# Kevin Mccloud
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kevin mccloud, (born 8 May 1959) is a British designer, writer, and a television presenter. He has presented the Channel 4 series Grand Designs since its debut in April 1999.
== Early life ==
Born in Bedfordshire, McCloud and his two brothers, Terence and Graham, were raised in Toddington in a house his parents had built.
S3 Ep 5 – Sam Neill – Acting, Architecture and Wine
Earlier this year, Sam Neill kindly agreed to join us on the podcast. The plan was to wait until Kevin was back in Australia so we could all sit down together, unfortunately we couldn’t make the dates align.
Last week, Tim went back through his archives and rediscovered a conversation the two of...
S3 Ep 6 - Robin and Lucienne Day
Robin and Lucienne Day, were the most distinguished British designers of the post war period.
Their designs were woven into everyday life. Robin's revolutionary polypropylene chair became one of the most widely used chairs in history, while Lucienne's vibrant textile designs helped define the op...
S3 Ep 7 – Hotel Motel
What makes a well-designed hotel?
This listener question set off a chain of events that created a cavalcade of hot takes, extreme rants about the state of modern hotels, a potted history of motels, a small-scale therapy session about the lettering on bottles in hotel bathrooms, a revelation abou...
Episode 8 - Long Beach and Other Things
In Episode 8, Chris and Dar update their audience on the World Cup, Chris' Three Miracles bet, and they head to Long Beach. They share video of the beach where Chris plays with seaweed and they see kite foiling for the first time. Chris and Dar talk about the new Iced Blue Coconut Matcha drink fr...
S3 Ep 8 - “Don’t knock the bloody thing down!”
This week Kev drags a slightly confused Tim to Leigh, outside Manchester, to explore Leigh Spinners Mill, a vast former cotton mill. He’s less confused when he finds out it’s been given an extraordinary new life as a thriving community hub.
Built in 1913 for the Horrocks family, the mill is a re...
S3 Ep 9 – BONUS CHAT - The Ernő Goldfinger Legacy
It’s a bonus episode with Pippa Goldfinger, especially curated by Kevin for you.
Works best if you listen to the main episode first - Series 3, Episode 9.
To view images from this episode, head to our Instagram page - @big_design_adventureAnd be sure to follow Tim Ross (@modernister) and K...
S3 Ep 9 – The Ernő Goldfinger Legacy
Tim and Kevin head to West London to borrow the keys to an apartment in Trellick Tower, the iconic Brutalist apartment block designed by Hungarian émigré architect Ernő Goldfinger — an absolute banger of an example of social housing.
Joining them on the sofa is Ernő’s granddaughter, Pippa, who s...
S3 Ep 10 – 66 Portland Place. Reimagining an Icon
Tim and Kevin pull on their hard hats for a tour of 66 Portland Place, the striking 1934 London home of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Chair of the RIBA Board of Trustees Jack Pringle guides them through the building as it’s being stripped back, restored and reimagined as a new, more...
Kevin McCloud, Neil Hands and King Conker...
Well don't say we don't bring you variety! Mollie has a chat with our friend Kevin McCloud about his apple orchard and whether or not his blossom dropped off this year ;-) We catch up with giant veg grower and podcast favourite Neil hands. Find out about the World Conker Championships this weeken...
The One with Kevin McCloud and Gaten Matarazzo
Grand Designer Kevin McCloud chats about his new series Classic Car Road Trips and Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo discusses treading the boards in Rent.
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