Grand Designs Australia: Series 6

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Technology Documentary hosted by Peter Maddison, published by Channel 4 in 2015 - English narration

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Grand Designs Australia: Series 6 Peter Maddison meets more resourceful individuals turning their dream designs into perfect homes as the sixth season of the Australian architecture show begins

[edit] Yackandandah House

Sculptor Ben Gilbert and his brother Chris, an architect, build one-bedroom living quarters at an abandoned sawmill in Yackandandah, Victoria, using an off-the-wall design crammed full of innovation

[edit] Harcourt House

B&B owners Art van Dyke and Troy West build a three-level, one-bedroom, contemporary home bookended by a 1850s stone cottage, near Harcourt in Victoria, on land that comes with its own granite quarry

[edit] Kinglake House

Chef Dan Zeidan and his partner Vicky Kordatou want a truly sustainable rural escape, building a zero-waste home from recycled and recyclable non-toxic materials at Kinglake, one hour from Melbourne

[edit] Melbourne Mini Skyscraper

Photographer Ralph Alphonso builds a lightweight, partially prefabricated bachelor pad with impeccable environmental credentials on a tiny plot of land, hidden down a laneway in east Melbourne

[edit] Sub Station

Mark and Karen Bartkevicius restore an old hydro-electricity substation at Launceston in Tasmania and convert it into a two-bed home, salvaging original antique bricks and using old-school lime render

[edit] Kuipto House

Cate and Nick Foskett build a leaf-shaped home with curved windows, walls, ceilings and roof in the Adelaide Hills, featuring a cellar for their home-produced wine and a two-storey song tower

[edit] Pop Art House

Warwick Noble and Melanie Hughes from New South Wales build a home that's an unashamed homage to late 1950s 'post-atomic' architecture, with exposed rock wall fireplaces and a rooftop cactus garden

[edit] Eucalyptus House

Draftsman Nigel Eberhardt and his wife Nina build a home on a native bush plot in Turners Beach on Tasmania's north coast, making a special feature of the tallest tree on the site, a 30m eucalyptus

[edit] Retro 70s House

Barb and Bill Coyle from Canberra build a modern 1970s-style home to suit their evolving needs: a T-shaped, north-facing house with featured curves, raked ceilings, bagged walls and a sloping roofline

[edit] Vinegar Factory

Architect Adrian Light and his partner Liz Murdoch buy a 100-year-old vinegar factory in Melbourne's hipster suburb of Northcote to turn into a family home, but are soon beset by building issues