Grand Designs
Season 4 Episode 7 - Argyll: The Oak-Framed House
7.1 ?
1999
Documentary
Tony and Jo, musicians with Scottish Opera, had long dreamed of a home in the countryside. They found a perfect site on the Clyde estuary in Argyll and Bute. Located in a small village on a hillside, it had glorious views as far as the isle of Arran and was less than an hour's drive from Glasgow. Inspired by local oak-framed barns, they gave architect Andy McAvoy an open brief. In return, he gave them a design that fused medieval and modern and promised a beautifully simple interior. However, the construction was anything but simple...
Episodes in Season 4
1
Waterloo: The Violin Factory
45 min
2
Surrey: Customised German Kit House
45 min
3
Revisited - Buckinghamshire: The Inverted-Roof House
4
Edinburgh: 19th Century Sandstone House
45 min
5
Clapham: The Curved House
45 min
6
Sussex: The Modernist Sugar Cube
7
Argyll: The Oak-Framed House
45 min
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8
Dorset: An Idiosyncratic Home
45 min
