![]() This is all before planning or tender is even considered – a stage 4 model at stage 2. In an interview in Broadcast magazine the show’s executive producer Joff Wilson said the models used took about three months to build and that each scheme had to be “fully specified in extraordinary detail: furniture, door handles, paint colours, even paint textures”. In both episodes the families were emphatic that without this experience they were unlikely to have been as bold or, in one case, would most likely have picked the other design. The clients can then experience both completed, fully rendered and furnished schemes without so much as tearing down a strip of wallpaper. The format means that, rather than presenting their designs on paper or in 3D visualisations, the architects walk the families through their homes in real time with the use of Virtual Reality (VR) goggles, explaining the impact of light or of adding extra space in different ways as they go. The presenter acts as a good mediator between clients and architects, especially when the architects come out with the sort of phrases that cause people in normal conversation to roll their eyes.īeyond the sublime pleasure of a home improvement show the programme does have the potential to raise questions about the future of architectural practice. ![]() Both architects are clearly good at what they do, and the designs they suggest are not faddish and seem likely to hold up to the rigours of family life, rather than acting as a set piece for the cameras. pan-Asian-inspired split-level living with a circular flow. The two architects have competing styles pragmatic yet elegant design for modern living vs. From the two episodes I’ve watched it’s good fun, and the results are better than most makeover shows. They are working to a real budget – apparently the family’s own money – and a real project is undertaken and completed. In the show two architects (both on the Arb register) “compete” for a commission to make a family’s home fit their lifestyles better. The BBC has an interesting new take on this much-loved genre – Your Home Made Perfect. ![]() Has my enjoyment slightly dimmed as I become more experienced and see details bodged or mishandled? Of course. There’s something incredibly satisfying about watching the whole project come together, perfectly staged in an hour – so unlike the projects I usually work on which take years even to break ground. Like many aspiring architects growing up in the early 2000s I was mildly addicted to Grand Designs, and I must admit that self-build and home makeover shows remain a guilty pleasure to this day. Construction business: Strategy, risk and regulations. ![]()
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