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: 04:15 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

Book Archiphantasy presents architect Alexander Wong’s out-of-this-world fantasy designs

The world’s first ‘alien’ cinema, a ‘super-luxury’ home that mimics royal living and the breathtaking monochrome apartment of a film director.  Welcome to the world of ultra-glamorous architecture as featured in new coffee table book Archiphantasy (The Images Publishing Group), penned by prolific architect Alexander Wong. The weighty, lavish tome showcases more than 30 cinemas, private … Read more

Luxury £1million Eco-mansion featured on Grand Designs transformed into B&B

A stunning Eco-mansion once featured on the TV show Grand Designs has now been renovated and transformed into a £300-a-night B&B attracting soap stars and footballers. Called the Dome House, the luxury £1million property nestled in the countryside of Bowness-on-Windermere in Cumbria offers the perfect staycation as lockdown restrictions begin to ease.  The award winning … Read more

Luxury £1million Eco-mansion featured on Grand Designs transformed into B&B

This stunning eco-mansion once featured on the TV show Grand Designs has been renovated to attract soap stars and footballers – and for just over £300 per night, you could stay there too.  Called the Dome House, the luxury £1m property nestled in the countryside of Bowness-on-Windermere in Cumbria offers the perfect staycation as lockdown … 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

Government plans ‘Grand Designs’ loans in self-build boost

Government plans a £150m Grand Designs-style revolution by giving low-cost loans to those looking to build or customise their own homes Help to Build scheme is designed to make building or customising homes a realistic option for Britons to get on housing ladder via low-deposit mortgages It follows Help to Buy scheme for first-time buyers, … Read more

Architect designs GENIUS in-built drying rack for clothes below the kitchen sink 

Architect designs GENIUS in-built drying rack for clothes below the kitchen sink  A German architects has revealed the secret clothes line in his laundry room The Melbourne father was sick of clunky, free-standing, collapsible drying racks  The rack can support 65 kilograms of weight and slides neatly away every time By Belinda Cleary For Daily … Read more

Social media users share VERY awkward staircase designs

Stairway to hell! These VERY odd staircases will leave you baffled – from a toilet on the landing to a set of steps covered in denim BoredPanda shared an amusing online gallery of various staircase design fails  Hilarious images have been shared from social media users across the world Include a furry staircase, one made … Read more

How Simone Rocha designs are now the hottest look on the High Street thanks to a H&M collaboration

The first glimmers of spring and the promise of future freedoms has sparked a renewed sense of hope for many of us — and a flurry of excitement at the prospect of getting dressed up again. And now the first thrilling British high street-designer collaboration of the year is here – finally a green shoot … Read more