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Big Design Adventure

by Tim Ross & Kevin McCloud

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About the show

Two mates, Tim Ross — comedian, broadcaster, and self-described design nerd — and Kevin McCloud — pundit, writer and celebrated host of Grand Designs — have teamed up for a new podcast: Tim and Kev’s Big Design Adventure. In this audio escapade, the architectural enthusiasts embark on a rollicking (and occasionally shambolic) journey, sharing their love of design by visiting buildings that inspire them, meeting the people who create or inhabit them, and diving deep into the places that shape and spark their imaginations.

Latest episodes

S3 Ep 10 – 66 Portland Place. Reimagining an Icon

August 26, 2026 · 43 min

Tim and Kevin pull on their hard hats for a tour of 66 Portland Place, the striking 1934 London home of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Chair of the RIBA Board of Trustees Jack Pringle guides them through the building as it’s…
S3 Ep 9 – BONUS CHAT - The Ernő Goldfinger Legacy

August 18, 2026 · 17 min

It’s a bonus episode with Pippa Goldfinger, especially curated by Kevin for you. Works best if you listen to the main episode first - Series 3, Episode 9. To view images from this episode, head to our Instagram page…
S3 Ep 9 – The Ernő Goldfinger Legacy

August 18, 2026 · 52 min

Tim and Kevin head to West London to borrow the keys to an apartment in Trellick Tower, the iconic Brutalist apartment block designed by Hungarian émigré architect Ernő Goldfinger — an absolute banger of an example of social housing…
S3 Ep 8 - “Don’t knock the bloody thing down!”

August 11, 2026 · 45 min

This week Kev drags a slightly confused Tim to Leigh, outside Manchester, to explore Leigh Spinners Mill, a vast former cotton mill. He’s less confused when he finds out it’s been given an extraordinary new life as a thriving community…
S3 Ep 7 – Hotel Motel

August 4, 2026 · 46 min

What makes a well-designed hotel? This listener question set off a chain of events that created a cavalcade of hot takes, extreme rants about the state of modern hotels, a potted history of motels, a small-scale therapy session about the…
S3 Ep 6 - Robin and Lucienne Day

July 28, 2026 · 55 min

Robin and Lucienne Day, were the most distinguished British designers of the post war period. Their designs were woven into everyday life. Robin's revolutionary polypropylene chair became one of the most widely used chairs in history…
S3 Ep 5 – Sam Neill – Acting, Architecture and Wine

July 21, 2026 · 49 min

Earlier this year, Sam Neill kindly agreed to join us on the podcast. The plan was to wait until Kevin was back in Australia so we could all sit down together, unfortunately we couldn’t make the dates align. Last week, Tim went back…
S3 Ep 4 – The crack is where the light gets in – The Very Reverend John Witcombe – Coventry Cathedral

July 14, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

On the night of 14 November 1940, nearly 500 Luftwaffe bombers descended on Coventry. Over the next 11 hours, they dropped more than 500 tonnes of high explosives and around 30,000 incendiary bombs on the city. By morning, 568 people had…