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The three modern houses are built near Mumbai, two of which are more in a rural setting. The exemplary Vega Cottage on the Vega island near the Arctic Circle is unlike any other cottages the hosts have ever seen. The season ends with Piers and Caroline visiting a mind-blowing J-House home in Israel, which is a palatial white house with supremely luxurious interiors. Season 1 takes the audience through extraordinary homes built on mountains, forests, coasts, and underground. Can you imagine a house built from the wings and tail fins of a disused Boeing 747? Piers Taylor and Caroline Quentin roam around the world to find exquisite homes that are extraordinary examples of architecture and design.
David is a huge Death in Paradise fan, although he's still failed to solve a case before the show's detective! He also loves James Bond and controversially thinks that Timothy Dalton was an excellent 007. Their first stop in The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes is just outside Mumbai to visit a fortress mixed with a traditional Indian courtyard house, where wild grasses and trees grow inside as well as out. Piers and Caroline arrive at an island in Norway by a speed boat and decide to stay for two days instead of one. The adventurous four-bedroom house they are staying in is built on a footprint of just 100 square meters.
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Caroline is an English actress, television presenter, and property enthusiast. She is best known for her performances in the critically acclaimed ‘Men Behaving Badly’, ‘Kiss Me Kate’, ‘Blue Murder’, and ‘Life Begins’. Piers Taylor is a well renowned, award-winning architect, television presenter, academic, and the founder of Invisible Studios Architects. Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users. PresentThe World's Most Extraordinary Homes is a British documentary miniseries presented by Piers Taylor and Caroline Quentin and is broadcast on BBC Two.
However, the series, overall, has received decent reviews from the audience. We expect ‘The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes’ Season 3 to release sometime around April 2020. A celebration of extraordinary residential architecture from around the world with insight from an accomplished architect and his enthusiastic co-host. Award-winning architect Piers Taylor and actress/property enthusiast Caroline Quentin travel the world touring beautifully unconventional homes. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.
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The series was also picked up by Netflix between March 2018 and July 2022. The house is meant to provide shelter and shade from the temperamental Indian climate, while also allowing its occupants to connect with nature. It is tucked away from prying neighbours in woodland, and divided into several bedrooms and a number of separate living quarters, giving the multi-generational family that occupies it space and privacy. In terms of structure the House of the Three Streams, in the Western Ghats mountain range, features little more than a roof and the occasional glass window, with much of the interior exposed to the elements. The bathroom features floor to ceiling mirrors, and an old pink water pipe has been repurposed as both a contemporary lamp and a toilet roll holder. Discover the stars who skyrocketed on IMDb’s STARmeter chart this year, and explore more of the Best of 2022; including top trailers, posters, and photos.
‘The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes’ Season 2 premiered on February 28, 2018, on BBC Two. The season was spread across 8 episodes and the last episode released on June 27, 2018. The show is full of breath-taking views, amazing architecture, stunning designs, truly extraordinary homes. The show follows Caroline Quentin and Piers Taylor as they explore, as the title says, some of the most extraordinary homes around the world.
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Many times, when watching the show, architects may question and wish to carefully examine the drawings of each project, which is why we have gathered a selection of houses that appear on the show. Learn even more about the conception of each home, providing a panorama that helps understand a bit more about how residential architecture can be perceived in different places around the world. A three-story wood and steel residence, a family cottage, a summer house built around water that sits on a small, rocky islet of its own, and comprises a combination of steel and timber in its construction.
But the architects behind this house wanted to nod to traditional Indian architecture by using recycled materials - in some cases pieces up to 125 years old. House three is built into the side of a river bank, while the final dwelling is made from recycled materials and takes even Piers’ breath away. In Israel a palatial family estate, a pastoral property that filters the elements, a house built on a cliff, and a home with three gardens are featured. In Switzerland a modern chalet, a concrete retreat, an S-shaped home, and a house built for its owner's classic cars are featured.
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The interior decor also makes use of recycled materials, and a showstopping piece of wall art was created using vintage sari printing patterns drawn from every state in India. The property is planned around an open air courtyard accessed through a huge metal gate, and has water features that use rain filtered through recycled pipes. All four homes featured on the episode had been masterminded with India's climate in mind - but with soaring summer temperatures and a torrential monsoon season to contend with, it wasn't always an easy task.
While Season 1 is based on the theme of geographical regions, Season 2 is all about different countries. Next they head to the mountains to see a house built using bridges, with few walls and no front door. Many of the reviews disliking Caroline as the host fail to take the whole show as it's intended, in a spirit of fun. Both are proper English upper crusty culturally precious cariacatures.
The U.S.A. has amazing architectural heritage and the hosts visit Florida to explore just that, along with some more insight into high-end designing. You imagined a house built from wings and tail fins, now, imagine a house invisible to the naked eyes, yet visible when looked at closely. Yes, the underground house that Piers and Caroline visit, is just like that. The 9 bedroom house is hidden by the green roof but still has an amazing sea view. However, the pool terrace and whitewashed walls are visible to the people.
An airy fortress, a fluid home with Contemporary architecture, a new take on a tea plantation house and half buried in the riverbank. Even Piers and Caroline, who have seen and experienced already so much in their careers, get totally mesmerized each and every time, with the beauty of the houses they visit. The series, in its purest sense, is the perfect definition of aesthetics, and the show is meant for each and everyone without exception. While in Arizona, Piers, and Caroline visit a house that has given a modern and innovative definition to a rammed earth house. The pine forest just outside Madrid might be quite ancient, but the contemporary house that is built right among the trees is anything but old-fashioned. The architects, Shilpa Gore-Shah and Pinkish Shah, built the house to be economical and to stand as an example for other architects to not be wasteful with materials.
They travel through the mountains, forests, beaches and wherever else they are required to, in order to experience some of the most amazing forms of architecture displayed in some of the most amazing houses. The hosts spend at least a day in those houses to learn the designs and architecture of the space better. Each episode is themed and named according to the houses' environments or location. To explore how the designs function both as works of architecture and as real houses, the hosts stay overnight, eat meals and spend time in the homes.
Piers Taylor and Caroline Quentin explore extraordinary homes built around the world. The building took two years to make as all of the concrete had to be mixed onsite, meaning that every time the monsoon rain hit construction ground to a halt. Again, the property is designed to be harmonious with the surrounding nature, and was built around two existing mango trees.
It is accessed through natural steps that were cut out of bedrock, and offers stunning views of the river Ganges and the cattle that drink from it. The architects wanted to create a space for the family that was private, but open enough to let light pour in. The duo also dropped into an ultra-minimalist countryside home with a metal roof, beneath which lies living quarters exposed to the elements - and with panoramic views of the lush surroundings. Piers Taylor and Caroline Quentin travel across the globe to find extraordinary homes. David started out as a writer on TV Times before becoming the title's deputy features editor and then features editor. During his time on TV Times, David also helped run the annual TV Times Awards.
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