Grand Designs S09E04 · The Eco Arch, Kent

Overview

Kevin McCloud follows the progress of architect Richard Hawkes and wife Sophie, who are moving from London to the Kent countryside to build a hi-tech eco-friendly house with room to grow their own food. Richard also wants their new home to blend effortlessly into the surrounding countryside, concealed beneath a huge arch of clay tiles covered with earth and planted with grass

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1. 1 1. The Apprentice Store, Somerset2009-01-28 · 45mIan and Sophie Cooper met at university and have since spent their time together enjoying life in London. Ian works as a marketing consultant in telecoms and Sophie is a sales mana
2. 2 2. The Chilterns Water Mill, Oxfordshire2009-02-04 · 45mInspired by an illustration on a yoghurt pot, Chris Ostwald decides to build a New England-style water mill in the Chilterns, on a hill and nowhere near any water.
3. 3 3. The Newport Folly, Newport2009-02-11 · 45mSarah and Dean Berry grew up on a council estate in Newport. Having moved away to London and made good, they have now returned home 17 years later and bought an 18th century folly
4. 4 4. The Eco Arch, Kent2009-02-18 · 45mKevin McCloud follows the progress of architect Richard Hawkes and wife Sophie, who are moving from London to the Kent countryside to build a hi-tech eco-friendly house with room t
5. 5 5. The Brittany Groundhouse, Brittany2009-02-25 · 45mDaren Howarth and Adi Nortje are keen to build an earth-sheltered home from recycled materials in Brittany. The house is a very low tech one, mainly constructed from old car tyres.
6. 6 6. The Marlborough Farm house, Wiltshire2009-03-04 · 45mDairy farmer Andrew Ainslie and his artist wife Meryl, who run a gallery on their farm, build a modern barn-style farmhouse on their 700 acre farm in the rolling chalk hills of Wi
7. 7 7. The Prefabricated house, Kent2009-03-11 · 45mMimi De Costa and her husband Andre, a doctor, had spent years looking for a plot of land when they came across a bungalow in Kent. The original bungalow They bought it for the s
8. 8 8. Revisited- Yorkshire: The 14th Century Castle2009-04-08 · 45mEvery Englishman’s home is his castle but for Francis Shaw this is quite literally true. He and his wife, Karen, and their two young daughters, bought the ruins of a 14th Century c
9. 9 9. Revisited: The Hexagonal Straw Baled House, Cambridgeshire2009-03-25 · 45mKevin returns to see how Daren Howarth and Adi Nortje's project has fared four years after they decided to build an earth-sheltered home in Brittany.
10. 10 10. Brighton- The Modern Mansion2011-11-09 · 45mA Building Contractor and his wife who is a Nurse, build a large modern 6 bedroom house on a hill in Brighton. It has an amazing view and the owner has many ambitious design ideas
11. 11 11. Revisted: The Thatched Cottage, Hampshire2009-04-15 · 45mEight years ago Alex and Cheryl Reay left London for a new life in the New Forest.
12. 12 12. Revisted: The Loch House, Killearn2009-04-22 · 45mKevin McCloud revisits a Scottish loch-side pavilion to see if it delivered its promise for Jim Fairfull: a cure for his stress-related illness and a healthy, tranquil life for his
13. 13 13. Revisited: The Woodman's Cottage, Sussex2009-04-29 · 45mIt took ten years to get permission for Ben Law's self-sufficient woodland cottage. Now that he's built it, using 1,000 year old methods, Kevin McCloud visits to see how things wor