This is Belfast, one of the great cities of the industrial revolution, and home to Thomas and Dervla O... Hare. They... ve lived here for 18 years, and although they still love their tiny cottage for its compactness, they... re about to build something much, much bigger. They... re building a 21st century answer to the Roman villa, with a copper roof, glass and concrete walls and vast amounts of living space all arranged around a central courtyard.

Grand Designs Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - Revisited - Edinburgh: 19th Century Sandstone House
• s05e02 - Peckham: The Sliding Glass Roof House
• s05e03 - Gloucester: The 16th Century Farmhouse
• s05e04 - Kent: Finnish Log Cabin
• s05e05 - Revisited - Hackney: The Terrace Conversion
• s05e06 - Revisited - Waterloo: The Violin Factory
• s05e07 - Devon: Shaped Like a Curvy Seashell
• s05e08 - Revisited - Sussex: The Woodsmans Cottage
• s05e09 - Belfast: A 21st Century Answer to the Roman Villa
• s05e10 - Devon: Miami Style Beach House
• s05e11 - Carmarthen: The Eco-House

Grand Designs Show Summary

Grand Designs is a Channel 4 TV series covering unusual architectural house-building projects, presented by Kevin McCloud.

The properties featured in the series vary wildly from homes underground to converted water towers, with the only common factor being that they're all rather unusual or extravagant in some way.