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Grand Designs Live London returns to ExCeL London for a fourth year and promises to be bigger and better than ever. In a move from its traditional three-day format, the 2008 exhibition will be held over nine days from 3-11th May. A major peak-time TV show for Channel 4 will also be broadcast from in and around the event.
The multi award-winning show remains the only contemporary design exhibition, offering visitors the chance to buy, build and furnish a house all under one roof. This year sees even more features, celebrities and expert advice than ever before.
Based on Channel 4’s hugely successful Grand Designs series, presented by design guru Kevin McCloud, the live exhibition has gone from strength to strength since launching in 2005. Bringing together over 500 exhibitors, one ticket will provide visitors with access to six inspiring shows:
GRANDInteriors: The most contemporary interior designs from the world of furnishing and decoration including technologies that have never been seen before in the UK.
GRANDBuild sponsored by Velux: The biggest and most comprehensive self-build show in the UK. GRANDBuild helps guide visitors through every step of the build process, from sourcing land and planning, to construction and fittings. The show includes all the latest products and essential advice for those hoping to get their self-build off the ground.
GRANDGardens: All a green-fingered enthusiast should want to make their garden come alive. Expert advice on everything from garden re-design to timber decking and planting schemes as well as all the products needed to make a dream garden into a reality.
GRANDKitchens: Showcasing the newest, most advanced and stylish kitchens from a host of top manufacturers. Expert tips and demonstrations of the latest high tech gadgets and appliances.
GRANDBathrooms sponsored by Bathstore: Encompassing more bathrooms than any other show GRANDBathrooms incorporates cutting-edge design with the hottest new technology including energy-saving sustainable bathrooms.
GRANDVillage: Based outside the west entrance of ExCeL, the Village is one of the most visually impressive features at the show, containing houses from around the world set in its own landscaped garden.
Other features include an awe-inspiring Architectural Salvage exhibit and a mind-boggling House of the Future. For the ecologically pro-active visitors there will be cutting-edge green design, practical advice and inspiring seminars.
The Information Hub will provide visitors with a one-stop-shop for all queries from architecture and building regulations to planning and garden design. A qualified team of specialists will be on hand to offer advice and counsel.
Free seminars will take place at the Grand Designs Seminar Theatre, sponsored by the Electrical Safety Council, with lectures and discussions to inspire budding designers and covering topics such as planning, design, ecology and finance. The schedule covers the six key elements of the show and includes an exciting line up of TV stars, industry experts and Grand Designers from the TV programme.
Grand Designs presenter, Kevin McCloud, commented: “This year Grand Designs Live London is about more. More features, more seminars, more eco solutions, more new ideas. And in 2008 the Grand Design Awards also get a big shot-in-the arm as Channel 4 features the Grand Designs Home of the Year.”
Lee Newton, managing director of Media 10, commented: “Extending the show to nine days is an incredible development as not only will exhibitors achieve more from the longer run but it gives us more scope to build even greater features areas. We are incredibly proud to be opening our doors to Grand Designs Live the television programme.”
FremantleMedia Enterprises Senior Vice President Licensing UK, Dominic Burns, said: "The Exhibition has become a very successful extension of one of our longest running and most loved TV brands. Having won multiple awards in its opening year, it has quickly become the best property exhibition of its type in the UK. We are hugely excited about the exhibition's extended stay at ExCeL in May and the opportunity to welcome even more visitors. "
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