Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud gets new co-presenter as architect Natasha Huq joins

Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud gets a new co-presenter as architect Natasha Huq joins the Channel 4 show By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 04:07 EDT, 23 July 2021 | Updated: 04:08 EDT, 23 July 2021 He’s fronted the show solo for two decades. And, Grand Designs: The Streets host Kevin McCloud, 62, is to get … Read more

US firm designs 520ft mega vessel Galleon with four giant sails and eight decks

If you’re a super-rich seafarer with an avid interest in sports and luxury living, then this mammoth eight-deck superyacht might be the lavish mega vessel for you. The Galleon, the largest design so far in the Goliath Series of superyachts, would provide hours of entertainment with plans showing how it would be fitted out with … Read more

Japanese firm designs portable fish tanks for seafood lovers to take their dinner home alive 

Now that’s FRESH sushi! Japanese firm designs portable fish tanks for seafood lovers to take their dinner home alive A new device named the ‘Katsugyo bag’ is being developed by inventors in Japan The design features a transparent tube and temperature gauge to carry fish It is designed to show off extravagantly expensive seafood bought at … Read more

Japanese firm designs portable fish tanks for seafood lovers to take their dinner home alive 

Now that’s FRESH sushi! Japanese firm designs portable fish tanks for seafood lovers to take their dinner home alive A new device named the ‘Katsugyo bag’ is being developed by inventors in Japan The design features a transparent tube and temperature gauge to carry fish It is designed to show off extravagantly expensive seafood bought at … Read more

Help to Build: How does new government Grand Designs scheme work?

New-build homes are a divisive subject in Britain.  While some buyers love the idea of a blank canvas and the simplicity of buying a property with no chain, others think they have a ‘cookie cutter’ design and are not built to last. For those who think they could do a better job themselves, building your … Read more

From Grand Designs to disaster: The TV property show’s big dreams that turned to dust

Blind faith and bottomless money pits have kept viewers glued to Grand Designs for 21 years, as presenter Kevin McCloud has followed the progress of countless courageous (or is that crazy?) constructors for the Channel 4 show. But while some properties have netted their owners a fortune, not all have turned out quite as planned.  … Read more

From Grand Designs to disaster: The TV property show’s big dreams that turned to dust

Blind faith and bottomless money pits have kept viewers glued to Grand Designs for 21 years, as presenter Kevin McCloud has followed the progress of countless courageous (or is that crazy?) constructors for the Channel 4 show. But while some properties have netted their owners a fortune, not all have turned out quite as planned.  … Read more

Man who starred in ‘saddest episode of Grand Designs’ building an art-deco lighthouse vows to finish

A man who ‘destroyed his family’ by spending 10 years and £6 million building an art-deco lighthouse on Grand Designs has vowed the property will finally be finished and on the market by the end of the year.  Edward Short, 50, and his wife Hazel, from Devon, first appeared on Grand Designs in 2010 to … Read more

Man who starred in ‘saddest episode of Grand Designs’ building an art-deco lighthouse vows to finish

A man who ‘destroyed his family’ by spending 10 years and £6 million building an art-deco lighthouse on Grand Designs has vowed the property will finally be finished and on the market by the end of the year.  Edward Short, 50, and his wife Hazel, from Devon, first appeared on Grand Designs in 2010 to … Read more