Grand Designs Australia - Season 2
Season 2
Episodes
Brighton Sixties
Over the years, Nick and Anna McKimm have almost made a hobby of renovating, selling and moving on. But with three young children, they're ready to lay down permanent roots and build their dream home. A sleek, modernist, 60's inspired family residence on a large, half acre block in Melbourne's bayside suburb, Brighton.
Paynesville Industrial
Bernie's a tinkerer. Needing a new house and unwilling to pay a builder, Bernie takes on the construction himself, armed with an eccentric industrial design, a minimal budget and a cowboy attitude.
Five Dock
Anne and Michael are building a modern version of a retro home, with curved steel and walls of glass with a hint of Mondrian inspired colour - a contrast to the well-kept more conservative homes that surround them.
Kyneton Flat Pack
Peter Maddison meets Rod Moore and Di Foggo, who plan to build an ultra-modern, fixed-price, flat-pack house high on a rocky outcrop overlooking the town of Kyneton in Victoria.
Trinity Beach Pole House
Peter Maddison meets Daniel Leipnik and Andrew Preston, who plan to build a slick, pavilion-style home, huddled around a pool and propped up by poles on a coastal hillside outside Cairns.
Gladysdale Dry Stone House
Michael and Sandy are leaving the city for a permanent tree change and building a new family home on their lush 20-acre property in Gladysdale. But first they have to agree on a design.
Stonyfell Watertank
Mike and Lowen are passionate about conserving water and, like many, decide to put a couple of water tanks in their new house. But these are massive, custom-designed steel anchors that support the house above the ground.
Yellingbo Artist's House
Art teacher and sculptor Laurie and his wife Renee, a trained artist-turned-web designer, are art lovers. They want to create a sort of domestic gallery - a modernist, cube-shaped construction of steel, stone, and glass.
Battery Point Glass House
Greg and Trish plan to subdivide, sell the heritage cottage at the front of their block and build a new house at the back. After setbacks and a rethink, they find themselves embarking on an epic upsizing adventure.
Steels Creek Earth House
Edd and Amanda lost everything when bushfires swept through Steels Creek. Determined to stay with the land they love, they're building a concrete bunker embedded in the landscape with one side facing the outside world.
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