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1 online resource (streaming video file) (46 min. 45 sec.) ; 281977980 bytes |
| Series |
Grand Designs ; Series 12, Episode 6 |
| Summary |
Audrey and Jeff Lovelock are desperate to live in one of West London's most exclusive areas, but the only way they can afford it is to go underground! Their plan is to transform a listed Edwardian artist's studio, along with a maze of derelict basement rooms, into a bespoke, subterranean home, including a supersize kitchen dining area, a new mezzanine sitting room, four en-suite bedrooms, a gym, large cinema room, steam room and wine cellar.But buying this labyrinthine place requires an almighty leap of imagination. With its 13 different levels and 25 interconnecting rooms, it is questionable whether it can ever make a desirable home, especially given 90 per cent of the rooms have no natural light.Despite this almighty task, Audrey not only intends to project manage, but design the whole place herself, without an architect. Straight away, the difficulties mount up. Without detailed architect's drawings, confusion proves inevitable. Getting light into the depths is a constant challenge, and as the schedule falls behind, the fundamental challenges of building underground lead to a bitter bust up with the contractors - leaving Audrey to go solo on the project.Whether this giant hole in the ground will be a triumph or a disaster remains in the balance to the last. Either way, it is an eye-watering lesson in how to wrangle space from beneath the ground and have the gumption to risk millions in the process.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Written and presented by Kevin McCloud. Series Producers: Mike Ratcliffe and John Lonsdale. Executive Producer: Fiona Caldwell |
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Broadcast 2013-07-14 at 19:40:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: PG |
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Architecture, Domestic.
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Bedroom furniture.
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Civilization, Subterranean.
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Dwellings -- Design and construction.
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Underground architecture.
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Transformation.
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England -- London.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
McCloud, Kevin, host
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Lovelock, Audrey, contributor
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Lovelock, Jeff, contributor
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