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

ROUTE TO FREEDOM • Building a bespoke home on one level unlocks a host of benefits for one Grand Designer and her family

A beautiful legacy • This remarkable new-build house nestles discreetly behind a street of grand Victorian villas

ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS • By paying close attention to every detail and carrying out as many tasks as possible, one couple deliver their first self-build under budget

Creative harmony • Heritage conservation and tropical modernism combine in this renovation and extension project

ALL ON BOARD • Inspiration for the design of this home came from the maritime history of an Essex town

PROJECTS

Planning and project management • Key points to consider with these two aspects of a build

10 Timber-frame projects • These striking homes are all built with wood

KITCHENS & BATHROOMS

KITCHEN UPGRADE

One-room living • Design ideas for creating a multipurpose space that’s a pleasure to cook, eat and relax in

BATHROOM EDIT

What your plumber wishes you knew • Having seen every bathroom set-up in his 45-year plumbing career, Jerry Whiteley reveals the route to a successful new scheme

MY GRAND IDEA • Architects Aimée O’Carroll and Jon Gentry design a concrete structure half-buried in a remote hillside