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Big Design Adventure

Tim Ross & Kevin McCloud

Two 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 Big Design Adventure. In this audio escapade, the architectural enthusiasts embark on a rollicking (and occasionally shambolic) journey, sharing their love of design by visiting buildings that inspire them, meeting the people who create or inhabit them, and diving deep

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S2 Ep 9 - Marsala House Iwan Iwanoff

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2026/03/31

Kevin on the dance floor? The ultimate 1970s party house is on the menu as Tim and Kev hit the Perth suburb ofDianella to visit one of the city’s most talked-about homes. Designed by Bulgarian-born architect Iwan Iwanoff in 1976, the Marsala House is a sculptural, concrete-block Brutalist wonderland that boasts a Saturday Night Fever-style dance floor. The current owner, Greg, flings open the doors to reveal the stories of this iconic house. Iwan Iwanoff (1919–1986) was a Bulgarian-born

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43:41

S2 Ep 8 - The Society Architect

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2026/03/24

Enter stage left: Neil Clerehan, the Melbourne architect who helped bring modernism to the suburbs - and a handsome, charming raconteur who waltzed his way through Melbourne society. A talented writer, his wit found a regular home in newspapers for much of his life. In this very special conversation, Tim and Kevin head to the leafy inner-city suburb of South Yarra to sitdown with Neil’s daughter, Esther. With inherited wit and razor-sharp precision, she shares the fantasticaltales of his life

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S2 Ep 7 - Patty Hopkins

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2026/03/17

What happens when two young architects build their own home with little money but plenty of ideas? Tim and Kev head to London’s Hampstead to visit Patty Hopkins, one of Britain’s most influentialarchitects and the co-founder of Hopkins Architects, the practice she started with her late husbandMichael in 1976. For this very special interview she opens the doors to the iconic glass and steel home the pair designedfor themselves that same year. It remains one of the most compelling

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S2 Ep 6 - The Queenslander

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2026/03/10

Tim and Kev head to Brisbane to meet architect John Ellway, who has quietly built a reputation fortransforming one of Australia’s most iconic house types - the Queenslander. Working almost entirely in his own neighbourhood, John carefully adapts these classic timber-and-tinhomes so they can handle contemporary living while still embracing the subtropical climate that shaped them. Recorded in his own inventive house, John is one of a number of local architects responsible for some of the most

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48:28

S2 Ep 5 - Ben Shewry’s Mid-Century Dream

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2026/03/03

Tim and Kev head to Melbourne to visit Ben Shewry, the chef behind the world-famous restaurant Attica, who lives in the 1966 home designed by émigré architect Ernest Fooks. Ben, who has a deep passion for architecture and design, had long admired the house from afar, but henever thought he’d actually own it. In this episode, he not only flings open the door to his incredible heritage-listed home, but he shares thestory of how he ended up living in his dream mid-century modern

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55:22

S2 Ep 4 - House for Birds

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2026/02/24

Tim and Kev head to the Sydney inner-city suburb of Marrickville to visit artist Leila Jeffreys and musicianJames Roden, who have spent a decade transforming a modest weatherboard cottage into a small butcarefully considered home. Their dream? A small sustainable home that works for them and connects them to nature by creatinghabitat for birds and native species while rethinking what a suburban block can become. The result is a house which nods to Australian modernism that Kevin wants to move into

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49:23

S2 Ep3 - A Life in the Museum

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2026/02/17

Can you imagine living in a museum? Tim and Kev head to Surrey to visit The Homewood, the modernist masterpiece Patrick Gwynnedesigned for his family in the late 1930s. Completed in 1938, The Homewood is one of the mostremarkable examples of pre-war modernist architecture in Britain. Gwynne later gifted the house to the National Trust in 1999, with the stipulation that someone must live in it and that it be opened to the public for part of the year. That person is Lou, whose family has called it

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48:43

S2 Ep 2 - Giuseppe’s House

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2026/02/10

What happens when you try to fix the housing crisis without destroying the suburbs we love? You getdensity by stealth. Tim and Kev head to the Perth suburbia to visit Giuseppe’s House, a 1960s home recently restored bylocal architect Kate Fitzgerald. Beneath the terrazzo floors and colourful character lies a bigger idea: howto add more housing to our cities without flattening their identity. Kate shares her approach to preserving streetscapes while quietly increasing density,

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43:53

S2 Ep 1 - Brutiful Birmingham

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2026/02/03

We’re back with Series Two! Tim and Kevin head to Birmingham to explore a city defined by industry, reinvention and the homeof Peaky Blinders, Black Sabbath and ELO. Over tea and biscuits with journalist and campaigner Mary Keating, they examine the fight to save theSmallbrook Ringway Centre, one of Europe’s longest modernist buildings and a rare surviving example ofBirmingham’s post-war ambition. In the decades following the Second World War, Birmingham was radically reshaped by

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67:08

A Christmas Special

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2025/12/23

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 favouriteChristmas movies and songs. The model makers who create wooden Christmas ornaments of buildings can be found on Instagram here: Atelier Maps or their Esty store here. For suggestions of places and stories for Series 2, shoot us an email tohello@bigdesignadventure.com- we will be back on 4 th February 2026! Tickets are now on sale

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13:58

Episode 15 - A Mini Episode

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2025/11/18

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 tohello@bigdesignadventure.com Tickets are now on sale for Kevin McCloud and Tim Ross – Live in Interesting Places –check out the details on our website – http://bigdesignadventure.com/ You

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42:45

Episode 14 - Experiments in Social Housing

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2025/11/11

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 ’70s, Camden became a testing ground for a new kind of socialhousing in London — one that valued community, good design, and human scale over high-rise efficiency. Under the leadership of

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40:31

Episode 13 - Questions

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2025/11/04

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’ve got a HUGE announcement to make! You can check out Kev on Top Gear’s You Tube channel here: https://youtu.be/vpLq6rGwzpY?si=a4FOeL6cWGhP8A3b Simon sent us some wonderful links including:

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51:29

Episode 12 - The Service Station

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2025/10/28

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 little kooky. Also in this episode: find out how Sarah Jessica Parker has recently become a new fan. And make sure you tune in next week for a very special announcement. Arne Jacobsen’s 1937 petrol

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49:07

Episode 11 - Enter the Isokon

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2025/10/21

What happens when you mix modernism, espionage, and a few Bauhaus legends inone 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 Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Agatha Christie and a bunch of spies, Isokon was a radical experiment in minimalist living that has stood the test of time. You can find pictures and videos on our Instagram page -

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48:40

Episode 10 – Mid Century Modern Hollywood

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2025/10/14

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 TheStudio. How did she manage to secure those iconic homes as locations? How did Julie create aset that feels like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece? And will you stick around for Timand Kev’s Seth Rogen impersonations at the end? It’s a Mid Century Modern bonanza! You can find pictures and videos on our Instagram page -

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Episode 9 – Living In An Iconic New Zealand House

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2025/10/07

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 chat with Frances about living in her 1960s John Scott home in Hawke’s Bay. This is a great New Zealand film about John Scott’s work that features the Martin House (which Kevin

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42:42

Episode 8 - Questions

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2025/09/30

Is it worth paying for an architect? Are pre fab houses a solution for the housingcrisis? What buildings should be demolished to build new homes? Just some ofyour questions we tackle in our very first question and answers episode. You can find pictures and videos on our Instagram page - @big_design_adventure And be sure to follow Tim Ross (@modernister) and Kevin McCloud (@kevin.mccloud1) We’d love to hear from you, reach out to us on hello@bigdesignadventure.com Know someone who would love

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42:30

Episode 7 - Cutlery Town

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2025/09/23

What’s the real story of the Splayd? Australia’s greatest contributions to eatingutensils…Tim has the answer. Then Kevin whisks us off to Sheffield to explorethe legacy of David Mellor, one of Britain’s finest designers, whose cutlery fromthe mid-century is still in production today. Yes, welcome to Cutlery Town. Invented in Sydney in 1943 by Bill McArthur, the Splayd combines the spoon,fork and knife and became one for the most popular wedding gifts in the 60s and70s. Kevin

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57:56

Episode 6 - Modernist Love

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2025/09/16

What’s the best way to save our 20th Century architecture? Tim and Kev travel to Manchester to meet the charasmatic Eddy Rhead, from The Modernist, part of a group who believed they’ve found the secret. The Modernist is a bookstore, publisher and exhibition space which is part of The Modernist Society, a Manchester organisation “dedicated to celebrating and engaging people with twentieth-century architecture and design through publishing, events, exhibitions, and creative

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