Tamayo Hussey's missed Japan ever since she moved to the UK with her husband Nigel. To stave off the homesickness they've decided to transform a forester's lodge into a Japanese house complete with roof bath, tatami room and sliding paper walls. Keen to keep costs under control, Nigel and Tamayo decide to engage only the design skills of an architect and with no previous building experience they bravely go it alone, working without any detailed drawings and fire-fighting problems every step of the way. The wood they're using for the timber frame - Japanese larch - hasn't been used for building houses before in the UK, so no one can be sure it will be strong enough, the new interior walls don't meet properly and the replacement window design can't cope with the rain. But Nigel and Tamayo are determined to overcome any obstacle to get the Japanese house they're so desperate for.
| Title | Grand Designs - Season 13 Episode 6 : Monmouthshire: Japanese House |
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| Alternative Titles | Vores store byggeeventyr, Grandes Diseños, طراحی های عظیم, 宏觀設計 |
| Subtitle Available |
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| First Air Date | 1999-04-29 |
| Last Air Date | 2025-11-12 |
| Number of Episodes | 252 |
| Number of Seasons | 27 |
| Genres | Documentary, |
| Networks | Channel 4, |
| Casts | Kevin McCloud |
| Plot Keywords | , |
Episodes List
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 1 The 1920s Cinema The 1920s Cinema
2013-09-04British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 2 North London: The miniature Hollywood mansion North London: The miniature Hollywood mansion
2013-09-11British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 3 York: The Giant Farm Shed York: The Giant Farm Shed
2013-09-18British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 4 Devon Devon
2013-09-25British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 5 South Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire
2013-10-02British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 6 Monmouthshire: Japanese House Monmouthshire: Japanese House
2013-10-09British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 7 South London: Modernist Masterpiece South London: Modernist Masterpiece
2013-10-16British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 8 East Devon: Cob Castle East Devon: Cob Castle
2013-10-23British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 9 Newbury: Christmas Farm Newbury: Christmas Farm
2013-10-30British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 10 Revisited: Malaga, Spain: Modernist Villa Revisited: Malaga, Spain: Modernist Villa
2013-11-06British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
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Grand Designs Season 13 :Episode 11 Revisited: Woodbridge: The Modest Home Revisited: Woodbridge: The Modest Home
2013-11-13British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
