At some point in 2010, Kirstie Allsopp will be back with a second series of Kirstie’s Homemade Home. The lovely team that produces the show are keen to include arts and crafts that you, the viewers, would like to see.
This is your chance to directly influence the series, and to give a platform to a craft or skill close to your heart. It’s all rather exciting, quite frankly.
Post your craft suggestions in the comments form below, and they could feature in series two of Kirstie’s Homemade Home…
Author: |Posted: 5:55 pm on 21/10/09
Category: Buying & Selling, On TV
From our friends over at Relocation, Relocation:
We are currently casting for the new series of Relocation, Relocation!
Are you ready to move? Are you relocating? Are you looking for two properties; one as your main property and another as a business premises, a holiday home, an investment etc? Do you need Kirstie and Phil’s help?
If the answers are yes, get in touch here or send us an email to relocation@iwcmedia.co.uk.
Author: |Posted: 12:39 pm on 16/10/09
Category: Architecture, On TV
Refresh this page to see the latest updates, or view the full RIBA Stirling Prize 2009 Shortlist.
8:57pm
Maggie’s Centre by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners WINS THE 2009 RIBA STIRLING PRIZE. Ruth Reed, President of the RIBA, presents the award to Richard Rogers, a previous winner for Barajas International Airport. Our congratulations go out to Richard and colleagues, and commiserations to the four other practices that made the shortlist. Any of the nominees would make a worthy winner.
8:51pm
Not long now… So exciting. There’s apprehension in the air.
8:42pm
He gets about a bit, doesn’t he? Kevin’s now in rural Denmark at the Fuglsang Kunstmuseum. It’s very Danish, and by that I mean effortlessly cool, as well as being both warm and modern. Its layout would require a visit to properly appreciate I think – might dust off the 4Homes expenses account and go have a look. This was the favourite with the bookies, which means it most likely won’t win. By the way, it’s a crazy architect that tells the client their brief is wrong! Tony Fretton must be a brave man.
8:38pm
Argh, now I’m torn. Maggie’s Centre in Hammersmith is quite special. Kudos to Richard Rogers for this, his second building on the 2009 shortlist. It’s marvellous that every aspect of the design is geared towards comfort and relaxation, as well as to both interaction and introspection. It’s an exceptional project, and would make a very worthy winner.
8:32pm
My own personal favourite – Kentish Town Health Centre by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. As all buildings should be, this is designed to serve its visitors down to the very finest detail. This is the bookies’ longest shot, but the RIBA Stirling Prize judges don’t always pick the odds-on favourite. Anyone else mildly uncomfortable with Kevin toying with an examination light?
8:27pm
Grand Designs Trade Secrets presenters Deborah Saunt and Tom Dyckhoff look very excited to be at the architectural equivalent of the Oscars. No word on who they’re rooting for, though – Kevin’s too coy to ask.
8:21pm
Time for 5 Aldermanbury Square to shine… quite literally. It’s coated in polished steel and glass, making it rather reflective. We’ve got Eric Parry to thank for this fine addition to London’s skyline. At 18 storeys high the views across London are magnificent, and the architects have made the most of this. Inside there are mixed materials, including timber, marble and more steel and glass. The building has a timeless, impenetrable feel to it, but and yet maintains at least a degree of grace. As Kevin points out rather more eloquently, this building blurs the lines between strong, masculine architecture and the curves and soft lines more often labelled feminine.
8:18pm
Kevin mentions that one architect will win and five will go home empty-handed. However Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners are nominated twice, for Maggie’s Centre in London and Bodegas Protos. To be fair, he may have had a vino or two.
8:11pm
After a quick ad break, Kevin returns to take us on a tour around Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ Bodegas Protos. It’s a winery built to mimic the underground caverns used to ferment and store wine in days gone by. Those timber-clad curved roofs also play on the shape of wine barrel. The building has a central courtyard for staff and visitors to relax in, and critically the wine store is kept at a constant 16C not by electronic means, but rather by utilising the thermal mass of the land in which it sits.
8:04pm
Kevin’s short film about Liverpool One emphasises the enormous scale of the project – 500 new homes, 42 acres, and 26 separate architects are involved in the regeneration of the city, under the single banner of Liverpool One. Great moment when Kevin sits in the chair of Herbert, ‘hairdresser to the stars.’ Multinational architecture and design practice BDP will accept the gong if this masterplan wins over the judges.
8:02pm
Two medical buildings, an art gallery, a winery, an office block and an entire city centre make up this year’s shortlist. An eclectic mix that includes two buildings by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.
7:59pm
In case you were wondering, the bookies are offering the following odds.
Fuglsang Kunstmuseum – 6/4
Maggie’s Centre – 9/2
Bodegas Protos – 9/2
Liverpool One Masterplan – 5/1
5 Aldermanbury Square – 5/1
Kentish Town Health Centre – 6/1
7:55pm
Kevin McCloud heads from his Grand Tour of Rome to Old Billingsgate, London where nerves are no doubt jangling…
Who do you think will win the RIBA Stirling Prize 2009? Leave your comments below…
Author: |Posted: 3:46 pm on 02/10/09
Category: Buying & Selling, On TV
As far as I’m aware none of these houses have actually appeared in any films or TV shows, but they look like they could have. Click on the images to see the full listings, with lots more pictures. read more
Author: |Posted: 5:02 pm on 21/09/09
Category: On TV
Sounds as though if you’ve got £50,000 to dismantle, transport and rebuild it, it’s yours…
You heard it here first – Kirstie Allsopp is looking for contributors to take part in series 2 of Kirstie’s Homemade Home.
If you’re fed up with flat pack, had enough of the high street and want your home to ooze individuality, get in touch and you might be selected to get Kirstie’s help transforming your interior. Kirstie will enlist the services of skilled craftspeople from across the UK, to give your house its own signature homemade style.
You can find out how to apply for Kirstie’s Homemade Home here, and follow the programme’s makers on Twitter.
Author: |Posted: 5:36 pm on 03/08/09
Category: Buying & Selling, On TV
Earlier today, regulatory body Ofcom cleared our 2007 programme, Best & Worst Places To Live In The UK, of any wrongdoing after the formula and statistics used to calculate the list resulted in Middlesbrough being named the worst of the UK’s 434 boroughs. read more
Author: |Posted: 3:21 pm on 14/07/09
Category: On TV
In a somewhat unusual episode of Property Snakes & Ladders, tonight sees Sarah following developers Colin and Jenny as they embark on an epic project to completely renovate and convert a disused, Grade II listed Devon railway station. read more
Author: |Posted: 11:51 am on 26/06/09
Category: On TV
As tributes flood in following the recent and sad death of pop legend Michael Jackson, questions are beginning to emerge about how to make sense of his complex estate.
It’s no secret that in recent years Jackson was plagued by rumours surrounding his money problems – a remarkable feat for a man who sold over a quarter of a billion albums. Asset-rich thanks to acquiring a diverse portfolio of land, art, historical artefacts and musical rights, it has nevertheless been reported that at the time of his death Jackson owed anything up to several hundred million dollars in debt. read more
Author: |Posted: 2:53 pm on 17/06/09
Category: DIY & Self Build, Uncategorized, gardens
I don’t know about the rest of you, but as someone who’s sitting painfully at her desk having strained her back lying on the sofa watching tv last night (damn the excitement of that Property Ladder episode!), I find my garden (which I plan to spend the afternoon in, recovering) is most often best enjoyed from a deck chair, rather than from above a spade.
It’s not to say that I don’t do my share of digging – in the past year, I’ve laid a deck on my own, levelled and laid my own lawn, created raised borders and planted out 20 containers. So not lazy, then. However, when my back isn’t strained, I often find I just don’t have time to keep the garden looking good.
So, pretty happy that someone’s just sent me details of a company called The Balcony Gardener. I’ll warn you – it’s not desperately cheap, but in terms of how much time and effort you’ll save, it’s a bargain. The company plants up and delivers good-looking containers to help you create ready-made gardens. Choose from contemporary, edible and English country, among others. And, if you have got time to do it yourself, check out our plant galleries and garden design galleries, all on our gardening pages.
