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Grand Designs Thank you for this sincere comment Michelle. Not every architecture is for everyone. It's important that it works for the users. Obviously sometimes it doesn't work even fort them, but there are few people prepared to admit that such an investment isn't went wrong:)

19 May 2008 at 02:57 · Report

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Episode 5: The Lime Kiln House, Midlothian

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Episode 5: The Lime Kiln House, Midlothian

When Pru and Richard Irvine came across a plot of land in the middle of the breathtakingly beautiful Midlothian countryside, they dreamt of building a bespoke family home. The Project However, the plot of land, an old industrial site complete with lime kilns, comes with a condition...

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Episode 4: The Gothic House, Monmouth

Jo and Shaun Bennett are in love with the past, particularly Gothic architecture. Inspired by their love of all things medieval, the house that they dream of building is pure Addams family...

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Episode 3: The Modernist Sugar Cube, Bristol

Martin Pease is a successful commercial architect, used to designing large scale prestigious offices. However, he’s about to embark on a much more personal project - a home for his wife Katherine and their two lively children. ...

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Episode 2: The Decagon House, Oxford

Oxford is an architecturally inspiring place to live, but building plots are rare. So when a prime site came up, surveyor Henry Chopping jumped at the chance to build something special. And for once, it's just for himself...