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In 2012, Kevin McCloud built a tiny woodland home from salvaged materials; a year later, he moved and upgraded it on a Somerset cliff using waste-powered electricity

British designer Kevin McCloud has crafted an off-grid cabin utilizing salvaged materials, long before the tiny home trend gained traction. His groundbreaking design ingeniously harnesses animal waste for electricity production. With a focus on affordability and simpler lifestyles, tiny homes have captured the interest of many young individuals. McCloud’s £5,000…

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TV tonight: fascinating documentary explores the rise and fall of a Russian spy

Nothing was ever quite as it seemed as Anna Chapman charmed her way into the higher echelons of society. Plus: Tinie Tempah channels his inner Kevin McCloud. Here’s what to watch today

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Kevin McCloud: ‘We measure the value of a home by the number of toilets it has – which is bonkers’

The Grand Designs presenter and co-host of Tim & Kev’s Big Design Adventure on living with bats, the most important room in a house and eating fermented shark

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Grand Designs: Tiny island home built by hand trumps big-budget projects to win House of the Year

A small stone house on a remote island in the Outer Hebrides has just been named RIBA’s House of the Year on Grand Designs

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Grand Designs: Restored Essex barn and 'monastic' Suffolk lair shortlisted for House of the Year

The latest homes to join the RIBA House of the Year shortlist have been revealed on Grand Designs

Evening Standard

Grand Designs: Caribbean-inspired home in Surrey shortlisted for House of the Year

The latest home to be added to the RIBA House of the Year shortlist has been revealed on Grand Designs

Evening Standard

Grand Designs: Tiny island house and feat of 'engineering gymnastics' shortlisted for House of the Year

The first two homes on this year’s RIBA House of the Year shortlist have been revealed on Grand Designs

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Grand Designs house for sale: New Forest haiku house from 2004 series on market for £2.95m

The house first appeared on Grand Designs in 2004 when Lizzie and Michael took their project to build a Japanese-style haiku house — with vineyard — to Kevin McCloud

Evening Standard

Grand Designs ‘castle’ sparks local fury after going on the market for nearly £8m

Largest-ever build to appear on programme has locals reaching for their pitchforks

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Joke’s on you, fleshbag! Channel 4’s first AI presenter is dizzyingly grim on so many levels

The AI-generated host of Dispatches raises worrying questions about Channel 4’s environmental impact. She’s also a dead-eyed host who might leave Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Kevin McCloud fearing for their future

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Julie Andrews’ wonderful take on Jane Austen: the best podcasts of the week

Over 25 episodes the screen legend is an absolute delight as the narrator of Pride & Prejudice. Plus, Kevin McCloud take us behind the scenes of his long-running property show

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5 new podcasts to listen to this week

These are our top podcast picks.

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Greg James on how he restored 'ruined' London home into 'granny chic' pad

‘I really love it. It’s like walking into a hotel,’ the BBC Radio 2 presenter, 39, said of his terraced Edwardian home

Evening Standard

Kevin McCloud criticises the ‘unaffordable’ UK housing market

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Kevin McCloud says he feels sorry for anyone trying to buy a home now

‘The entire housing market is controlled by a few extremely powerful companies’ presenter said

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New series of Grand Designs: House of the Year announced

The final episode will see the winner of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) House of the Year unveiled.

Evening Standard

Kevin McCloud's guide to Akureyri and intrepid Iceland

The Grand Designs presenter heads to the far north, where ferocious waterfalls and elemental beauty await

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Woman ‘thrilled’ after being crowned first Flatpack world champion

The Flatpack World Championships is a speed-building flatpack furniture contest.

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Kevin McCloud: ‘I never get enraged, though inside I might be seething’

INTERVIEW: As he gears up for the annual Grand Designs Live event, the Channel 4 stalwart speaks to Adam White about Margaret Thatcher, Rachel Reeves and Britain’s ‘shameful and appalling’ housing standards, his eagerness to keep his private life private, and how he wishes people didn’t fancy him

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‘Ours was inspired by the Empire State Building!’ The chaotic brilliance of the UK’s biggest self-build town

It is a place where a Disney-ish castle, complete with turrets, sits near a scaly ‘pangolin’ house. But is Graven Hill now straying from the DIY vision that made its anarchic jumble of styles so mesmerising?

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Grand Designs episode branded ‘best ever’ as viewers ‘left in tears’ over disabled young mother’s dream home

‘We’ve created something beautiful in the eye of the storm,’ said Kara, who now has her dream home

Evening Standard

Kevin McCloud: 'The whole house-building market, and model, is broken.'

The living legend takes on the housing system as Grand Designs Live celebrates 25 years...

The Independent UK

Couple’s ‘miracle’ Grand Design renovation leaves Kevin McCloud speechless

The presenter said he couldn’t have pulled it off himself

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Kevin McCloud reveals how AI will affect the Grand Designs of the future

Exclusive: ‘It going to be so much easier’

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‘Painful’ Grand Designs home with four years of plans leaves viewers in disbelief

The owner admits the build, which featured seemingly levitating floors, was ‘more complex’ than anticipated

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