a home where they can share good times together

PROJECTS

Your project quality checklist • Inspect the finish of a new project to make sure it’s up to scratch

10 Heritage home transformations • Projects merging the past, present and future

Guide to garden rooms • Gain extra space without having to extend or convert your house

Intelligent devices • What to expect from the increasing number of appliances, security gadgets and entertainment systems harnessing AI

KITCHENS & BATHROOMS

KITCHEN UPGRADE

The future’s now • From cooking to cooling, new technology aims to improve every aspect of your kitchen

BATHROOM EDIT

Showers for small spaces • How to get the best fit and functionality in a bijou room

MY GRAND IDEA • Architect Mel Bax describes the design of a bright, new extension to her family home in Forest Gate, east London