Episode

Grand Designs: The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton

Name: Grand Designs: The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton
Released: 1999-05-13
Duration: 45 min
Cast: Kevin McCloud, Sean Simons

Grand DesignsSeason 11999-05-13

Overview

This project was a co-operative venture - 10 young families each put in 30 hours of construction work per week. Kevin travels to Brighton to meet a co-operative of ten young families, including ex-travellers and single parents, who are building both their own and each others homes. A housing association bought the land from the council for £58,000. Paul then worked with the association to put the co-operative together. All the members were people on the council's housing list.

Details

Series: Grand Designs
Season: Season 1
Episode: Episode 3
Air date: 1999-05-13
Runtime: 45 min

Episode context

The Co-op, Walter Segal Houses, Brighton is Episode 3 in Season 1 of Grand Designs. It aired on 1999-05-13. The runtime is 45 min.

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Episode 2: The English Barn, Oxfordshire 1999-05-06 | 45 min Kevin travels to Oxfordshire to meet the Randolphs, who built their first house 10 years ago and now, in their 70s, have decided to do it all again!

Episode 4: The Water Tower, Coleshill, Amersham 1999-05-20 | 45 min Kevin McCloud travels to Amersham, where a couple plan to design an 'invisible' house, blending in with the earth banks of the surrounding reservoirs.

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Episode 7: The House of Straw, Islington, North London 1999-06-17 | 45 min Kevin McCloud is in lslington where Jeremy Till and Sarah Wigglesworth have come up with a highly experimental design for a home/office.

Episode 8: The Glass-House, Town Fields, Doncaster 1999-06-24 | 45 min Kevin McCloud travels to Doncaster where Michael Hird and Lindsay Harwood are building a futuristic glass and steel house in a suburb of Doncaster.