Big Design Adventure
Big Design Adventure
Playlist by Big Design AdventureTwo mates, Tim Ross — comedian, broadcaster, and self-described design nerd — and Kevin McCloud — pundit, writer and celebrated host of Grand Designs — have teamed up for a new podcast: Tim and Kev’s …Follow the podcast:
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S2 Ep 2 - Giuseppe’s House
What happens when you try to fix the housing crisis without destroying the suburbs we love? You get density by stealth. Tim and Kev head to the Perth suburbia to visit Giuseppe’s House, a 1960s home recently restored by local architect Kate Fitzgerald. Beneath the terrazzo floors and colourful cha…
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S2 Ep 1 - Brutiful Birmingham
We’re back with Series Two! Tim and Kevin head to Birmingham to explore a city defined by industry, reinvention and the home of Peaky Blinders, Black Sabbath and ELO. Over tea and biscuits with journalist and campaigner Mary Keating, they examine the fight to save the Smallbrook Ringway Centre,…
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A Christmas Special
In the special festive episode, can you have a room just reserved for Christmas Day? What’s our hot take on the merits of tinsel, and we present our all time favourite Christmas movies and songs. The model makers who create wooden Christmas ornaments of buildings can be found on Instagram here: A…
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S1 Ep 15 - A Mini Episode
In this mini episode we’ve got huge news about the final show for the year and we answer our most asked question. For questions and suggestions for our Christmas episode, shoot us an email to hello@bigdesignadventure.com For suggestions of places and stories for Series 2, shoot us an email to hel…
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S1 Ep 14 - Experiments in Social Housing
Tim and Kev head to London to visit Highgate New Town, a 1970s social housing scheme designed by Hungarian-born architect Peter Tabori. Over a cup of tea with architect and long-time resident Rachel Stevenson, they uncover the secret behind the development’s enduring success. In the 1960s and ’70…
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S1 Ep 13 - Questions
In answering all your burning questions, Kevin reveals his one-sided feud with Jay Kay from Jamiroquai. There are a few mea culpas along the way as we tackle your criticisms and wonder if design can save us in a world without the communal joy of watching shows like Sale of the Century. Oh, and we’v…
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S1 Ep 12 - The Service Station
In a semi-desperate attempt to find meaning in service station design, Tim and Kev head to Copenhagen to visit the famed filling station designed by Arne Jacobsen in the 1930s. A far-ranging conversation was recorded in front of the bowsers for your listening pleasure, and things may have gotten a …
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S1 Ep 11 - Enter the Isokon
What happens when you mix modernism, espionage, and a few Bauhaus legends in one London apartment block? You get the Isokon Building. Tim and Kev head to North London to visit the legendary 1934 modernist icon designed by Wells Coates and developed by Jack and Molly Pritchard. Once home to Walter …
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S1 Ep 10 – Mid Century Modern Hollywood
Hooray for Mid Century Modern Hollywood! Tim and Kev are joined by Julie Berghoff, the Emmy Award–winning Production Designer for the hit Seth Rogen series The Studio. How did she manage to secure those iconic homes as locations? How did Julie create a set that feels like a Frank Lloyd Wright mast…
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S1 Ep 9 – Living In An Iconic New Zealand House
Can you imagine finding out online that your grandfather wanted you to live in his iconic house after he was gone? That’s what happened to Frances Martin, the granddaughter of legendary New Zealand ceramicists Bruce and Estelle Martin. Tim and Kev take a trip to Napier to visit the Martin House and…
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