This Oast House Pushes Circular Living to the Limit! | Grand Designs: House of the Year | Channel 4

Kevin McCloud is blown away by 'The Modern Oast', a home made up of five roundels fused to create one curved home. With its conical ceilings and a showstopping circular staircase, the RIBA called the house "A work of sculpture, architecture and craft." #HouseoftheYear
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[@Tygearianus]

“Giant bees... adept at handling plywood” quote of the century

[@camillaholst7321]

I am blown away: it is beautiful above my imagination...like something from a fairytale or an amazing fantasy universe. I can only think that one become a better human, by living in such a wonderful piece of art & craftmanship 🙏

[@MissesWitch]

I really like it honestly. Something about having so many circles in a home is so.. soothing.

[@startrekfangirl]

A childhood without having to stand in the corner….. Yesssss!!!

[@Saraseeksthompson0211]

I feel so happy seeing circular living spaces. I don’t know why, but all of the stress I normally feel in houses, just melts away seeing these round spaces.

[@neon_berni]

There has been some psychology studies that show curves to be the most calming shapes to have in the home ☺️

[@gmun2248]

@@neon_berni Also my background & there are lots of studies that associate them with more natural, gentler shapes. I always wanted a round house - but I've never seen these!

[@raz0rcarich99]

@@neon_berni Curves :)

[@RhymesWithSpark]

Absolutely beautiful! So well designed. I did have a moment when they showed the high ceilings in the bedroom where I thought, "How'd you clean up there?!"

[@dtulip1]

lol so did i...I thought..hmmm spiders paradise :D

[@jekku4688]

And...how do you change out the light bulbs in those pendant lamps?

[@massimookissed1023]

_"Alexa, how much do drones cost?"_

[@gmun2248]

I thought, oh cool, you could hang aerial silks and a hoop and there should be cozy chair swings at window level in every turret.

[@cacambo589]

I'm pretty sure radio personality Alan Partridge lives in one of these.... aha!

[@tamaracarter1836]

Love that he was inspired by the local historic architecture in this region of England. Fitting also that “tile” was so celebrated in its design; seeing as carved and decorative hung tile is commonplace on buildings throughout the South-East (Kent, Sussex and Surrey).

[@fraukeschmidt8364]

It's beautiful. Absolutely stunning.

[@Lilaplaytime]

I would love to visit an see this !!!! Could be a new landmark

[@leannbridwell1853]

Gorgeous! Looking forward to seeing it finished! Love to live there!

[@martinstent5339]

When I was a child, every time we drove through Kent and I saw the Oast Houses I thought "Wouldn't it be woinderful to live in such a tall round house!". well, maybe I wasn't the only one who thought that!

[@gmun2248]

I had never seen one as a kid, but I used to constantly draw & design round houses I wanted to live in from about age 6 or 7. I've always wanted a house with a turret/ tower room, because I figured that would be the closest I could get. I have no idea why YT just threw this at me, because I don't really want this kind of video, but this is amazing!!

[@StueEFC]

Mo😅😊opipp😊iippipipiipppipipippiipipppipipippipiipipippippippiipipipipipippipiippiipipiiiiipiiipiiipiipipipipiiipioooooooooipipiooopppipipipipipipipipipipipipipiippiipiippipipipiipiipipipipipipiiipipipipiipippiipipipippipipiiippipiiippipiipipipipipipipipiipipipiipippipiipipiippiippipiipipipipiippiippipipipipipiipipiipipippiipippipipipiipipippipiipippiippiiipipipiiippiippipiipipipiippipipipiippipiippiiippiippipipiipiipipipipipiipipipiipipipiippipiipipippiiipippipiipippiipipiiipippiippiipipiipipipiippiipiippiiippiipipipipipippiipipipipiipipipippiippiipiipipipipiipipiipipiipippiipipipipipipiippipiipipipiiippiiipipipipippipiippiipiipipipipippiipiiipipiippiipipipipippiippiipipipipippiiippiipipipiiipipipipiippiiipipipipipiipiipiipipipippppiippipiipipipipiipippiipipiippiiipipipppipiippiiipippiippiipipipiippiipipipippiipipippipippippippipipipipippiippippiipipipippipiipipipippipiipip😊pppppppiiiiiiiiiippiiiipippiippipiippiipip😊pipipipipppppppppppppppp😅😅pippppppp😅pippp😅ippiiipipjpippiipippppppppppp😊😊ipipppp😅ppippppipppppipi

[@jedilegoarts9882]

Beautiful! My friend lived in an Oast house when I was a kid living in Kent. Great buildings. Nothing like this though. Stunning.

[@lindacleveland1289]

Stunning

[@dennynikaj]

Simply celestial.

[@edinburgh360]

Exactly! Ascending circular divinity!

[@MinasSanim]

What a spectacular home!👌👌👌💯💯💯

[@paulinefriar6916]

All of it, is beautiful.

[@MsCheermom2007]

Absolutely brilliant!! I have a friend that built the majority of their home from giant whiskey barrels and it’s gorgeous too. Love it💯💯‼️‼️ cheers🥂

[@trigtrigger9794]

Can you point towards a picture or video of this? Sounds very perfect

[@gmun2248]

Did they document building it on Instagram or YT or something, because that sounds fab.

[@evanoeevanoe810]

Fantastic! And so cosy!

[@gillb9222]

plywood handling giant bees are happily living in the Kent coutryside! I love that

[@Hamish_A]

It's never thought about that final point before. In historical terms it's our right angled buildings that are the anomaly!

[@Geodash81]

Just wow how incredible

[@Abe_Ammiel]

I really like this building, everything about it

[@pauljames9393]

Amazing truly amazing ..... Im considering a garage&carport the same !

[@jacpoy3416]

Beautiful Home no wonder it is the RIBA House of the year

[@JW-lr1mc]

OMG …. Fabulous

[@martinstent5339]

I'm still wondering what the drawers in the kitchen looked like. Are they cheese-slice-shaped? They can't be, otherwise they wouldn't slide out, or is there some clever mechanism I don't know about? So, what shape are they?

[@mamaiwamarlena1174]

Piękne- jak z bajki.❤️

[@ThorntonValiant]

Where do you put your corner TV unit?

[@toneybucket2051]

The actress BERYL RIED had a circular house in the 60's called Honeypot cottage.

[@conniestyles3435]

I would cut off the top of the middle cone and have a large glass window… now that finish.👌🏾👌🏾

[@Lilaplaytime]

Little elf 🧝‍♀️ house but really huge 😱

[@beckyheydemann1332]

Where do you put in a bookcase?

[@manichairdo9265]

Books are probably left lying around. 🤣🤣😅

[@danielebrparish4271]

In your Kindle or e-reader.

[@louisaleroux3484]

Extraordinary!!! Love it!!

[@sararichardson737]

The Workmanship. What a wonderful assignment for all involved perhaps not at the time but the result is something to be truly proud of.

[@jekku4688]

Wish they would have also looked at the garage in back, which looks like a ginormous half-circle/crescent with room for 3 or 4 vehicles. Really amazing. I bet the tilesmith thought "well, at least I know what I'll be doing for the next year."

[@psammiad]

Beautiful, but wouldn't all the heat go to those high ceilings? And there'll be no having a lie-in in those sunny, curtainless bedrooms!

[@ledpup]

This is a house to be gawked at, not lived in.

[@gmun2248]

I would have electronic blinds, velix style. They're practically invisible when they're up so they could be installed. Or eye masks, curtains around a bed...

[@danielebrparish4271]

Yes. The bottom is cooler in the day and the upper is warmer at night. I lived on the 7th floor of a high-rise in Colorado and never had to turn on a heater in the winter.

[@chrishoo2]

Although the beauty of this house is undeniable, it even made me smile, but how do you heat a place like this?

[@mowattlavern62]

Simply gorgeous

[@akkasali9494]

Nice video

[@darlouthia5153]

Stunning !

[@bernadettean-clarkeke7900]

STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL,MY DREAM HOME . I WOULD LIKE A 2 BEDROOMEDCREATION IN SAME STYLE AND FINNISH, CAN YOU HELP------------

[@dtulip1]

LOL "there are some rogue oblongs in this world of rounds, the tiles................." me...WINDOWS...THE WINDOWS AREN'T ROUND :D

[@cosmic-tiger]

It’s five crayons crayons, tied together with an elastic band & then shoved into the ground by a giant 🖍

[@oomma5]

Now I can't under unsee it

[@PS-bs8oe]

Interesting to see, but unnecessary heights. How do you keep it dustfree? The uneven covering of the ceilings must be a huge spider and dustmite attraction.😉

[@gmun2248]

They can be sprayed or coated with natural oils to repel bugs. Cleaned with telescopic extendable dusters... or a drone duster maybe, for fun. 😆

[@danielebrparish4271]

My grandmother lived in a late 19th century house that had a 20 foot ceiling in her parlor and I never saw anything that needed cleaning up there. High ceilings were common in the South because the cooler air settled near the floor. The homes of that era were built on piers because the water table is too high for a basement and there is no such thing as ground frost. The underside of the house was used to store beer/root beer because it was cool. This also kept the floor cool. Bedrooms had transoms above the door and the windows were double sashed to allow warmer air to exit and cooler air to be contained in the room. More elegant homes had a cupola to allow the hot air to escape.

[@malavikabengeri706]

Salute to mr alan..fantastic

[@sharonkincaid-wininger6766]

I could move in one minute. Great job!

[@fanisokhululeka3858]

I wish I could see the full episode

[@hajaraisa9981]

Amazing

[@kevinchomyshyn523]

Pure genius 👏

[@saiflodhi01]

Reminds me of mosques minaret back home

[@CanChikMay]

Its beautiful

[@gmun2248]

People have no imagination, if this comment section is anything to go on.

[@jankaskyevitchjellbet7293]

What's the heating system?

[@danielebrparish4271]

Don't know but the best would be radiant heating of the floor which is becoming popular in the Rocky Mountain Region. They run Pex tubing which is very inexpensive, then pour concrete for the floor. The water can be heated by solar panels and stored in a tank for circulation or it can be heated by a gas fired water heater. Some people use that system to keep the garage apron and sidewalk free of snow and ice in the winter. There is a valve manifold that allows the homeowner to direct the flow of water to different areas of the home including the garage.

[@paulsehstedt6275]

Stunning...

[@jennid1573]

It’s giving Sagrada Familia by Taylor Wimpey

[@darrenmackenzie1892]

Cows udders from a birds eye view

[@stepbackandthink]

There goes all the heat..

[@danielebrparish4271]

Only if you leave the skylight open.

[@marialiyubman]

But how do I hide the shilling in the corner?

[@sjchan3199]

Yh my brother owned one,

[@danielthompson4463]

Hi Alan

[@L3L3Lee]

Roof repairs is gonna cost a fortune 😑. Lovely house. Absolutely stunning but ma head is spinning just seeing only circles everywhere.

[@mediocreman6323]

There is an upside to this. You, see, if your head is spinning, it would probably not even matter in a round house.

[@danielebrparish4271]

The roof of my grandfather's house is 100 years old and has never needed to be repaired or changed in spite of going through several hurricanes over the decades.

[@UFMastodon]

Nothing is stirring, not even a ghost mouse.

[@Digephil]

3:08 what sort of lewd painting did they have on display that you needed to censor it?

[@corajo89]

Lovely, but I couldn't live in it.

[@RwAllstar29]

Where else is Rollie Pollie Ollie meant to live?

[@susanharris5926]

Loved the circular spaces but did not like the bedroom ceilings going to a high point. Claustrophobic. It is not a greatly attractive outline on the landscape either, but the tiles are gorgeous.

[@alexh8388]

Aaaalan paaartridge form the oasthoouse

[@cheya2338]

Whishin i lived there

[@Jules_Pew]

Pity the person who has to dust the cobwebs.

[@jamesjosephkerry7079]

Genius , the german architect was robbed , should have won the competition

[@john-h4k6m]

it’s beautiful but i would hate to live there

[@MMAFreaks]

aliens would live in circle houses not square ones

[@pieface5792]

All my life there was something holding me back, now I know what it was… corners.

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

Nightmare to heat: suffocating upstairs and chilly downstairs.

[@alcyonae]

That’s all I could think of.

[@ReneeOfTheFae]

Same.

[@gmun2248]

Why? It didn't mention insulation, or building materials in this way-too-short video. There are dozens of ways to make sure that's not the case, and new housing regulations that require energy efficiency anyway. Growing up in an old Victorian house was never warm. This looked way cozier.

[@danielebrparish4271]

Notice the skylight on the roof that can be opened to circulate the hot air out as the cool air enters through the windows opened at the lower level. You can see how it was done in old movies that had transoms above the doors and windows that dropped close to the floor. The windows opened from the bottom and the inrushing air pushed the warm air through the transom.

[@nuttylivett2713]

Round houses were built many many years ago there is one Cornwall I was told it was built like that so the devil could not hide

[@darrenmackenzie1892]

Picture frames and windows are still square

[@ninjakannon]

I don't understand his attitude to this house. Almost every room of every house across the whole world is a boring, uninspiring box, and he talks about this much needed design as if it's weird.

[@dismith73]

QB

[@salmonpaw4956]

Spiders.

[@rationaleatheist8769]

Seems he ran out of money when it came to the windows and had to put in stock square ones. Ruins the entire look

[@nurguljonasson7338]

Перевод можно.

[@geisteswissenschaft]

What for? It looks forced to me.

[@DPac9]

My kinda den '

[@BobQuigley]

Just what's needed! Another ridiculously priced millionaires house as many Britains freeze to death

[@hugogreen4916]

No cowls?

[@KarynaNationArt]

Ugly external looking buildings lovely inside

[@pedrolopes3542]

Don't like it!

[@ticketyboo2456]

There are homeless people in the UK and this monstrosity still exists...

[@darthkek1953]

There are thousands of homeless people in the UK but instead of you helping them you're commenting on luxury houses on the Internet.

[@rachelcookie321]

That kitchen looks like a big waste of space. They need an island or something in the middle.

[@Grrrrrrr123]

Hate it

[@incognito6500]

😂😂😂😂

[@PLuMUK54]

It looks like it belongs in a 1930s cartoon, and not in a good way. The interior is not too bad, but the exterior is ugly both in form and colouring.

[@stevewilson6390]

In your humble opinion!