Grand Designs Facts
Category: News Release
9 August 2018
- Spring 2019 will see the 20th anniversary of the first ever episode of Grand Designs!
- Kevin has never seen a fully finished episode of Grand Designs as he refuses to watch himself on TV.
- Each episode takes at least a year to film. However, one build took as long as ten years.
- Kevin is a trained Building Historian and works part time for the Society of the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
- Kevin still describes working on Grand Designs as his ‘dream job’.
- Kevin was a member of the famous Cambridge Footlights society alongside Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry.
- Grand Designs is broadcast in 189 territories worldwide.
- In Germany the show is called Der Weg Zum Traumhaus which means ‘The Road To A Dream House’.
- Kevin often improvises his famous monologues on the day of filming.
- The new series will see the first ever Grand Designs ‘healthy house’. This is close to Kevin’s heart as he was diagnosed with asthma at 16.
- Kevin has only ever visited Ikea once. He bought a rug.
- Kevin founded his own architectural consultancy HAB in 2007. The initials stand for Happiness, Architecture, Beauty.
- Hollywood legend Meryl Streep is a self-confessed Grand Designs ‘addict’.
- Kevin once had his own home range in Debenhams.
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