The BEST episodes of Grand Designs Australia season 5
Every episode of Grand Designs Australia season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Grand Designs Australia season 5!
Grand Designs Australia tells the stories of new homes and perhaps more importantly the Aussies who are building them. Based on the award-winning UK series, Grand Designs Australia is the first international format of the critically acclaimed show. The series charts the in-depth process of elaborate design projects undertaken by self-builders - from the initial details of blueprints, to the long and often arduous task of turning the designs into a practical living space. No design is too ambitious when it comes to creating your dream home. But discovering the hard realities that complicate your plans can often be too much to bear. Hosted by leading Australian architect Peter Maddison.
#1 - Foxground Pavilion
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/2014
After 30 years as a civil engineer, Joe Cato has built more roads than the Romans. But a few years ago he and wife Maura made the active decision to slow everything down - to sell their successful construction business, and spend more time with their three children.
#2 - Brookfield Spotted Gum
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2014
Millie and Andrew are bringing their dream of life on a farm to fruition, including a home that is unique. Projecting out of the landscape and clad in natural materials, it's a new take on rural living.
#3 - Faraday Aussie Bush House
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/2014
Before Matt McClelland’s wife Anne died six years ago, they’d been looking for a rural property to build on - a place to call home for them and for their four adult children to come to visit. So when Matt stumbled across 40 acres in central Victoria with spectacular views to Mt Alexander’s granite hill side, he knew he’d found the spot.
#4 - The Graceville Container House
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2014
This feisty and resourceful couple decide to trial a whole new way of building, starting with 10, then 20, then 31 steel shipping containers that carpenter Todd, plans to crane into their suburban block, then somehow weld into a flood proof family home - all for just $400,000.
#5 - Claremont Origami
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/2014
Why would an architect at the pinnacle her career and creative powers ditch the drafting desk, don steel cap boots and take up a blowtorch? Because for Ariane Prevost, that’s exactly the antidote to a lifetime of designing houses for other people – 102 in fact.
#6 - Port Melbourne Urban Green
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/2014
Ian and Ann are challenging the norms in their suburb to build a modern and sustainable home that is clad in water tanks. It's a game of invention and ingenuity for a $1.8 million investment.
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#7 - Pipers Creek Strawbale House
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2014
Like many people, Dean and Sherril Lamb yearn for a simpler existence, for them and their three children. But unlike most people, they’re actually going to try and make it happen. They’ve sold their successful fruit shop and home in Warragul and bought 40acres in Pipers Creek in country Victoria ….all in the pursuit of total self sufficiency.
#8 - Williamstown Bluestone
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/2014
Jason and Jennifer's 15- year-old derelict bluestone cottage was left almost frozen in time. They plan to restore it and add a modern, industrial structure that will contrast the heritage frontage.
#9 - Mt Eliza Modern
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2014
Georgina has been drawing and designing homes since she was a child, but has never built anything - until now. She and her husband are putting her plans into action building a modernist design.
#10 - Toowoomba English Farmhouse
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2014
Sarah and Alistair bring a piece of the English countryside to Sarah's hometown. From the pitched roof to the European interiors, they are committed to authenticity - with a touch of fantasy.