Grand Designs

Available Formats Grand Designs

Secure Scanned : 08/25/2026

Grand Designs - Season 13 Episode 8

Grand Designs 2013 -

Title: Grand Designs - Season 13 Episode 8
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: Channel 4
Cast: Kevin McCloud
Crew:
Alternative Titles: Vores store byggeeventyr, Grandes Diseños, طراحی های عظیم, 宏觀設計
Keyword: house, architecture, appreciative

Overview:Kevin meets a master craftsman whose dream is to build a castle made entirely of mud. Kevin McCabe is the leading living exponent of the ancient art of cob building - wrestling houses out of mud using his bare hands. But Kevin doesn't just want to build another cob house, he wants to build a cob castle. Not only that, Kevin also wants their gigantic new cob house to meet the highest environmental performance targets ever set. It is truly an almighty challenge. The house will be formed of two vast curved cob roundhouses - the largest of which is inspired by the natural geometry of a snail shell - connected by glazing and topped with undulating wild-flower meadow roofs to mirror the surrounding Devon countryside. But building it involves mixing and laying a mind boggling 2000 tonnes of cob, all during warm sunny weather. Kevin is determined to have the main cob walls up in a few months. But soon the sheer scale of the task becomes clear.

Watch Trailer

First Air Date: Apr 29, 1999 Last Air date: Nov 12, 2025 Season: 27 Season Episode: 259 Episode Runtime: 47:14 minutes Quality: HD IMDb: 3.86 / 10 by 57 users Popularity: 16.6299 Language: en

1. South Yorkshire: The 1920s Cinema2013-09-04
Watch
2. North London: The miniature Hollywood mansion2013-09-11
Watch
3. York: The Giant Farm Shed2013-09-18
Watch
4. Tiverton: The Crooked Chocolate Box Cottage2013-09-25
Watch
5. South Lanarkshire: The Metal Sculptural Home2013-10-02
Watch
6. Monmouthshire: Japanese House2013-10-09
Watch
7. South London: Modernist Masterpiece2013-10-16
Watch
8. East Devon: Cob Castle2013-10-23
Watch
9. Newbury: Christmas Farm2013-10-30
Watch
10. Revisited: Malaga, Spain: Modernist Villa2013-11-06
Watch
11. Revisited: Woodbridge: The Modest Home2013-11-13
Watch

Comment

Similar TV Shows

5
HD

How Sweden was built

0
HD

Volavky a predátoři

0
HD

Papa marteau

0
HD

Nachhaltige Architektur

0
HD

The Age of Concrete

5
HD

Secrets of Britain

0
HD

Espaces

0
HD

Le Long de la Muraille de Chine

0
HD

How the Victorians Built Britain

8
HD

If We Built It Today

0
HD

Building Sights

0
HD

To Build or Not to Build

0
HD

proStory

2
HD

The Art of Architecture

6.3
HD

Grand Designs Abroad

7.3
HD

Burgen

10
HD

Joanna Page's Wild Life

0
HD

Svědkové času

0
HD

Nairn's Journeys

5.5
HD