Five of Scotland's best Grand Designs homes as show celebrates 25 years

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Five of Scotland's best Grand Designs homes as show celebrates 25 years
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The show has seen some of the most spectacular building projects

Grand Designs is a quarter of a century old and in that time viewers have seen homes built from shipping containers to a cottage hewn into the rocks and a lighthouse-style mansion perched on a clifftop.

But he said despite the trend for bigger houses, his favourites are sometimes the ones that are the simplest in terms of the design. Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. And he's written a book, Grand Designs at 25, in which he has chosen his personal stand-out builds. Some of the projects in Scotland have been notable. Here's five of the best north of the border.The old military radar station perched high on rugged cliffs featured on the first episode of the 2019 series and looks like something out of a spy movie.

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