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Coming this Autumn 🍂 We’re so excited to announce that we’ll be celebrating our 25th birthday with a brand-new series, a special anniversary episode, and a new book 🥳 More here: @FremantleUK

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4 years

A little message from Greg and Georgie... 💛 #GrandDesigns

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2 years

Special delivery! 📦 Brand new #GrandDesigns starts Wednesday 31st August on @Channel4 🥳

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4 years

Greg and Georgie’s gorgeous 'forever home' is the result of extreme resilience and perseverance - a self-built project, on a thread-bare budget, which was completed within just 18 months #GrandDesigns

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Against all odds 💛 This is the house which represents the triumph of hope over adversity! #GrandDesigns

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3 years

@weetabix @HeinzUK We've seen a lot of planning applications in our time, but we're not sure this one would get approval!

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11 months

COMING SOON... Hands up if you're excited about our brand new series 🙌 #GrandDesigns | @Kevin_McCloud | @Channel4

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10 months

Simple, but so elegant. The transformation of the water reservoir is complete - and the views are breathtaking. #GrandDesigns

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2 years

ONE WEEK TO GO 🥳 Grand Designs: Next Wednesday, 9pm on @Channel4

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2 years

Next week: It's the one you've been waiting for 👀 #GrandDesigns

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3 years

NEW SERIES: 01/09/21 🥳 #GrandDesigns

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3 years

"In these difficult times, we could all do with a bit more optimism" - @Kevin_McCloud . Keep safe and we'll see you with more new episodes later in the year ❤️ #GrandDesigns

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10 months

Five days to go until #GrandDesigns is back! 🥳 And what an epic series we've got in store. @Channel4 | @Kevin_McCloud

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3 years

The natural pond is crystal clear and is thriving with aquatic plants and wildlife. The house floating over it is as clean and fresh as the water below ♥️ #GrandDesigns

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4 years

It cost £4.5 million pounds and took four years to build, but what a magnificent transformation 😍 We hope Justin, Hideko and George enjoy their jaw-dropping home for many years to come #GrandDesigns

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3 years

When you watch #GrandDesigns each week and see the date creeping towards March 2020! 😲

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4 years

Here it is, @Kevin_McCloud 's first directorial debut. A wonderfully funny sketch. Written by, starred in, produced, shot and edited by Kevin himself, who needs a TV crew?! All for @realMattLucas and Channel 4's #ReasonsToBeCheerful

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2 years

Oh my 😍 In the face of overwhelming odds, Edward pushed his dream to the end - and achieved the near impossible. #GrandDesigns

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3 years

Can we end every show with a Kevin singalong? 🎤 Repeat after us... 'heat is work and work is heat. @Kevin_McCloud | #GrandDesigns

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It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. B-B-B-BINGO 🥳 #GrandDesigns

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Rosa and Craig are reinventing an old water reservoir into a modern family home. And the plans are every bit as audacious as you might expect! 👀 #GrandDesigns

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10 years

What did you think of Patricks finished work? Would you build with shipping containers? #granddesigns http://t.co/pBq6YtpStj

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4 years

The house that love, patience and sheer sweat built - we hope it will provide the safe haven that Greg and Georgie desire for many years to come #GrandDesigns

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10 months

We're back! 🙌 Don't miss brand NEW #GrandDesigns every Wednesday night on @Channel4 .

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10 months

Blown budgets. Wanting to be in by Christmas. Pregnancy mid-build. Every box on the #GrandDesigns bingo card could be ticked in our new series opener! #GrandDesigns

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3 years

Fernando is a legend. Pass it on. #GrandDesigns

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7 months

Season's Greetings from Kevin and the whole team at #GrandDesigns 🎄 What was top of your wish list this year?

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2 years

It’s back! 💥 Don't miss the return of the North Devon lighthouse - tonight at 9pm on @Channel4 #GrandDesigns

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3 years

We're kicking off our brand-new series with a futuristic home that will certainly make its mark. Get your bingo cards at the ready and see you on Channel 4 at 9pm! 🥳 #GrandDesigns

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4 years

Two hours to go until the new series of #GrandDesigns continues. Who’s watching along with us?

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2 years

Six manufactured boxes have morphed into one beautiful home – the start of a wonderful new chapter for Kate and Rob. And all finished in just five months! #GrandDesigns

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2 years

We're working hard to bring you brand new episodes later in the year. Hands up who can't wait to see them 🙌 #GrandDesigns

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3 years

Turn that frown upside down! We're back next Wednesday night on @Channel4 ! 😀 #GrandDesigns

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2 years

We have an exciting announcement... #BlandDesigns 🏡

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9 months

Duncan and Liz have a budget of £1.2million for their vast experimental powerhouse, on a plot of 800 square metres. It will include a library, wine cellar, yoga studio, and an innovative solar fabric for the roof. #GrandDesigns

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3 years

In just two years, Dan and Nina want to create an environmentally friendly house hugging a bio-diverse crystal pond 🐟🐸 Take a look at the plans for this hugely ambitious project #GrandDesigns

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2 years

John and Helen both see the huge potential for happiness and growth from living in this building, and it's all thanks to the hard work and dedication of son Ollie. We wish them a long, happy and fulfilled future. #GrandDesigns

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3 years

There's just one thing left for Kevin to do! #GrandDesigns

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2 years

If you know, you know! Don't miss the North Devon lighthouse revisit: tomorrow night at 9pm on @Channel4 📺 #GrandDesigns

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9 months

#GBBO makes a grand return to its usual Tuesday slot next week, and we'll be back on Wednesday. Let's all have some cake to celebrate! 🎂 @BritishBakeOff | @Kevin_McCloud | #GrandDesigns

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4 years

We asked you what your favourite ever #GrandDesigns build was and this was definitely up there! Here's how Patrick Bradley turned £10,000 worth of shipping containers into an 'architectural delight' in just under 10 months!

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5 years

Welcome to the new home of Grand Designs on Twitter! We've teamed up with #GDLive and #GrandDesignsMagazine to bring you even more ideas, inspiration and advice - all in one place ✨ #GrandDesigns 🏠

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2 years

Once a tired 1940s prefab ➡️ Now a sculptural, angular, work of art. #GrandDesigns

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9 months

Graeme and Melanie have plans to turn a twin garage into a spacious family home. They have a budget of £450,000, which will involve a massive basement dig on a busy London street. #GrandDesigns

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We’re on a two week break, but we’ll be back with the final episodes from our new series on Wednesday 29th November and Wednesday 6th December. What have been your favourite builds this year? #GrandDesigns

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3 years

We've been busy filming brand new episodes - and we can’t wait for you to see them. And no Kevin doesn’t have his own VIP trailer - he has a tiny camper van which he’s been driving and sleeping in on shoot days during the pandemic. And a tiny boat to go with it! #GrandDesigns

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Tonight, we head to Cornwall as Leigh and Richard attempt to convert a flour mill which has been left abandoned for almost 60 years. They’ve certainly got their work cut out! 😳 Find out what happens on @Channel4 at 9pm #GrandDesigns

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“I’m trying to build something modest, but also exquisite”. Craftswoman Lucinda has a lifelong passion for wood and now wants to construct a low impact, eco-house, in the woodland near her old family home. #GrandDesigns

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2 years

A new upstart has appeared to stake its claim in a strict London conservation area and what a feast for the eyes 😍 #GrandDesigns

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10 months

NEW EPISODE: Rosa and Craig want to live in a steam railway reservoir in the Wye Valley. But their ambitious plans face multiple challenges. Don't miss brand new #GrandDesigns tomorrow, 9pm on @Channel4 📺 #GrandDesigns

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2 years

"May your days be merry and bright, and may all your Christmases be white" ⛄️ We've been out filming in the snow and ice for brand new episodes coming next year ❄️ #GrandDesigns

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True love ❤️ When Kevin met Monty the sparrow... #GrandDesigns | @Kevin_McCloud

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5 years

The final house in competing for #HouseOfTheYear is Kenwood Lee House in London, an innovative home made from materials including concrete and frameless glass. 📋 What do you think of Kenwood Lee House? @RIBA #GrandDesigns 🏠

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2 years

Once the site of botched ambitions, now a defiant monument to human perseverance stands proudly. #GrandDesigns

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EXCLUSIVE 📢 We show you how the CGI animations at the start of each #GrandDesigns are produced 🪄

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3 years

It's back! 🥳 #HouseOfTheYear returns to @Channel4 next Wednesday at 9pm! 🏠 @RIBA #GrandDesigns

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Two years after starting the build, this secluded corner of North Lincolnshire has been transformed. #GrandDesigns

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To celebrate our 25th anniversary, we’ll be launching a special book later this year 🙌 'Grand Designs at 25' will feature a collection of some of our most iconic, stand-out builds, as chosen by @Kevin_McCloud 🏠

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Kevin McCloud... fuelled by Danny's mum's sausage rolls since 2021! #GrandDesigns | @Kevin_McCloud

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3 years

This is the house that love, patience and sheer sweat built 💕 We hope it will provide the safe haven that Greg and Georgie desire for many years to come #GrandDesigns

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ONE WEEK TO GO 🥳 Set your reminders as #GrandDesigns is back next Wednesday, 9pm on @Channel4 📺

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2 years

Classic #GrandDesigns !

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Before and after. Dan and Nina bonded over their mutual passion for creating beautiful spaces - now they’ve created a slice of heaven 😍 #GrandDesigns

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We asked you what your favourite ever house build was - and this was a popular choice. Ed and Rowena's beautiful handcrafted timber home in Herefordshire was ten years in the making, becoming one of our longest ever projects. #GrandDesigns

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Tonight’s show is not to be missed! 🏡 Andrew and Margretta’s radical self-heating home will be the first of its kind in the UK - essentially one massive thermal experiment. See you on @Channel4 at 9pm #GrandDesigns

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Leigh and Richard have given this old derelict building a bright future - and for that we applaud them 👏 #GrandDesigns

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4 years

Just Bernie catching some rays at Justin's luxury pad! 😎 @Channel4 | @Kevin_McCloud | #GrandDesigns | #BernieSanders

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4 years

We're counting down to the new series by revisiting another of your firm favourites - Greta and David's revolutionary flat-pack Hauf Haus from 2004! #GrandDesigns

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5 years

So what makes people want to build houses like this? I think this build has answered that question 😍 #GrandDesigns 🏠 #GrandDesignsTurns20

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3 years

Exciting announcement coming soon! 👀 #GrandDesigns

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One man. One extraordinary project to build a flood-proof house on the Blackwater Estuary in Essex. For the last time this series – let’s play BINGO! #GrandDesigns

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The spaceship has landed! #GrandDesigns

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A moat. A 13-metre swimming pool. A TV and games room. Underground excavations. And a vast list of planning conditions to comply with. This is one epic project! #GrandDesigns

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Beautifully crafted as we always knew it would be. A remarkable build by a remarkable woman. #GrandDesigns

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4 years

Did you catch last night's show? Nathan and Amye really pulled it off with their sleek contemporary twist on an old Dutch style barn house 😍 #GrandDesigns

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2 years

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year 🎅 Let us know where in the world you are celebrating 🎄 #GrandDesigns

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It's another absolute SCORCHER today! 🥵 So what's the best way of keeping our homes cool in a heatwave? #GrandDesigns | @Kevin_McCloud

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9 years

So what did you think of Angelo's finished #mancave ? #granddesigns http://t.co/PWD6jWhOWZ

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2 years

Something BIG is coming! 👀 #GrandDesigns

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A frosty (but beautiful) morning filming in Yorkshire last week. Possibly one of our coldest shoots ever! ❄️ #GrandDesigns

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"This is proper, considered architecture". Olaf and Fritha set out to create an oasis of calm between the trains and the traffic for their new family - and they certainly succeeded! #GrandDesigns

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2 years

This is how we make TV magic 🪄 Even the simplest of shots take thought and planning! #GrandDesigns

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4 years

One of the most nail-biting ever episodes of Grand Designs featured a couple who risked everything on turning a derelict water tower into a home that literally became a London landmark! #GrandDesigns

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Over the last 25 years, we've seen big ambition, cutting-edge design, modest self-builds, touching human dramas, big budget overspends, and disastrous delays. What is your favourite build in #GrandDesigns history? 🏠

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Rob and Ruth’s ambitious plans include preserving the dilapidated, but characterful mill buildings as they are. Within the existing walls will fit an entirely new timber structure to house their dream home #GrandDesigns

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2 years

This 21st century interpretation of the Derbyshire longhouse will include a roof shaped to echo the angles of the hills in the landscape beyond 🌳 #GrandDesigns

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3 years

Timber frames don't get much bigger than this! #GrandDesigns

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Duncan and Liz's build shows glimpses of the glorious home it will soon be. This revolutionary Passivhaus Premium (a certified UK first) will generate enough power to support four other houses. #GrandDesigns

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9 months

You can always rely on your teenagers for an honest appraisal! 😅 #GrandDesigns

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10 months

Happy Grand Designs bingo day! Will you be joining us at 9pm tonight? #GrandDesigns

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5 years

What an amazing transformation - we can't believe this beautiful home was once an industrial water reservoir. Such amazing work, Richard and Felicia! 👏 #GrandDesigns 🏠 #GrandDesignsTurns20

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3 years

The quest to find @RIBA ’s #HouseOfTheYear begins on Channel 4 at 9pm #GrandDesigns 🏠

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The once derelict flour mill has embraced its new role as a cosy and comfortable home – and it is flourishing in its beautiful landscape. #GrandDesigns

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5 years

"In this corner of Scotland, Andy will always be remembered as the mad Yorkshireman who built a house on top of a cliff" - @Kevin_McCloud #GrandDesigns 🏠 #GrandDesignsTurns20

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Time, expertise, and attention to detail has crafted an absolute jewel of a building. Lucinda set out to build something exquisite and we think she’s succeeded ❤️ #GrandDesigns

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2 years

This is not just a building to be greatly admired for its architecture - it’s a building constructed with faith and hope for a better future ♥️ #GrandDesigns

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A sculptural red-bricked house on a traditional Victorian terraced road. Graeme and Melanie's new home makes a real statement, and squeezes the absolute max from a tiny footprint of land. #GrandDesigns

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2 years

Manpower issues, a global pandemic, severe delays and potential financial ruin. We're back with a bang on @Channel4 at 9pm tonight #GrandDesigns

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