Belfast | Season 5 Episode 5 | Grand Designs UK With Kevin McCloud | Full Episode

[@bophenry]

If you watch enough Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, you develop an ear for when Guy Fieri doesn't like the food. And if you watch enough Grand Designs, you can tell when Kevin is struggling to say something nice about a building's architecture. A whole lot of "wow, it's uh...big" in this episode lol

[@Sammy-hi4jy]

He likes the house, especially the kitchen…

[@Thepourdeuxchanson]

"Beautiful, elegant and beguiling" sounds like pretty enthusiastic praise to me.

[@xubunik]

I keep saying it: My favorite. Loving this series

[@danielbecker9836]

My God. I could live here and soooo happy. It has an edgy cool vibe especially in how it lets the northern light flood in. Anyone who knows northern light, knows its the best flattering light! As a result - you can have floor to ceiling windows and not worry about too much heat, as Scotland tends to have overcast grey skies year around. Having abundant light via windows is needed! This build is absolutely genius and shows smart architecture in how it encases the courtyard . These builders had good taste and knew to have tall ceiling height which most don't even consider!! Whether or not Kevin likes or dislikes it, who cares? Great design for almost 20 years ago.

[@cpoller]

As someone who has worked on the Architecture / design side and Project manager side of things, This architect /owner frustrates me. His comments about how anything can be done if you push hard enough shows his lack of respect for the tradesmen, and his strict schedule with no space for “make up” days just screams entitled architect/designer who has never picked up a hammer. A good architect should at least know that there will be many delays and afford for that in the timing.

[@niklar55]

Hills move. So do houses built on them. I hope their foundations are effective.. .

[@peterwang3052]

I have watched many Grand Designs builds, but this one it the best one yet !!!!

[@lelamaciolek1166]

Love the courtyard.

[@Kelli.B.]

I really like the house. Yes, its quite vast and I think you don't really need 2 formal dining rooms but if they have a bunch of kids I foresee the unnecessary rooms being converted into something more practical. I just love the mostly all glass facing the courtyard, though I wish the courtyard were larger.

[@karilane1416]

what is the window washing budget?

[@dusanbiorac-fl2wj]

Excellent

[@keirfarnum6811]

My left ear enjoyed this.

[@amyschneidhorst1384]

WhileI am sure this architect will impress clients primarily concerned with maintaining budgets and timelines, I would be interested to interview the trades people afterward about their willingness to work for this architect again. Hope they were well compensated with safer conditions than it appeared.

[@teresamexico309]

Nice home...... yet too big I would have had some trees close to the house and a vegetable garden as a part of the project not aside, even a small greenhouse to grow herbs, veggies, berries etc... Another thing is that, I did not see rebar work on the retaining walls nor in the building of the walls for the home, perhaps they are not needed. However, I have seen smaller homes having the rebar work around the are where I live (MX) including non-seismic areas.

[@llamaslamaze]

not sure about the final musing on the environmental cost being redeemed by the quality of the design...

[@karilane1416]

well, I am also not sure about the judgement of Concrete being "a wasteful" or "damaging" product. It depends. Wood frame is also quite "damaging". I think the main problem is heating. Probably not cooling, which in Belfast probably is less of an issue than here in the American Southwest. But I do have a bit of an issue with a couple, inhabiting such a large space. Do they even say what the final sq. footage is? (or sq m)

[@sibusisokinat5566]

This house was ahead of its time and I love it. Open plan, light, spacious but not clinical

[@kattihatt]

Not really. Modernism came 100 years ago, and new modernism came in early 2000s, so it was just at its time. Well made, but boring and just extremely big. Looks like a hotel.

[@WilldoAldone]

Very nice, but not Art Deco. Looks more like contemporary modern.

[@TheMadManPlace]

Applying commercial building deadlines and planning to domestic house building. Builders in the domestic house market are often allowed to get away with murder. In the commercial building market the builder's reputation would be dead if they carry on like the domestic house builders do. Just look at how many block laying contractors, who were probably in the domestic house sector because this was NOT a large build in comparison to a large commercial building, they went through before they got one who was able to pull the wagon through the river and up the hill. This disparity between the 2 types of workers and the speed they do the job at is why houses are so expensive to build.

[@MrGreasem]

None of the blockwork has rebar reinforcement?

[@MontoyaBrandy]

That’s how we build in the US! Whatever trades are needed all work at the same time.

[@Thepourdeuxchanson]

Your plasterers and glaziers come in while the foundations are being poured?

[@MontoyaBrandy]

@@Thepourdeuxchanson don’t be ridiculous!

[@Thepourdeuxchanson]

@@MontoyaBrandy You said whatever trades are needed all work at the same time. It's what you said.

[@cesarbattistini]

Still no place for me to watch the full series in Brazil =/

[@itsrick208]

What is her name? Durvela?🤔

[@Thepourdeuxchanson]

Dervla, common Irish name.

[@marcelcicort9671]

First impression based on the rendering = monstrosity.. let's see at the end if I change my mind. Finish view = Wasteful he said it right... haven't changed my mind... and he is an Architect. I WOULDNT HIRE HIM

[@danglybit1]

...the visual expanse of the roof from the top level suggests the building is not completely resolved...Maybe 2 floors would have sufficed.

[@danglybit1]

should have started the old house first!

[@Synaptic_gap]

My immediate thoughts on seeing that roof were why a "green" roof, of some kind hadn't been used? Given the cost of all that copper (one of the most expensive roofing materials) a green roof could have not only resolved the spacial issues you mentioned but provided some much needed horizontal garden space as well as softening the hard edges of modernist gigantisim (lol, is that even a thing or did these two invent it>)

[@ArchDuke_JD]

awesome house...I'd buy it any day :)

[@Synaptic_gap]

I have nothing against modern design (the Farnsworth house here in Chicago is one of my all time favorites) the architects use of space and material in this project, while perhaps appropriate for various commercial designs, is completely out of scale to the human proportions of residential design. In the end this comes across as the product of an unchecked ego and underdeveloped sense of esthetics.

[@troismoutonsetuntigre5988]

tasteless poorly made huge tacky box

[@strategystuff5080]

Concrete is not really that polluting, the pollution in building it is usually saved by how fast it is to use and build. you could argue that cutting down 100 + oaks to make a house is worse. provided the oaks are not being replaced.

[@kattihatt]

Delusions of grandeur.

[@geebee7341]

Under budget and on time! Nothing delusional about this project!

[@kattihatt]

@@geebee7341 i dont think you got the meaning of my comment.

[@Synaptic_gap]

@@kattihatt Great minimalist response to this monument to ego.

[@Sophia-zk3tw]

Out of all the episodes they are the most ridiculous they are young and two people rattling in a mega house what about the environment

[@Dawn-tv1bk]

I’ve definitely seen worse. Who knows, maybe they plan to have a large family or maybe they already have a large extended family that stays with them or maybe they plan to sell it to a large family in the future. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@JB-ej2qy]

It’s ugly

[@jelenakatic1778]

Flat roof above 55th parallel 🤦‍♀️

[@alexfil2064]

This is so vain and greedy. Destroyed the hillside for that unnecessary, ugly uninspired house and then bought the neighboring plot for a garden… 👎🏼

[@xxxmarekxxx505]

SUPER!!!!!!!!!